Through an Umpire Exchange Program between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket Australia (CA), the cricket boards have swapped one umpire each for their 2026-27 domestic seasons. While Ben Treloar travels to India, umpire Parashar Joshi will travel to Australia for multiple domestic cricket fixtures.
Parashar Joshi and Ben Treloar are both well-known faces in their respective nations’ domestic cricket circuits and in International cricket as well. Therefore, both umpires will bring enough experience during their assignments.
Swap of umpires between BCCI and Cricket Australia
As per the media reports, Ben Treloar will officiate two Ranji Trophy 2026-27 matches in India. After officiating Delhi’s Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat from October 18-21 in Delhi, he will be assigned to Mumbai’s clash with Haryana from October 26-29. Treloar is currently in Delhi for the Delhi vs Gujarat match at the Palam B Ground.
On the other side, Indian umpire Parashar Joshi will travel to Australia for a couple of Sheffield Shield matches and one One Day Cup fixture. The first SSheffieldShield match of his scheduled programme will be from 11-14 November, and the second will be between New South Wales and Queensland at the SCG from 22-25 November. In between these two matches, Joshi will have to officiate an Anane Day Cup match at the same venue on November 16.
Who is Ben Treloar?
Ben Treloar is in India with a lot of experience in the field. He has experience in officiating 30 First-Class matches, 20 List A matches, and 39 Big Bash League games. In international cricket, Treloar was assigned to two Women’s One Day Internationals and four Women’s T20 Internationals.
Off the field, he is associated with Cricket New South Wales as Umpire Education Officer to help groom the emerging match officials for the future. For his relentless hard work and contributions, he was felicitated with four George Borwick Memorial Awards from the New South Wales Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association.
Who is Parashar Joshi?
Joshi will also visit Australia, backed by significant experience in the arena. The Indian umpire has so far officiated in 19 First-Class matches across the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy, 32 List A matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Deodhar Trophy, as well as experience in officiating matches in the Indian Premier League, Women’s Premier League, and in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In international cricket, Joshi was in charge of 40 Test matches as an umpire.
The Indian prodigy is not only limited to the cricket ground, he has bast ecperience in other fields as well. Parashar Joshi is a multi-talented personality who first came under the spotlight tthrough IndianIdol in its first season.
He moved into the world of music after playing club-level cricket. The first audition on Indian Idol brought no success for him, but Joshi did not stop trying. He finally got his chance to show his talent in music during the piano round in Season 4 of the reality show.
