The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy is set to make a comeback for the tournament, which has become obscure since 2017, as Pakistan will hold its first multinational cricket event in 29 years.
The ninth edition of the Elite One Day International (ODI) tournament will be held in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from February 19th to March 9th.
Let’s take a look at the short history and most important moments of competition.
1998
Host: Bangladesh
Team: 9
Final: South Africa vs. West Indies
Runner-up: South Africa – 4 wickets
Tournament player: Jack Karis (South Africa)
The first edition devised to support the game across countries of cricket’s test plays was held in Bangladesh as the Wills International Cup.
The ICC has promised that the funds generated from the tournament will develop a non-test nation, but the host was not a participant as Bangladesh has not yet joined the top positions of sports.
The main round began in the quarter-finals, but New Zealand and Zimbabwe decided the eighth team in the game before the knockout. After all, that opening fixture ended up being the closest and most memorable game at the final ball finish.
Pakistan and India were plotted to meet in the semi-finals, but the star-studded Pakistani side, including Shahid Afridi, Aimer Sohail, Wasim Akram and Moyne Khan, are among the stars-studded Pakistani side, with Brian Lala’s 290 against the West Indies We were unable to chase the target of the orchid.
The West Indies defeated India but lost to South Africa in the final. Jack Charis’ usual all-round glow has brought Protea to the first and to date only the male titles of ICC.
2000
Host: Kenya
Team: 11
Final: New Zealand vs India
Winner: New Zealand – 4 wickets
Tournament Players: None
The renamed ICC Knockout Trophy was hosted by Kenya in line with the idea of expanding the sport to ICC’s sub-nation.
This time, the host was included in the expansion lineup alongside fellow debutant Bangladesh, but neither of them were able to enter the main round.
Modern limited over cricket greats Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Marlon Samuels made their ODI debuts during the tournament. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly won 348 runs in four matches, including the fourth century, leading his team to the final against New Zealand. Ganguly scored the top score in the final with a run of 117, but his efforts were overshadowed by Chris Carins.
2002
Host: Sri Lanka
Team: 12
Final: Sri Lanka vs India
Winner (co-operative): India and Sri Lanka (no results due to bad weather)
Tournament Players: None
The third edition added more teams (Netherlands) and introduced a group-based system.
The top teams from each of the four groups entered the semi-finals. There, India and South Africa were locked together, even at Billender Sewag’s part-time off spin proteer sister, Charis, Ran Cruisener and Mark Boucher.
The final against the Indian hosts was a rain-affected event, and after two attempts to complete the match, the decider was cancelled and the trophy was shared.
2004
Host: England
Team: 12
Final: England vs. West Indies
Winner: West Indies – Two Wickets
Tournament player: Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies)
Breaking away from its promise to host the championship trophies of developing countries in cricket countries, the ICC held a tournament in the UK, and baseball’s US US won the ICC Six Nations Challenge to advance to the qualifying round.
America’s challenge didn’t last long. In one of the shortest ODI games by Balls, their fixture against Australia ended in under 32 overs and skided at 64 in 24 overs. The pursuit was completed within 8 overs and the match was put together within three hours.
It took the ICC six years to finally realize the importance of India vs. Pakistan equipment at a global event. The South Asian rivals gathered in Group C and assured them they would play each other at least once. The match ended up with that hype and we went for the last time.
Shoaib Akhtar’s furious fast bowling and Naved-ul-Hasan’s Wily Medium Pace limited India to 200, while Rahul “The Wall” Dravid scored a top score at 67. towards the target. Shahid Afridi’s 12-ball 25 sealed the victory with four balls.
England and the West Indies have overwhelmed semi-final opponents Australia and Pakistan, respectively, to hold the finals at the London Oval. Marcus Trescothick’s century was not enough to bring England to its first ICC title, as the West Indies won two wickets.
2006
Host: India
Team: 10
Final: West Indies vs Australia
Winner: Australia – 8 wickets
Tournament player: Chris Gale (West Indies)
India started their first Home Champions Trophy Tournament as one of their favourites, but lost two of the three group games and was quickly eliminated. Two other South Asian teams from Pakistan and Sri Lanka also failed to advance.
The Indian Cricket Committee (BCCI) and the ICC appear to have been at Loggerheads in the preliminary stage of the tournament, with then-BCCI vice president Lalit Modi criticizing the ICC tournament marketing and scheduling.
