Only few days left for another ICC tournament and we can’t wait for it. ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will start from 1st July in England. Total 8 international cricket teams are going to compete with each other in this much awaited Champions Trophy 2017. England will host this tournament and cricket matches will be held in 3 stadiums. There will be total 2 groups and each group will have 4 teams each. In Group A there will be Australia, Bangladesh, England and New Zealand. In Group B there will be India, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Every cricket team already selected their squad and ready to reach the England. All players are pumped up after the IPL game and did a great job. In 2013 ICC Champions Trophy which was also hosted by England won by India. India is favorite to win this ICC Champions Trophy as well because some experienced players are return to the team including Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Australia Squad is also strong after the return of the speedster Mitchell Starc. Virat Kohli will play his first ICC tournament as a captain and he will definitely looking to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. Unfortunately West Indies is not qualified to play in this year’s ICC Champions Trophy 2017 and fans will miss this team.

ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will be 18 days long tournament. Final match will be held on Oval, England on 18th June. Matches will be start on either 3 PM or 6 PM (Local IST time).

Update – ICC Champions Trophy 2017 is going very smoothly as main team are winning the games. In first match of Champions Trophy England the host team won against Bangladesh very easily. Unfortunately most of the matches were affected by rains and second match between Australia Vs New Zealand had no result thus they shared 1 points each.

The most awaited match of this Champions Trophy was between India and Pakistan and India won the game easily by 124 runs.

ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Groups

Group A Group B Australia India Bangladesh Pakistan England South Africa New Zealand Sri Lanka

ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Points Table

Group A

Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR England 3 3 0 0 0 6 1.045 Bangladesh 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 Australia 3 0 1 0 2 2 -0.992 New Zealand 3 0 2 0 1 1 -1.058

Group B

Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR India 2 1 1 0 0 2 1.272 South Africa 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.879 Pakistan 2 1 1 0 0 2 -1.544

ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Schedule

Date Match Details Time Result Jun 01, Thu England vs Bangladesh, 1st Match, Group A Kennington Oval, London 3:00 PM England Won by 8 Wickets Jun 02, Fri Australia vs New Zealand, 2nd Match, Group A Edgbaston, Birmingham 3:00 PM No Result Jun 03, Sat Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 3rd Match, Group B Kennington Oval, London 3:00 PM South Africa won by 96 Runs Jun 04, Sun India vs Pakistan, 4th Match, Group B Edgbaston, Birmingham 3:00 PM India won by 124 Runs Jun 05, Mon Australia vs Bangladesh, 5th Match, Group A Kennington Oval, London 6:00 PM No Result Jun 06, Tue England vs New Zealand, 6th Match, Group A Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 3:00 PM England Won by 87 Runs Jun 07, Wed Pakistan vs South Africa, 7th Match, Group B Edgbaston, Birmingham 6:00 PM Pakistan won by 19 runs Jun 08, Thu India vs Sri Lanka, 8th Match, Group B Kennington Oval, London 3:00 PM Sri Lanka won by 7 Wickets Jun 09, Fri New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 9th Match, Group A Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 3:00 PM Bangladesh won by 5 wickets Jun 10, Sat England vs Australia, 10th Match, Group A Edgbaston, Birmingham 3:00 PM England won by 40 runs Jun 11, Sun India vs South Africa, 11th Match, Group B Kennington Oval, London 3:00 PM Jun 12, Mon Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 12th Match, Group B Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 3:00 PM Jun 14, Wed TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi-Final (A1 v B2) Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 3:00 PM Jun 15, Thu TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi-Final (A2 v B1) Edgbaston, Birmingham 3:00 PM Jun 18, Sun TBC vs TBC, Final Kennington Oval, London 3:00 PM

ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Team Squads

India Squad:

Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami

Pakistan squad:

Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Fahim Ashraf , Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Fakhar Zaman

Australia squad:

Steven Smith(c), David Warner, Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa

Sri Lanka squad:

Angelo Mathews(c), Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Chamara Kapugedera, Asela Gunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Kulasekara, Nuwan Pradeep, Thisara Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Seekkuge Prasanna

Bangladesh squad:

Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Sunzamul Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Shafiul Islam

England squad:

Eoin Morgan(c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Jos Buttler, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

South Africa squad:

Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers(c), Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Farhaan Behardien, Morne Morkel

New Zealand squad:

Kane Williamson(c), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Neil Broom, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Jeetan Patel, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor

ICC Champions Trophy Winners List

Year Winner Runner-up Final Result Host 1998 South Africa West Indies South Africa won by 4 wickets Bangladesh 2000 New Zealand India New Zealand won by 4 wickets Kenya 2002 India, Sri-Lanka – Sri Lanka and India named joint winners Sri Lanka 2004 West Indies England West Indies won by 2 wickets England 2006 Australia West Indies Australia won by 8 wickets India 2009 Australia New Zealand Australia won by 6 wickets South Africa 2013 India England India won by 5 runs England 2017 TBC TBC TBC England

ICC Champions Trophy Most Runs

POS PLAYER Team INN RUNS AVG SR 4s 6s 1 Chris Gayle West Indies 17 791 52.73 88.78 101 15 2 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 21 742 41.22 84.8 79 6 3 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 21 683 37.94 71.37 68 - 4 Sourav Ganguly India 11 665 73.89 83.12 66 17 5 Jacques Kallis South Africa 17 653 46.64 77.46 63 9 6 Rahul Dravid India 15 627 48.23 73.33 56 1 7 Ricky Ponting Australia 18 593 39.53 76.52 66 4 8 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 16 587 53.36 67.94 67 3 9 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 20 536 29.78 88.01 67 6 10 Damien Martyn Australia 11 492 61.5 73.98 63 -

ICC Champions Trophy Highest Individual Scores

POS PLAYER CURRENT TEAM RUNS BALLS 4s 6s SR VS 1 Nathan Astle New Zealand 145 151 13 6 96.03 United States of America 2 Andy Flower Zimbabwe 145 164 13 - 88.41 India 3 Sachin Tendulkar India 141 128 13 3 110.16 Australia 4 Graeme Smith South Africa 141 134 16 - 105.22 England 5 Sourav Ganguly India 141 142 11 6 99.3 South Africa 6 Shane Watson Australia 136 132 10 7 103.03 England 7 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 134 135 12 - 99.26 England 8 Chris Gayle West Indies 133 135 17 3 98.52 South Africa 9 Avishka Gunawardene Sri Lanka 132 146 19 - 90.41 West Indies 10 Shoaib Malik Pakistan 128 126 16 - 101.59 India

ICC Champions Trophy Most Wickets