MUMBAI: The Cricket Board on Friday revamped its panel of international umpires and brought in three new faces to do duty in ODIs at home, Board of Control for Cricket in India Joint Secretary M P Pandove announced here.
Amish M Saheba of Gujarat, Suresh Shastri of Mumbai and GA Pratap Kumar of Andhra will replace K Hariharan (Delhi), I Sivaram (Hyderabad) and AV Jayaprakash (Karnataka) in the panel with immediate effect.
While Saheba ans Shastri will perform on-field duties, Pratap Kumar will be the TV umpire, Pandove said after a meeting of the umpire sub-committee chaired by BCCI Vice-President Lalit Modi.
The appointments were made for three years.
The decision to reconstitute the panel was taken largely because the members could not graduate to the ICC's Elite Umpires' Panel.
ICC reviews the performance of all international umpires before deciding on their promotion to the Elite Umpires' List.
Every July-August ICC invites nominations from every board. The full members can nominate three umpires and they can be renominated or withdrawn.
India has only Javagal Srinath, as a part time match referee, in the ICC's list of elite umpires and match referees.
