Umpires Nitin Menon and Paul Reiffel pull out of IPL
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ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires Nitin Menon and Australian Paul Reiffel have withdrawn from the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to personal reasons.
Menon flew home to Indore after his mother and wife tested positive for the Covid-19 and in Reiffel's case, the Australian government imposing a travel ban from India in the wake of the rising COVID-19 cases led to his quick departure.
“Nitin has a small child to look after as his mother and wife have tested positive while Reiffel informed BCCI that he fears not being able to go home due to the Australian government’s decision banning all flights from India. The BCCI already had several local umpires as back-up so they will be officiating in games in which Menon and Reiffel were scheduled to stand,” a BCCI official confirmed to The Indian Express.
Menon is the second Indian to pull out of the tournament after Indian off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who also went home after all his family members tested positive.
Earlier, Andrew Tye, Liam Livingstone (Rajasthan Royals), Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson (Royal Challengers Bangalore) have pulled out of the league due to different reasons related to COVID-19.
