The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the names of match officials for the upcoming World Cup to be held in India from October 5. As the first Bangladeshi umpire, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat has been named in that panel.

The highest authority of international cricket published the names of 20 match officials on its official site on Friday including 16 umpires and four match referees.

Of these, 12 belong to the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.

They are Christopher Gaffaney (New Zealand), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Michael Gough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Richard Illingworth (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Rodney Tucker (Australia), Joel Wilson (West Indies), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), and Adrian Holdstock (South Africa).

The remaining four belong to the ICC Emerging Umpire Panel. They include Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat (Bangladesh), Paul Wilson (Australia), Alex Wharf (England) and Chris Brown (New Zealand).

This experienced group features three umpires who officiated in the Cricket World Cup 2019 final. This includes Dharmasena, Erasmus and Tucker.

Aleem Dar will be the only umpire from that game to miss this World Cup. He stepped down from the Elite Panel in March of this year.

On the other hand, the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees for the event are Jeff Crowe (New Zealand), Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe), Richie Richardson (West Indies) and Javagal Srinath (India). All four are former international players.

Officials for the tournament opener between England and New Zealand on 5 October, were named. Menon and Dharmasena will be the on-field umpires. Paul Wilson will be the TV umpire, with Sharfuddoula Saikat will be the fourth umpire. Pycroft will be the match referee.