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The on field umpire appointments for the 1st stage of the tournament have been released and are as follows:

9/4 - Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore @ Chennai
KN Ananthapadmanabhan & Nitin Menon

10/4 - Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Capitals @ Mumbai
Anil Chaudhary & Virender Sharma

11/4 - Sunrisers Hyderebad v Kolkata Knight Riders @ Chennai
KN Ananthapadmanabhan & Nitin Menon

12/4 - Rajastan Royals v Punjab Kings @ Mumbai
AnilChaudhary & Sundaram Ravi

13/4 - Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians @ Chennai
Chris Gaffaney & Chettihody Shamshuddin

14/4 - Sunrisers Hyderebad v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Ulhas Ghande & Nitin Menon

15/4 - Rajastan Royals v Delhi Capitals @ Mumbai
Anil Chaudhary & Sundaram Ravi

16/4 - Punjab Kings v Chennai Super Kings @ Mumbai
Anil Dandekar & Bruce Oxenford

17/4 - Mumbai Indians v Sunrisers Hyderebad @ Chennai
Chris Gaffaney & Krishnamachari Srinivasan

18/4 - Royal Challanegers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders @ Chennai
Nitin Menon & Chettihody Shamshuddin

18/4 - Delhi Capitals v Punjab Kings @Mumbai
Anil Chaudhary & Paul Reiffel

19/4 - Chennai Super Kings v Rajastan Royals @ Mumbai
Bruce Oxenford & Virender Sharma

20/4 - Delhi Capitals v Mumbai Indians @Chennai
Chris Gaffaney & Chettihody Shamshuddin

21/4 - Punjab Kings v Sunrisers Hyderebad
Nitin Menon & Krishnamachari Srinivasan

21/4 - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings @ Mumbai
Anil Dandekar & Paul Reiffel

22/4 - Royal Challangers Bangalore v Rajastan Royals
Jayaraman Madanagopal & Sundaram Ravi

23/4 - Punjab Kings v Mumbai Indians @ Chennai
Nitin Menon & Chettihody Shamshuddin

24/4 - Rajastan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders @ Mumbai
Sundaram Ravi & Navdeep Singh

25/4 - Chennai Super Kings & Royal Challangers Bangalore @ Mumbai
Bruce Oxenford & Virender Sharma

25/4 - Sunrisers Hyderebad v Delhi Capitals @ Chennai
KN Ananthapadmanabhan & Chris Gaffaney

Will be interesting to see if all of the elite panel are involved in the World T20. Some of them may be put off by quarantine etc.

Looking further ahead, if the ashes go ahead, I wonder if there’s a chance of overseas umpires? Even if it’s just getting Gaffaney over from New Zealand!