Mumbai, Sept 27 (NDTV.COM) The BCCI has put its weight behind the PCB and apparently asked the ICC for umpire Darrell Hair to be left out of the roster for next month's Champions Trophy in India.

Reports suggest that the BCCI has made a written request to the ICC to not include Hair as the Board would like to avoid any unnecessary controversy during the tournament.

The ICC has already delayed naming the umpiring panel for the tournament, which gets underway from October 7 in Mohali.

Hair, however, had said last week in a newspaper interview that he expected to be in India for this assignment.