Champions Trophy History: The Champions Trophy, also known as the Mini World Cup, is going to start in a few months. This time the Champions Trophy is hosted by Pakistan, there was a lot of controversy regarding its organization for a long time. India had refused to play in Pakistan due to security reasons, after which ICC decided to hold India's matches at neutral venues. This will be the ninth season of this tournament and it is going to be exciting for cricket fans.
Champions Trophy begins
Champions Trophy was started in 1998. At that time this tournament was organized in Bangladesh. In the first season, direct knockout matches were played between 8 teams. New Zealand had made it to the knockout stage by defeating Zimbabwe. India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and West Indies won in the quarterfinals and reached the semi-finals. South Africa won the Champions Trophy title for the first time by defeating West Indies.
Who has won this trophy the most number of times?
Australia has won the Champions Trophy title the most number of times so far. Australia had won the titles in 2006 and 2009. India has also won this trophy twice, but out of the two, in 2002, India had to share the trophy with Sri Lanka, because the match was drawn due to rain. Whereas, India won the trophy in 2013.
Apart from this, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand and West Indies have also won the Champions Trophy title once each.
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