Deccan Chargers Batter, teammate of the U19 World Cup Kohli for referee at IPL 2025

Last update:March 19, 2025, 11:34 ist

Tanmay Srivastava played a vital role in the triumph of India over South Africa in the U-19 World Cup final, scoring 46 races composed in number 3.

Tanmay Srivastava will officiate at IPL 2025 (Image credit: X)

The former Deccan batter Chargers, Tanmay Srivastava, who also played for the XI Punjab, Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Uttar Pradesh Kochi, will be one of the referees in IPL 2025. Srivastava was part of the Indian team that won the 2008 U19 World Cup U19 under Captainch of Virat Kohli.

The official announcement has been made, confirming that Tanmay Srivastava, a key member of the victorious U-19 team, will enter the IPL as a referee this season.

Srivastava retired from the professional Cricket five years ago and since then he has been officiating in National Games.

“A real player never leaves the field, just changes the game. Wishing that Tanmay Srivastava is the best, since he puts on a new hat with the same passion,” he tweeted the Crickt Association of Uttar Pradesh on Monday night.

Srivastava represented the Kings Xi Punjab in the 2008 and 2009 seasons, which appears in seven games.

Despite its limited success in the Premier League India, Srivastava enjoyed a solid national race, accumulating almost 5000 races in 90 first -class games.

It will be Captain U19 of Srivastava, Kohli, who will go to the field in the opening match of the 18th season.

Srivastava made his list a debut in the NKP Salve Challenger trophy in October 2006 and played for India Blue against India Green. Unfortunately, he scored a three ball duck in the debut.

Despite a failure, Srivastava finished his list with 1728 races in 44 games at an average of 44.3 with seven hundred in his name.

A week later, Srivastava made his first -class debut in the Iranian trophy, but could score only one and 0 in both entries.

Srivastava made his debut in T20 in the T20 Interestatal Tournament in April 2007, but scored only six races in the match against Railways.

Srivastava was last seen in action in the Legends 2022 League, scoring 81 races in three entries, to an average of 40.5.