By IANS
Dubai : No Indian figures in the list of umpires and referees announced Thursday for the first Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September.
India has no umpire in the elite panel of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and has only two officials in the international panel, but they too did not find favour with the governing body.
"A total of three match referees and nine umpires will officiate during the 27-match event, which is scheduled to take place from Sep 11 to 24," ICC said here.
All three referees come from the Emirates elite panel and include the head of the group, former Sri Lanka captain Ranjan Madugalle.
The other referees appointed are Mike Procter, a former South Africa all-rounder and Proteas' team manager, and England's former opening batsman Chris Broad.
The nine umpires set to stand in the tournament include five officials from the panel – Mark Benson, Billy Doctrove, Daryl Harper, Asad Rauf and Simon Taufel.
The four other umpires are all from the Emirates international panel – Steve Davis, Ian Howell, Nigel Llong and Tony Hill.
The ICC said that the match appointments of the officials for the opening stage of the tournament would be made and announced in due course.
The Twenty20 World Championship involves the 10 ICC full members and two associate teams, Kenya and Scotland, and will be played in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.