After officiating in the ICC ODI World Cup in 2023 and the T20 World Cup in 2024, Bangladeshi umpire Sharfuddoila Ibne Shahid Saikat will be officiating in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.

The International Cricket Council has confirmed the match officials tournament  to be held in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 19 February to 9 March.

A team of 12 umpires will take charge of the proceedings in the 8-team tournament to be played in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi in Pakistan and Dubai in the UAE.

Richard Kettleborough, a veteran of 108 Men's ODIs, and who stood in the final of the last edition played in the United Kingdom in 2017, is among six umpires who return for another Champions Trophy.

Chris Gaffaney, Kumar Dharmasena, Richard Illingworth, Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker, all members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, are others who also featured in 2017.

Kettleborough and Illingworth, who stood together for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 final in Ahmedabad, are joined by Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Ahsan Raza, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, Alex Wharf and Joel Wilson, all of whom officiated at the World Cup in India.

David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle and Andrew Pycroft, all members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, comprise the three-member team of referees.

Boon was referee in the 2017 final while Pycroft also officiated in the tournament. Madugalle returns after officiating the 2013 final.