Champions Trophy 2025: No Indian umpire or referee will be part of tournament as ICC confirms final list, here’s why

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Javagal Srinath (L) and Nitin Menon won't beryllium portion of Champions Trophy 2025. Photo: Sportzpics / BCCI

On Wednesday, 2 weeks retired from the commencement of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, the International Cricket Council confirmed the database of lucifer officials for the tournament. And determination is nary Indian beingness for the tourney to beryllium held successful Pakistan and United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March.

According to PTI, India’s lone typical successful the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, Nitin Menon, has opted retired of officiating successful the Champions Trophy successful Pakistan this period owed to idiosyncratic reasons. “The ICC wanted to enactment him (Menon) connected the Champions Trophy roster. But helium decided against travelling to Pakistan owed to idiosyncratic reasons,” a BCCI root told PTI.

Among lucifer referees, erstwhile India pacer Javagal Srinath is besides absent from the last database arsenic helium is going connected leave. A Times of India study quoted Srinath, who is presently the referee for the ODI bid betwixt India and England, arsenic saying: “Yes I had asked for permission arsenic I had rather a fewer days distant from location successful the period of November, December and January.” With lone India matches being played successful Dubai, neither Srinath nor Menon would beryllium eligible to officiate successful the UAE.

A squad of 12 umpires volition instrumentality complaint of the proceedings successful the 8-team tourney to beryllium played successful Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi successful Pakistan and Dubai successful the UAE. Richard Kettleborough, a seasoned of 108 Men’s ODIs, and who stood successful the last of the past variation played successful the United Kingdom successful 2017, is among six umpires who instrumentality for different Champions Trophy. Chris Gaffaney, Kumar Dharmasena, Richard Illingworth, Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker, each members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, are others who besides featured successful 2017.

Kettleborough and Illingworth, who stood unneurotic for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 last successful Ahmedabad, are joined by Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Ahsan Raza, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, Alex Wharf and Joel Wilson, each of whom officiated astatine the World Cup successful India.

David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle and Andrew Pycroft, each members of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, comprise the three-member squad of referees.

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson.

Match Referees: David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle, Andrew Pycroft.

With PTI inputs

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