Nitin Narendra Menon (born 2 November 1983) is an Indian former

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er and

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. He was a right-handed batsman, representing

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. He is now an

and has stood in matches in the

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and the

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in Australia. In June 2020, he was promoted to the

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, replacing

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. His father Narendra Menon was also a cricketer and umpire.

Umpiring career

Menon stood in his first

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(T20I) match, between India and England, on 26 January 2017. He stood in his first

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(ODI) match between Afghanistan and Ireland on 15 March 2017. He was one of the twelve on-field umpires for the

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. He was the on-field umpire for the

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along with

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. Menon was one of the on-field umpires for the one-off Test match between Afghanistan and the West Indies in India in November 2019. He became the 62nd Indian to umpire at this level. In February 2020, the ICC named him as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the

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in Australia. In June 2020, Menon was elevated to

replacing England's

, becoming the third Indian umpire to make into the list. Menon was praised by the cricket fraternity for his umpiring during England's tour of India in 2021. He officiated in the 2021 T20 Cricket World Cup. He later went to officiate the semi-final and the final. In October 2022, he was named as one of the sixteen match officials for the 2022 T20 CWC. In September 2023, he was named as one of the sixteen match officials for

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, and became the youngest match official to officiate at the

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, at the age of 39. He officiated in 7 matches including a semi-final. He was one of the 20 umpires for the T20 Cricket World Cup in June 2024. He later went to officiate the semi-final as an on-field umpire. He was named by the ICC to officiate the WTC Final in 2025.

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* 1983 births Living people Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Indian cricket umpires Indian Test cricket umpires Indian One Day International cricket umpires Indian Twenty20 International cricket umpires Madhya Pradesh cricketers Cricketers from Indore Wicket-keepers {{India-cricket-bio-1980s-stub

Umpiring career

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