ICC Champions Trophy 2017 | Cricket | Full Details

The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 is scheduled to be a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in England and Wales between 1 and 18 June 2017. This will be the 8th edition of the tournament. 

The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 full details is given below.

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ICC Champions Trophy :brief details

The ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council(ICC), second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup. It was started off as the ICC Knock Out Tournament in 1998 and has been played approximately every two years since. Its name was changed to ICC Champions Trophy in 2002.

The number of teams competing has varied over the years; originally all the ICC’s full members took part, and from 2000 to 2004 associate members were also involved. Since 2009, the tournament has only involved the eight highest-ranked ODI teams as of six months prior to the tournament.

In the lead-in to the 2013 tournament,which India won,ICC announced that the 2013 Champions Trophy was to be the last,with its place in the cricketing calendar to be taken by a new ICC World Test Championship. However, in January 2014, that decision was reversed, with the ICC confirming that Champions Trophy tournament would take place in 2017 and the proposed Test Championship was cancelled.

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Previous Winners

Year                               Winner                                                               Runners-Up                               Host

1998                              South Africa                                                       West Indies                               Bangladesh 

2000                             New Zeland                                                        India                                           Kenya

2002                            India & Sri Lanka(Co-winners)                      None                                            Sri Lanka

2004                           West Indies                                                          England                                     England

2006                           Australia                                                               West Indies                               India

2009                          Australia                                                                New Zealand                               South Africa

2013                           India                                                                       England                                     England & Wales        

In 2002  the final between India and Sri Lanka was washed out twice to leave no result. First, Sri Lanka played 50 overs and then India played two overs before the rain caused interruption. The next day, Sri Lanka again played 50 overs and India played eight overs. In the end India and Sri Lanka were declared joint winners.

The teams played 110 overs, but there was no result. Virender Sehwag (271) had the highest number of runs in the tournament and Muralitharan (10) had the highest number of wickets.

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As on 30 September 2015, top eight sides in the ODI ranking have qualified for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.They are as follows.

1.England

2.India

3.Australia

4.Pakistan

5.South Africa

6.Bangladesh

7.Sri Lanka

8.New Zealand

These teams are divided into 2 groups of 4 each.Teams in both group will play against each other and 2 teams from both groups will qualify for semi-finals.

Group A                                                               Group B

Australia                                                              India

Bangladesh                                                         Pakistan

England                                                              South Africa

New Zealand                                                       Sri Lanka

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Here is the full schedule of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 .All times are in GMT and local English time.

ICC Champions Trophy 2017 promises to be one heck of a tournament for Cricket fans,so what are your predictions for this ,let us know in the comments below!

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