The tournament will be hosted by Pakistan and the UAE, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) being the last to announce their squad on January 31, while England was the first to do so.

The absence of Menon and Srinath from the ICC officials for the Champions Trophy is a significant development leading up to the highly anticipated tournament.

From experienced campaigners making a comeback to a key run-scorer being sidelined by injury, there were multiple talking points from Pakistan's 15-member Champions Trophy squad.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday announced a list of 15 match officials, including three match referees and 12 umpires for the Champions Trophy 2025

ICC have announced the 15-member panel of match officials for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Read below for details.

Veteran Fakhar Zaman is in the mix, having played a monumental role in the 2017 Champions Trophy final. He scored a maiden ODI ton (114 off 106 deliveries) at The Oval, London, as Pakistan beat India by 180 runs to claim the silverware. Also recalled are Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, and Saud Shakeel.

A list of 15 match officials was released by ICC on Wednesday, which featured three match referees and twelve umpires for the marquee tournament.

No Indians were named in the list of match officials for ICC Champions Trophy 2025. According to a PTI report, India’s Nitin Menon opted out of the tournament. Former India cricketer and current ICC match referee Javagal Srinath too didn’t find a place.

Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan

Ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Indian umpire Nitin Menon, who is a part of ICC's elite panel, has shown his back to the Pakistan Cricket Board and refused to go to Pakistan. The post India’s Elite umpire opts out from his role in Champions Trophy: Showed his back to PCB appeared first on Cricket Country.