Bongani Jele
South African cricket umpire (born 1986)
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Bongani Jele (born 1 April 1986) is a South African cricket umpire.[1][2] He is part of Cricket South Africa's umpire panel for first-class matches.[3] Along with Adrian Holdstock, he umpired in the final of the 2015–16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge in December 2015[4] and officiated in the first-class tour match between South Africa A and England XI later the same month.[5]
He made his One Day International (ODI) umpiring debut in a match between Australia and Ireland in Benoni, South Africa, on 27 September 2016.[6] His first Twenty20 International (T20I) match as an umpire was on 22 January 2017 when South Africa played Sri Lanka in Johannesburg.[7] He was one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa.[8]