All you need to know about the upcoming Champions Trophy 2017


The ICC Champions Trophy is all set to begin on 1 June.

The first match of the mega tournament will be played between between England and Bangladesh at The Oval.

The event is contested by top eight teams in ICC ODI Team Rankings as on September 30, 2015.

Notably, Bangladesh didn't qualify for the tournament since the 2006 edition. It blasted its way to the tournament this year by kicking the West Indies team out.

The eight teams have been divided into two groups.

Group A: Australia, England, Bangladesh and New Zealand.

Group B: India, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

India, the defending champions, will kick-off its campaign against arch-rival Pakistan on June 4.

While, India enjoys a glorious unbeaten record against Pakistan in World Cup tournament, the latter has got an appreciable lead against the former in the Champions Trophy tournament.

Here is a list of all the fixtures:

Warm-up matches

26 May (Friday) – Australia vs Sri Lanka - The Oval

27 May (Saturday) – Bangladesh vs Pakistan - Edgbaston

28 May (Sunday) – India vs New Zealand - The Oval

29 May Monday) – Australia vs Pakistan - Edgbaston

30 May (Tuesday) – New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - Edgbaston

30 May (Tuesday) – India vs Bangladesh - The Oval

Tournament matches:

1 June (Thursday) – England vs Bangladesh - The Ova

2 June (Friday) – New Zealand vs Australia - Edgbaston

3 June (Saturday) – Sri Lanka vs South Africa - The Oval

4 June (Sunday) – India vs Pakistan - Edgbaston

5 June (Monday) – Australia vs Bangladesh - The Oval

6 June (Tuesday) – England vs New Zealand - Cardiff

7 June (Wednesday) – Pakistan vs South Africa - Edgbaston

8 June (Thursday) – India vs Sri Lanka - The Oval

9 June (Friday) – New Zealand vs Bangladesh – Cardiff

10 June (Saturday) – England vs Australia - Edgbaston

11 June (Sunday) – India vs South Africa - The Oval

12 June (Monday) – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - Cardiff

14 June (Wednesday) – First semi-final (A1 v B2) - Cardiff

15 June (Thursday) – Second semi-final (A2 v B1) - Edgbaston

18 June (Sunday) – Final - The Oval

19 June (Monday) – Reserve day

Teams:

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Shami, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh and Umesh Yadav.

South Africa: AB de Villiers (captain), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir.

Australia: Steve Smith (captain), 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 and Adam Zampa.

Bangladesh: Masrafe Mortaza (captain), Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan Miraj, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sanjamul Islam, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarker, Tamim Iqbal and Taskin Ahmed.

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

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Neil Broom, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Jeetan Patel, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee and Ross Taylor.

Pakistan: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Ahmad Shahzad, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Fahim Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Hassan Ali, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal and Wahab Riaz.

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (captain), Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella, Asela Gunaratne, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Kusal Mendis, Nuwan Pradeep, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Lakshan Sandakan and Upul Tharanga.

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