Champions Trophy 2017 - Teams, Venues and Complete Schedule

The 2017 edition of the Champions Trophy is all set to get underway. Over the years, the tournament has been the second most coveted global cricket tournament in the ODI format after the ICC World Cup. The first ever edition of the tournament was played in the year 1998 under the name of the ICC Knock Out tournament. It was in the year 2002 when the tournament was renamed as the ICC Champions Trophy.

The 1998 tournament was won by the South African team. Since then, there have been 7 editions been played. Team India are the proud winners of the tournament on two occasions. They are the defending champions at the moment. India beat England in the finals of the tournament in the year 2013 under the leadership of MS Dhoni. Coming to the 2017 edition, the top 8 teams will lock horns in the tournament scheduled to be played in England.

The tournament commences on June 1 with hosts England taking on Bangladesh in the opener at the Kennington Oval, London. The 8 participating teams of the tournament have been grouped in two pool of teams. Here is how the pools look like:

Pool A: England, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand.

Pool B: Sri Lanka, South Africa, India, Pakistan.

Venues

The tournament will have a total of 15 matches spread across three venues in England. The three venues for the tournament are Birmingham, London, and Cardiff. The finals will be played on June 18 at the Kennington Oval, London. June 1 has been kept as the reserve day for the tournament final.

Teams

Here are the 15-man squads of the 8 participating teams for the Champions Trophy:

India

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

England

Eoin Morgan (c), 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, Mark Wood.

Bangladesh

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

Australia

Steve 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.

New Zealand

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

South Africa

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

Sri Lanka

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

Pakistan

Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Ahmad Shahzad, Shoaib Malik, Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Imad Wasim, Shahdab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan.

Schedule