According to a statement issued by the ICC, Kulkarni and George will be the on-field umpires, while Sri Lanka's Ruchira Palliyaguru will be the TV umpire and Singapore's Sarika Prasad will don the duties of the fourth umpire.

Kathy Cross would be joining Gregory Brathwaite, Vineet Kulkarni, Ravi Sundaram, C Shamshuddin, Ruchira Palliyaguru, Ahsan Raza, Shaun George (all Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires), Ian Ramage, Mark Hawthorne, Shahul Hameed, Buddhi Pradhan and Sarika Prasad (all Associate and Affiliate International Umpires Panel).

Pune Warriors captain Sourav Ganguly questioned the match officials' decision to report Marlon Samuels for suspect bowling action, saying that the West Indian has not bowled any differently than in the earlier three games he played in IPL 5.