Pakistan and India were once again disconcerted and separated at the group stage.
In the first semi-finals, regional rivals faced off between Australia and New Zealand in Mohali. In Mohali, the real-life ODI World Champions recorded a comfortable victory and booked a date against Holders West Indies.
The rain reduced the final to 35 overs, but failed to wet the sides of Ricky Ponting. The strong Australian teams in the 1990s and 2000s won their first Champions Trophy title with an eight-wicket victory.
2009
Host: South Africa
Team: 8
Final: Australia vs New Zealand
Winner: Australia – 6 wickets
Tournament Players: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
The sixth edition was scheduled for Pakistan in 2008, but moved abroad following the March 3rd gun attack on the bus of the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore. Hosting rights were granted to South Africa, and the tournament was scheduled for 2009.
The number of teams was trimmed into eight based on the team’s ODI rankings and divided into two groups.
In the group A marquee conflict, we saw Pakistan defeating India by running for 54 runs in front of a roaring crowd of Centurion. Shoaib Malik’s QuickFire Century, combined with Saeed Ajmal and Afridi’s precise spin bowling, won India in the second champion trophy in many encounters with Pakistan.
Australia reached the final with unbeaten record and consecutive trophies in New Zealand’s six-wicket defeat thanks to opener Shane Watson’s unbeaten century.
2013
Hosts: England and Wales
Team: 8
Final: England vs India
Winner: India – 5 runs
Tournament player: Shikal Dhawan (India)
The Champions Trophy was held in 2009 and was scheduled to be dusted, but the ICC made it happen after the scheduled 2013 Test Championship playoffs were cancelled due to broadcast and sponsorship issues.
The competition has returned, and the India-Pakistan clash has also returned. However, the match failed to meet expectations as Pakistan’s meek batting efforts were rejected at 165 in the 40th overs.
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar’s economic pace and swing bowling, combined with the spin attacks of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Aswhin, made the Pakistani batsmen unhappy. Encouraged Indian Captain Dhoni threw the ball to Virat Kohli for several overs of mushy bowling on the wrong footing. India chased the target in under 20 overs in front of a noisy Edgbaston crowd.
Organizers repayed the edition of the tournament, which was quickly arranged, when England and the World Champions met in the final.
However, the UK weather played Spoitaport and the match fell to 20 overs. Kohli scored 43 runs from 34 balls as India scored 129 at a limited overs career peak.
Despite the early studs, the UK appeared to be 20 on the course, needing the final 15 balls and six wickets in hand. Indian Wi-Fi Captain Dhoni took home a expensive and unstable paced Isant Sharma. Sharma filmed two wickets with two balls, followed by Jadeja with another two wickets.
India wins the trophy for the second time, and the iconic Indian skipper becomes all three ICC limited over tournaments, the T20 World Cup (2007), the 50 Over World Cup (2011), and the first captain to win As a result, Dhoni’s move paid off. Champions Trophy.
2017
Host: England
Team: 8
Final: India vs Pakistan
Winner: Pakistan – 180 runs
Tournament players: Hasan Ali (Pakistan)
After finishing the final edition of the 2013 edition, the ICC said it was certain that 2017 would definitely say goodbye to cricket fans to the Champions Trophy. And England once again played host to the eight-team event.
The group A won a big victory over Bangladesh and opened the tournament, with the UK defeating Australia and New Zealand.
In the biggest fixture in Group B, India won a 124-run victory in Pakistan at Sulfaraz Ahmed, with the batting lineup collapsed to 164 in 41 overs. However, Pakistan defeated South Africa and South Africa in the semi-finals with a little help from the rain in their rivals South Africa and their rivals India.
Just like Pakistan’s case in global events, the team made the most of their new leases in the tournament, shattering England with eight wickets. India has also plunged Bangladesh into a massive victory to set the dream final for organizers, fans, broadcasters and sponsors.
Opener Fakar Zaman, who made his Pakistani debut 11 days ago, was fired from Jaspuri’s Bamra No Ball and scored 114 runs from 106 balls to help Pakistan set a target of 339.
India’s runchaise was shaken by opener Mohammad Amir, who rejected Rohit Sharma and Kohli in the first two overs. Legspinner Shadav Khan and tournament player Hasan Ali have made the damage as India was rejected for 158 in 30.3 overs. Pakistan’s biggest 180-run victory in ODI over India led the team to Green’s first Champions Trophy title.
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