The Champions Trophy begins on February 7. Pakistan will face New Zealand in the opening match at Karachi Stadium. Sharafuddaula bin Shaheed beach of Bangladesh is being an onfield umpire in this match. His companion on the field will be English umpire Richard Ketelboro.
The ICC has announced a list of umpires for the group stage match through a notification. In addition to the opening match, the beach will also serve as the umpire of West Indies Joel Wilson in the Afghan-England match in Lahore on February 26. South Africa-England match (March 7) will be the TV umpire. He was placed as the fourth umpire in the South Africa-Afghanistan match on February 26.
Being on the ICC elite panel, the beach is now regularly seen in a bilateral series abroad. He has been umpiring in the Border-Gavaskar trophy of the 2021-21 season. In the Indo-Australia Test series, Yashwasi Jayaswal's decision was quite a response to the beach. Worked in the ongoing India-England series.
List of Officials of the Champions Trophy Match
Umpire: Sharfuddoula ibn Shaheed beach, Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Ghafani, Michael Goff, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Elingworth, Richard Katellborough, Ahsan Raja, Paul Rifle, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wowl
Match referee: David Bun, Ranjan Madugale, Andy Piccroft
