Bucknor, Robinson, De Silva to officiate
Steve Bucknor of the West Indies, Ian Robinson of Zimbabwe and Asoka De Silva of Sri Lanka are the
three International Cricket Council panel umpires for the three-Test series betwen England and India, from December 3 to 23.
Bucknor and former Test off-spinner S Venkatraghavan will
officiate in the first Test in Mohali, from December 3 to 7,
while Robinson and former Karnataka all-rounder A V Jayprakash
will be the umpires for the Ahmedabad Test, from December 11 to 15, Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Niranjan Shah disclosed in Bombay on Wednesday.
De Silva and another Indian umpire, who is yet to be
named, will officiate in the third Test, to be held at
Bangalore, from December 19 to 23, Shah said, adding, Dennis
Lindsay of South Africa will be the match referee.
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