Indian cricket board seems to be experiencing one after another obstacle with hosting IPL 2020 amid the pandemic. Times of India report claimed that the BCCI is now having problem with roping in ICC Elite panel umpires in the league.
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Issue with hiring umpires
Reportedly the Indian cricket board was keen on roping in the services of more umpires from ICC’s Elite panel. But according to the leading daily, only three overseas Elite umpires agreed and Javagal Srinath is the only representative of Elite panel of match referees. The BCCI usually hires around six foreign elite umpires during an IPL season. The board accordingly approach quite a few but did not get positive response. A source revealed, “BCCI had approached quite a few elite umpires but they have rejected the offer. For instance, Kumar Dharmasena, who has been a regular in IPL over the years, has categorically said no to BCCI. He said he would be busy with cricket in Sri Lanka.”
BCCI remains to be pursuing the umpires, as mentioned by the source. “The Elite panel umpires draw a heavy package deal from ICC’s contract. So, they aren’t precisely jobless. They do not wish to take any threat in these instances,” the source opined.
BCCI to conduct seminar
Chris Gaffaney from New Zealand and Richard Illingworth and Michael Gough from England are the overseas umpires who agreed to join IPL along with India’s Nitin Menon. India’s Worldwide Panel umpires Anil Chaudhary, C Shamshuddin, Virender Sharma and KN Ananthapadmanabhan and former Elite panel umpire S Ravi are the other names from the list. 12 umpires are believed to be handling the on-field and TV umpire duties whereas three will solely do the job of the fourth umpire.
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The senior umpires in India already went through TV umpire simulation workouts. The Indian cricket BCCI had additionally performed on-line quiz programmes throughout the lockdown to increase the level of efficiency. The report suggested that once the formal letter is issued, a seminar will probably be conducted for further assistance.
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