Koertzen and Shepherd to officiate in India-New Zealand Tests

Rudi Koertzen and David Shepherd will officiate in India's two-Test home series against New Zealand, while Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee. For the one-day triangular series which follows, Shepherd and Neil Mallender will be the neutral umpires, while Madugalle will continue as match referee.

The ICC also announced that four umpires who are not part of the elite panel - but are in the list of international panel of umpires - will officiate in Test matches this season. Tyron Wijewardena from Sri Lanka will stand in the Pakistan-Bangladesh Test in Karachi later this month, while Aleem Dar gets two Tests on England's tour to Bangladesh and two more when England play Sri Lanka. Mallender and Peter Willey are the two other umpires who are not part of the elite panel but will officiate in Tests.

A press release from the ICC also stated that Koertzen, Shepherd, Steve Bucknor and Brent Bowden will share duties in India's four Test matches in Australia.

Click here for the full list of umpires officiating in international matches this season.