The list of party officials for the 2025 Champions Trophy is out. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday announced a list of 15 party officials, including three referees and 12 arbitrators for the 2025 Champions Trophy, scheduled to start in Karachi on February 19 with the final on March 9. The event will be held in three places in Pakistan, Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi, while India will play all its games (including semifinals and finals if you qualify) in Dubai, starting with a clash against Bangladesh on February 20.
However, the tournament will not have an Indian parties officer. India Pace Great Javagal Srinath is the only Indian in the Elite ICC Match Referees Panel, while Nitin Menon is the only Indian in the elite ICC referees panel.
“The CPI wanted to put it (Menon) on the Champions Trophy list. But he decided not to travel to Pakistan for personal reasons,” a BCCI source told the PTI news agency.
Menon could not have been in the matches in Dubai, since the CPI follows the policy of appointing neutral referees. The world body did not comment on Menon in his statement to present the list of officials.
So, a report in ToiHe quoted Srinath saying he asked permission during the Champions Trophy 2025. “Yes, he had asked permission since he had a few days away from home in November, December and January.”
The Australian legend David Boon, the great Great Ranjan Madugalle de Sri Lanka and Andrew Pycroft of Zimbabwe were appointed as arbitrators of the match for the tournament of eight teams. The three referees chosen for the tournament are experienced. Boon has appeared in the Champions Trophy 2017 final, while Madugalle returns after officiating the 2013 final. Pycroft also appeared in the 2017 tournament.
“A distinguished panel of 12 referees will officiate the eight -team event, with six officials returning from the 2017 edition, including Richard Kettleborough, who met in the final of the previous champions trophy in the United Kingdom,” said the ICC in A Kettleboroughleough launch, a 108 Odi veteran, will join other Chris Gaffaney, Kumar Dharmasena, Richard Illingworth, Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker, who also officiated in the 2017 tournament.
“Dharmasena will extend his period of officiating 132 Odi in the next tournament, a record for a arbiter of Sri Lanka in the one day format.”
Party officials: Referees: Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Sharfuddaula Ibne Shahid, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson.
Coincidence referees: David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle, Andrew Pycroft.
With PTI inputs
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