Vikrant Shekhawat : May 23, 2024, 06:00 AM
IND vs PAK: After IPL, Team India has to participate in T20 World Cup. This tournament is starting from June 2 in America and Team India's first match is against Ireland on June 5. However, after this match, Team India has to play the most important match of the league stage which is against Pakistan. The clash between India and Pakistan will take place on June 9 and ICC has announced the umpires for this match and this has become a big tension for Team India. Now you must be wondering why the announcement of umpires became a tension for Team India? Let us tell you what is the reason for this.Umpire of India-Pakistan matchICC has appointed Rod Tucker and Richard Illingworth as umpires in the match between India and Pakistan. Let us tell you that Illingworth is considered unlucky for Team India. Illingworth has been the umpire in big matches and Team India has lost. Illingworth was the umpire in the World Cup semi-final in 2019 and Team India lost to New Zealand. After this, Illingworth was the umpire in the finals of WTC 2021 and WTC 2023 and Team India lost both times. First it was defeated by New Zealand and then Australia defeated it. Now Illingworth is also the umpire in the match against Pakistan, in such a situation the tension of the fans of Team India has increased a bit.Match Officials for T20 World Cup 2024Two umpires from India are going to participate in the T20 World Cup, which include Jayraman Madangopal and Nitin Menon. Apart from this, Shahid Saikat of Bangladesh will appear as an umpire in this tournament for the first time. Umpires like Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffney, Michael Gough, Richard Cattleborough, Paul Rifle, Rod Tucker, Alex Wharf will also officiate in this tournament.