The ICC has announced officials for the semi -final matches of the Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. The ICC announced the names of on-field umpires, third umpire and match referee. The first semi -final match of the tournament will be played between India and Australia on March 4 in Dubai. South Africa and New Zealand will clash in the second semi -finals, the match will be held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
New Zealand’s Chris Gaffony and Richard Illingworth of England will be on-field umpires for the Australia vs Australia semi-final match to be held in Dubai. In this match, Michael Goff will be a third umpire and will be Andy Picroft in the role of match referee.
South Africa vs New Zealand, the second semi -final match will be held in Lahore. In this match, on-field umpires will be Kumar Dharmasena of Sri Lanka and Paul Refel of Australia. Joel Wilson will be a third umpire, while Ranjan Madugale will be the match referee for this match.
IND vs Aus Semi Final: Champions Trophy Semifinal 1 match officer
- On-field umpires: Chris Gafni and Richard Illingworth
- Third Umpire: Michael Gough
- Fourth Umpire: Adrian Holdstock
- Match Referee: Andy Pycroft
SA vs NZ Semi Final: Champions Trophy Semifinal 2 Match Officer
- On-field umpire: Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Refel
- Third Umpire: Joel Wilson
- Fourth Umpire: Ahsan Raza
- Match Referee: Ranjan Madugale
Team India and Australia’s journey in Champions Trophy
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India won the first match of the Champions Trophy 2025 by 6 wickets against Bangladesh. Shubman Gill scored a century in this match, Mohammed Shami took 5 wickets. After this, the team defeated Pakistan, in this match, Virat Kohli had a century from the bat. India won the final match of the group stage against New Zealand by 44 runs.
Talking about Australia, he won only 1 match in group stage. After winning the first match by 5 wickets against England, his second match was canceled due to rain with South Africa and the third match with Afghanistan.
