Champions Trophy 2025: Indian umpire Nitin Menon refused to go to Pakistan, Srinath also will not be referee in Champions Trophy

Former India bowler and ICC (International Cricket Council) referee Jawagal Srinath and umpire Nitin Menon will not be part of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy (CT). The tournament is to be held in Pakistan and Dubai from 19 February to 9 March.

Menon refused to go to Pakistan citing personal reasons. Meanwhile, Srinath said in a conversation with a newspaper that he sought a holiday from the ICC during the Champions Trophy as he was out for the last four months. This time the Champions Trophy is being played in the hybrid model. All matches of Team India will be played in Dubai. Apart from this, all matches will be played in Pakistan.

Nitin Menon will not go to Pakistan According to PTI report, Nitin Menon decided not to travel to Pakistan for personal reasons. According to a source of the Cricket Board of India (BCCI), Menon has decided not to visit Pakistan. He withdrew his name for personal reasons.

Menon could not umpire in Dubai due to ICC rules. According to the rules, there cannot be an umpire of their respective country in any match between two teams. India will play all the matches in Dubai, so he could not umpire in these matches.

According to the report, ICC wanted to keep Menon in the Champions Trophy roster, but decided not to travel to Pakistan for personal reasons.

Nitin Menon’s career Nitin Menon has so far umpiring in 40 Tests. Among them, he was a field 30 times and a TV umpire 10 times. In ODIs, Menon has umpiring 75 matches. At the same time, in T20, he has umpiring in 75 matches. The ICC released a list of 12 umpires and 3 match referees for the Champions Trophy, after Menon refused, the ICC released the list of umpires for the Champions Trophy. In this list, the names of 12 umpire and 3 match referee have been announced. In which no Indian is included. However, ICC did not comment on Menon. The ICC said in its statement, ‘One prestigious panel of 12 umpires would umpire in this tournament of eight teams, of which six umpires were involved in 2017. Umpire umpire Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffony, Michael Goff, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettero, Ahsan Raza, Paul Refel, Shafududdaula Ibne Shahid, Rodney Ibne Shahid, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson David Boon, , Andrew Pycroft

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