Cricket News Desk. 'Mini World Cup' Hopes of reviving the Champions Trophy were dashed after the ICC at its annual conference ratified its earlier decision to discontinue it. In the very popular Twenty20 World Cup, the challenge of Champions Trophy was won in no time and history was made.
At the five-day annual conference in London, the ICC agreed to retain one World Championship each in all three formats of cricket. The ODI World Cup already exists and the ICC has decided to scrap the Champions Trophy and host the World Test Championship, which will start in England in 2017.
The history of Champions Trophy is not old
Apart from the World Cup, the Champions Trophy was another prestigious tournament in the 50-50 over format in which the top eight nations of the world participated. However, the history of the Champions Trophy is not very old. It started in Bangladesh in 1998 when it was a knockout based tournament. After two editions it was changed to a knockout based round robin league. After a short existence of just 15 years, the Champions Trophy journey ended in England this month. Under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India won the last edition of the tournament by defeating England.
A total of seven editions of the Champions Trophy were held between 1998 and 2013, with India and Australia winning the title a record two times each. South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies won the Champions Trophy once each. At one time India and Sri Lanka were joint winners.
ICC is struggling for test
The ODI World Cup started in 1975 and is continuing continuously. India is also the current champion of this tournament. His popularity remains intact in cricket. But after the arrival of T-20 cricket, ICC is struggling to maintain the popularity of Test cricket. And for this reason the Champions Trophy was left for the Test Championship.
However, the ICC had already decided that the Champions Trophy to be held in England would be the final edition of the tournament. But considering the large number of spectators during the matches in England, it was expected that this could be maintained in the future also. Despite continuous rain during the tournament, the enthusiasm of the spectators did not diminish. 12 out of 15 matches of the tournament were housefull.
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