ICC Champions Trophy: History and Previous Winners

The ICC Champions Trophy is a prestigious ODI cricket tournament featuring the world's top teams. This article covers its history, past winners, and unforgettable moments.

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ICC Champions Trophy: History and Previous Winners
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One of the most famous ODI (ODI) cricket competitions is the ICC Champions Trophy,Initially played in 1998 with the top cricket teams from around the globe. The tournament is renowned for fast matches and some excellent cricket.

Champions Trophy?

The ICC Champions Trophy is a global tournament of cricket administered by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Contrary to the ICC Cricket World Cup, where there are more teams and more extended format, the Champions Trophy is a compact tournament with merely the top-rated teams. It is sometimes nicknamed the "mini World Cup" due to the intense nature of its matches.

List of all the winners

Year Winner
1998 South Africa
2000 New Zealand
2002 India & Sri Lanka (Joint Winners)
2004 West Indies
2006 Australia
2009 Australia
2013 India
2017 Pakistan

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Memorable Moments in Champions Trophy History

  • South Africa 1st ICC Trophy - 1998:
    The inaugural ICC Champions Trophy, which took place in Bangladesh in 1998 The tournament saw South Africa claiming their first ICC title.
  • 2002 THE ONLY JOINT WINNERS
    After the final was rained out twice, India and Sri Lanka were declared joint winners of the tournament.
    The ICC game that shares a championship.
  • 2006, 2009 -Aus the monopoly
    Australia took two in a row from 2006 and 2009 reaffirming their supremacy in ODI cricket
  • INDIA Unbeaten 2013 -India
    India was unbeaten in the 2013 tournament and beat England in the final with the Captaincy of MS Dhoni
  • Aggarka 2017 - The Historical Win Of Pakistan
    In the 2017 final held at wankley, Pakistan stunned cricketing world to beat India and it was their first ICC champions trophy.

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