Mumbai's Vrinda Rathi, 30, and Chennai-based N Janani, 34, who began their BCCI panel umpiring journey together just two years ago, expressed their pleasant surprise at being inducted into the ICC Development panel of umpires on Wednesday. Both felt the honour had come a tad earlier than expected.

"This is only our second season with the BCCI, so we never expected this to come so early," Vrinda told mid-day on Thursday.