North India Statesman
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India’s most popular umpire Anil Chaudhary has retired from international and umpiring in IPL. After this announcement, Chaudhary will not be seen umpiring in IPL 2025. He umpiring in the final match of the Ranji Trophy organized by the BCCI. In this match, Vidarbha defeated Kerala and won the Ranji Trophy title. Recently, it has also been learned that Chaudhary is going to make his IPL debut this time as a commentator.
His last international match as an umpire was India vs Australia ODI, which was played on 27 September 2023. The Kangaroo team won the match by 66 runs. He is 60 years old, this is the reason for his retirement. In a media report, he said that he has now decided to say goodbye to his umpiring career, but he will be seen commenting from the next season.
Know what Anil Chaudhary said on his retirement?
Anil Chaudhary said, “I will work as a commentary now. It has become difficult for me to comment for me only for the last 6 months. I commented in the month of February-March during the Champions Trophy 2025. I took a break again for the Ranji Trophy final. I am getting very good reviews for my umpiring.”
Anil Chaudhary is the most experienced umpire in the history of IPL. So far he has umpiring in 226 matches, out of which he has played the role of a field umpire in 131 matches. He played the fourth umpire in 21 matches and played the TV umpire in the remaining matches.
