With the T20 World Cup 2026 simply across the nook, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has on Friday (January 30) revealed the total checklist of match officers who will deal with the group-stage video games ranging from February 7 in India and Sri Lanka.
ICC proclaims match officers for T20 World Cup 2026 group stage
For the group stage, the ICC has chosen 24 on-field umpires and 6 match referees. Most of them are extremely skilled and have dealt with massive matches previously. The ICC acknowledged, “Officers for the Tremendous Eight and knockout phases might be introduced sooner or later.”
The opening match of the T20 World Cup 2026 might be performed in Colombo between Pakistan and the Netherlands on the Sinhalese Sports activities Membership Floor in Colombo. For this match, Kumar Dharmasena and Wayne Knights would be the on-field umpires.
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Knights might be making his debut as an on-field umpire in a Males’s T20 World Cup. Alternatively, Dharmasena brings large expertise, having already officiated in 37 T20 World Cup matches. He has additionally been in cost throughout the T20 WC finals in 2016 and 2022 and was a part of Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning workforce in 1996.
Rod Tucker and Nitin Menon: Skilled names chosen
On the opening day in India, Kolkata will host the Group C match between Scotland and the West Indies. Nitin Menon and Sam Nogajski have been given the duty for this conflict. Whereas Menon had officiated the primary semi-final of the 2024 T20 World Cup, Nogajski dealt with 4 group-stage matches.
Later, on the identical day, India will face the USA in Mumbai. This match might be officiated by Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker. Tucker is probably the most skilled official within the event, having already officiated in 46 Males’s T20 World Cup matches. Throughout this World Cup, he can even be seeing the matches between England and Nepal, India and Namibia, and South Africa and UAE.
High officers to officiate India vs Pakistan conflict
On February 11, Australia’s Group B match in opposition to Eire will see Chris Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth because the on-field umpires. The 2 had earlier shared on-field duties throughout the 2024 T20 World Cup last between India and South Africa in Barbados.
The largest group-stage match of the T20 World Cup 2026, the India versus Pakistan conflict on February 15 in Colombo, might be dealt with by Richard Illingworth together with Kumar Dharmasena.
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Match Officers for the T20 World Cup 2026 Group Stage:
Match Referees:
Javagal Srinath, Dean Cosker, Andrew Pycroft, Richie Richardson, David Gilbert, and Ranjan Madugalle.
Umpires:
Roland Black, Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Wayne Knights, Donovan Koch, KNA Padmanabhan, Allahuddien Paleker, Ahsan Raza, Leslie Reifer, Paul Reiffel, Jayaraman Madanagopal, Nitin Menon, Sam Nogajski, Langton Rusere, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, Gazi Sohel, Rod Tucker, Alex Wharf, Raveendra Wimalasiri, and Asif Yaqoo b.
Notably, the 20 groups will battle it out for the last word championship in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8. The groups are divided into 4 teams, and the highest two groups from every group, comprising 5 groups, will progress to the following spherical, after which the highest 4 groups will qualify for the semifinals, with the 2 greatest groups going through one another within the T20 World Cup 2026 last.
