Nitin Menon is the only Indian umpire to be included in the ICC list of umpires for the 13th ICC Men’s ODI cricket world cup 2023 to be held in India. The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the list of 16 umpires and 4 match referees, who will be officiating in the league stages matches of the World Cup. ICC will release the names of the umpires and match referees for the semi-finals and final matches later.

The 13th ICC Men’s ODI world cup will be played in India from October 5 to 19 November 2023. The final will be played at the world’s biggest cricket stadium Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad,Gujarat .

Panel of Umpires for the World Cup

Out of the 16 umpires 12 umpires are from the ICC Elite Umpire panel. They are :

Christopher Gaffaney (New Zealand), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Michael Gough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Richard Illingworth (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Rodney Tucker (Australia), Joel Wilson (West Indies), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), and Adrian Holdstock (South Africa).

The remaining four belong to the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel. They are : Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (Bangladesh), Paul Wilson (Australia), Alex Wharf (England) and Chris Brown (New Zealand).

Match Referee for the World Cup

The ICC Elite panel of Match Referees are Jeff Crowe (New Zealand), Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe), Richie Richardson (West Indies) and Javagal Srinath (India).

Headquarters of ICC: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Chairman of ICC: Greg Barclay of New Zealand