WTC Final: Even though the Indian cricket team has not been able to make it to the final of the World Test Championship this time, India’s representation will still be seen in this historic match.

The ICC has announced match officials for WTC Final 2025, giving two Indians a big responsibility. The match will be played at the prestigious Lord’s ground in England, where the world’s eyes will be on this match.

It is a matter of pride for Indian cricket that former fast bowler Jawagal Srinath has been appointed as the match referee for the World Test Championship (WTC Final) final match. Srinath has also played this role in many ICC finals earlier.

Apart from Srinath, Indian umpire Nitin Menon has been appointed as the fourth umpire. This will be his debut in the World Test Championship (WTC Final) final. For him, this will be the first direct role in a major ICC Test tournament.

Illingworth will create history

England’s Richard Illingworth and New Zealand’s Chris Gafni have been made the field umpire for the final. The special thing is that Illingworth will become the first umpire to play the role of a field umpire in all three World Test Championships finals.

At the same time, Richard Catelboro of England has been given the responsibility of TV umpire, who was also in the same role in the 2021 WTC final. The experience and accurate decision ability of kettleboro includes them among the most trusted umpires of the ICC.

Jai Shah expressed confidence

ICC chairman Jai Shah said, “We are happy to announce an experienced team of match officials for the ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord’s. This team will conduct the closing of the last two years Test matches in a fair and effective manner.”

This time the teams of Australia and South Africa will face face to face in the World Test Championship final. South Africa topped the league stage with the highest 69.44% points, while Australia finished second.

Team India finished third with 50% marks in this cycle and missed out on reaching the second final. The team had to bear the brunt of losing a significant match in the final phase.