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Champions Trophy 2025 Final Umpires: The final of the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, 9 March. There is time in the match, but before that the ICC has made a big announcement. Teams from India and New Zealand will be face to face in this big match. Team India is already in Dubai, now the New Zealand team has reached Dubai from Lahore after defeating South Africa. Both teams are engaged in their preparation, as well as the strategy is being discussed. Now the ICC has also announced who will be the umpire in this final match, as well as the match referee has also been announced.
Champions Trophy final umpire and match referee announced
The ICC has released the list of four umpire and match referee for the Champions Trophy final match between India and New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. Paul Rifel and Richard Illingworth will be seen playing the role of the field umpire during the match. The third umpire of the match will be Joel Wilson, while Kumar Dharmasena will be seen as the fourth umpire. Ranjan Madugale will be seen playing the role of match referee. Paul Rifel played the role of a field umpire in the South Africa-New Zealand semi-finals in Lahore. Richard Illingworth was part of the India-Australia semi-finals in Dubai.
Richard Illingworth was also an umpire in the T20 World Cup 2024 final
The special thing is that Richard Illingworth was still considered a good umpire for India. He was seen umpiring when India lost in several ICC tournaments. But even when the teams of India and South Africa came face to face in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup, they were given the work of umpire. But Team India won that match and also won the title. Richard Illingworth has also received the ICC Umpire of the Year Award four times.
The list of officials released only after the final lineup of the final
In fact, the umpire is later announced for the final and semi -finals of the ICC tournament. The semi -finals and final teams are not decided in advance. When the teams are decided, it is taken care that there is no umpire in the two teams where the match is to be held. This time the teams of India and New Zealand are playing finals, so the umpire of these two countries has not been given a place in the panel. It has to be seen what kind of game both teams show and which team becomes champion.
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