The Champions Trophy 2025 is scheduled to start from February 19 where defending Champions Pakistan will face New Zealand in the tournament's opener clash.

In Pakistan's squad for the Champions Trophy, there's been a lot of outrage from critics and team supporters around the selections of Faheem Ashraf and Khushdil Shah, who haven't garnered many notable performances to be eligible for selection in the eight-team tournament.

Despite being "neutrals", no Indian ICC match officials will travel to Pakistan for the upcoming Champions Trophy.

Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon opt out of officiating in the Pakistan leg of the tournament citing personal reasons.

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

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.

Nitin Menon and Javagal Srinath are reportedly not part of ICC’s team of umpires and referees respectively for the 2025 Champions Trophy. While Nitin has cited personal reasons for his refusal to travel to Pakistan,

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.

Nitin Menon, India's sole representative in the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, has withdrawn from officiating in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan due to personal reasons. On the other hand,