ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The Surprise Absence of Indian Umpires and Referees
List of ICC Champions trophy Umpires and referees and Why No Indian Umpires or Referees Were Chosen for ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Here's What possible reasons You Need to Know
The ICC has released a match official to begin the proceedings of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 proceedings from 19th February 2025, and no Indian Umpires and referees were found in the panel of 15 members. There is no official confirmation, but there are reasons to talk about it.
These 12 umpires and 3 Referees are the official representation of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Why no Indian Umpires and Referees, Here are the possible reasons: The absence of Indian Umpires and Referees wobble some key issues between Indian and Pakistan, but still there the factors the ICC would list and possible reasons would be
1. ICC Selects Neutral umpires to avoid any controversies between nations.
2. India's top umpire, Nitin Menon withdrew due to personal reasons.
3 . Ongoing, Indian and Pakistan tensions.
4. Indian umpires refused to travel Pakistan.
5. ICC rotates official representation for fair game play.
But the official reasons still need to come.
SEE ALSO: ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Umpire Nitin Menon unavailable for tournament
Here is the list of ICC Champions trophy Umpires and referees :
| Role | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Umpire | Kumar Dharmasena | Sri Lanka |
| Umpire | Chris Gaffaney | New Zealand |
| Umpire | Michael Gough | England |
| Umpire | Adrian Holdstock | South Africa |
| Umpire | Richard Illingworth | England |
| Umpire | Richard Kettleborough | England |
| Umpire | Ahsan Raza | Pakistan |
| Umpire | Paul Reiffel | Australia |
| Umpire | Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid | Bangladesh |
| Umpire | Rodney Tucker | Australia |
| Umpire | Alex Wharf | England |
| Umpire | Joel Wilson | West Indies |
| Match Referee | David Boon | Australia |
| Match Referee | Ranjan Madugalle | Sri Lanka |
| Match Referee | Andrew Pycroft | Zimbabwe |
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