With its rapid-fire schedule and the strength of its field, the Champions Trophy is arguably the preferred 50-over event for players and fans compared to the Cricket World Cup, which can drag on for six weeks and where many results can be predicted. 2 and 3, respectively, and teams that regularly deliver on the big stage - are the other likely semifinalists. Still, it would be a surprise if the two teams didn't qualify for the semifinals in what should be a competitive tournament played under heightened security after the bomb attack in Manchester, and being held across three locations from June 1-18: The Oval in London Edgbaston in Birmingham and Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, Wales. Yet they have never won an ICC trophy, having been a runner-up three times at the World Cup and lost finals on home soil in the Champions Trophy in 20. The English, playing at home and with a new-found enthusiasm for the one-day format under coach Trevor Bayliss, are many people's tips. That should install the Proteas as the outright favorites but it's been a long and painful trophy drought since winning their only piece of ICC silverware at the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998: Four semifinal defeats in the Champions Trophy to go alongside four semifinal losses in the Cricket World Cups. The South Africans are the top-ranked ODI team, with the top-ranked batsman (AB de Villiers) and the top two bowlers ( Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir).
They will have to cope with the favorites' tag at the eight-team Champions Trophy starting on Thursday. South Africa and England are the perennial underachievers in one-day international cricket, mixing high hopes with high-profile failures in the big tournaments.
Follow us on Image Source : ICC IMAGE The Indian team in action in one of the two warm-up games of ICC CT 2017.
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