The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the match officials for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 on May 3. It is noteworthy that this time this multinational tournament is starting from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. The first match will be played between USA and Canada.

So now the ICC has announced the match officials for this much-awaited tournament, in which 20 umpires including 6 match referees have been included. There are some big names in the list of umpires including Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Brown.

Match Officials at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

umpires: Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Allahudien Paleker, Richard Kettleborough, Jayaraman Madanagopal, Nitin Menon, Sam Nogajski, Ahsan Raza, Rashid Riaz, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Shahid Saikat, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson and Asif Yaqoob

match referee: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Andrew Pycroft, Richie Richardson and Javagal Srinath

T20 World Cup 2024 starts from June 2

On the other hand, if we give you information about the tournament, this time a total of 20 teams are participating in the Multination Tournament. All 20 teams have been divided into four groups of 5 each. A total of 55 matches will be played between all the teams within 28 days. So after the league stage, the top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the next round of the tournament. England cricket team is currently the defending champion of this world tournament.

Teams included in Group A: India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and USA.

Teams included in Group B: Scotland, Oman, England, Australia, Namibia.

Teams included in Group C: New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, Papua New Guinea.

Teams included in Group D: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Nepal, South Africa.