Who among the following was the youngest umpire to enter the ICC Elite Panel in 2020?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Nitin Menon.
- International Cricket Council (ICC) Elite Panel member Nitin Menon and ICC International Panel umpire K N Ananthapadmanabhan are among 10 officials grouped in the newly introduced A+ category of BCCI umpires.
- India's Nitin Menon has retained his place in the ICC Elite Panel.
- Menon was promoted to the Elite Panel at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, becoming the third Indian to enter the club after S Venkataraghavan and S Ravi.
- ICC International Panel umpires Anil Chaudhary, Madangopal Jayaraman and Virender Kumar Sharma as well as Rohan Pandit, Nikhil Patwardhan, Sadashiv Iyer, Ulhas Gandhe and Navdeep Singh Sidhu are also part of the A+ category.