The ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia has reached towards the business end. The group stage has ended and the four semifinalists of the tournament are India, New Zealand, England and Pakistan. While New Zealand will take on Pakistan in the first knockout, India will take on England in the second.
While all the sides are sweating hard in the nets as part of their preparation for the crucial games, ICC has announced the umpiring panel for both the matches. The match official appointments are as follows:
New Zealand vs Pakistan (November 9) – Marais Erasmus and Richard Illingworth (on-field umpires), Richard Kettleborough (third umpire), Michael Gough (fourth umpire) and Chris Broad (match referee).
India vs England (November 10) – Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Reiffel (on-field), Chris Gaffaney (third umpire), Rod Tucker (fourth umpire) and David Boon (match referee).
Notably, the Indian fans are happy as renowned umpire Richard Kettleborough is not part of India’s game. To put it in context, Richard has been part of all the ICC knockouts matches where the Men in Blue seen the exit from the event since 2014. Hence, they assume that the absence of him from the panel will slide luck into India’s favour.
