2017 ICC Champions Trophy
The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was the eighth ICC Champions Trophy, a cricket tournament for the eight top-ranked One Day International (ODI) teams in the world. It was held in England and Wales from 1 to 18 June 2017.[1] Pakistan won the competition for the first time with a 180-run victory over India in the final at The Oval.[2] The margin of victory was the largest by any team in the final of an ICC ODI tournament in terms of runs.[3]
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| Dates | 1 June – 18 June 2017 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  England Wales |
| Champions |  Pakistan (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Player of the series | Hasan Ali |
| Most runs | Shikhar Dhawan (338) |
| Most wickets | Hasan Ali (13) |
| Official website | ICC Champions Trophy |
The top eight teams in the ICC ODI Championship rankings as on 30 September 2015 qualified for the tournament, and were divided into two groups of four. Bangladesh returned to the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time since 2006, while the West Indies failed to qualify for the first time.
Security around the tournament was increased following the Ariana Grande concert attack in Manchester, just before the start of the competition. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that they would review security concerns.[4][5]
The ICC Champions Trophy was due to end in 2013, with the 2013 competition the final one, to be replaced by the ICC World Test Championship in 2017.[6] However, in January 2014 it was instead confirmed by the ICC that a Champions Trophy tournament would take place in 2017. In 2016, the ICC confirmed that the Champions Trophy would be scrapped after this tournament, keeping in line with the ICC's goal of having one tournament for each of the three formats of international cricket.[7] In November 2021, the ICC confirmed that the tournament would return in 2025, hosted in Pakistan.[8]
Summary
Rain and poor weather affected 5 of the 15 matches played in the tournament.[9] The top two teams in the ICC ODI Rankings at the time (South Africa and Australia) were knocked out in the group stage, with Australia not winning a single game out of their three.[10] 2015 World Cup finalists New Zealand were also knocked out in the group stage, also not winning a single game. Thus, England and Bangladesh from Group A, and India and Pakistan from Group B qualified for the semi-finals. Pakistan beat England comfortably in the first semi-final, winning by 8 wickets with almost 13 overs to spare to make their first final ever in the Champions Trophy. India beat Bangladesh in the second semi-final, also winning comfortably by 9 wickets, in what was Bangladesh's first semi-final in an ICC tournament.[11]
The prize money for the 2017 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy was increased by half a million dollars from 2013 to a total of $4.5 million. The winning team got a cheque of $2.2 million and the runner-up got $1.1 million. The other two semifinalists earned $450,000 each. Teams finishing third in each group took home $90,000 each, while the teams finishing last in each group got $60,000 each.[12]
Qualification
As hosts, England qualified for the competition automatically; they were joined by the seven other highest-ranked teams in the ICC ODI Championship as at 30 September 2015.[13]
| Qualification | Country |
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| Host | England |
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| India | |
 South Africa | |
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 Sri Lanka | |
 Bangladesh | |
| Pakistan |
Venues
On 1 June 2016, it was announced that the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy would be held across three venues: The Oval, Edgbaston and Sophia Gardens.[14] The ICC confirmed the umpires for all matches and venues on 18 May 2017.[15]
| London | Birmingham | Cardiff |
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| The Oval | Edgbaston Cricket Ground | Sophia Gardens |
| Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 23,500 | Capacity: 15,643 |
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Squads
The eight participating teams were required to announce a 15-member squad for the tournament on or before 25 April 2017.[16] Teams could make changes to their originally named squads up to 25 May 2017, after which date changes would only be accepted on medical grounds, subject to approval.[17]
India did not announce their squad by 25 April deadline due to what it described as "operational" reasons, although this was widely seen as a protest by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an ongoing disagreement with the ICC over finance and governance.[17] The BCCI were scheduled to announce the squad for India after the ICC board meeting on 27 April 2017.[18] However, on 4 May 2017, after no team had been named, the committee of administrators told the BCCI to select their squad immediately.[19] The BCCI undertook a special general meeting on 7 May 2017 to determine what course of action they would take.[20] The outcome of that meeting was that India would take part in the tournament,[21] and the squad was named on 8 May 2017.[22]
On 10 May 2017, the ICC confirmed all the squads for the tournament. Pakistan's Shoaib Malik played in his sixth consecutive Champions Trophy.[23]
Warm-up matches
Before the tournament started, England and South Africa played a bilateral three-match ODI series leaving the other six teams to play warm-ups against two other teams not in their group. These warm-up matches had rules that were slightly different from normal ODI matches, and were thus not recognised as ODIs. A team could use up to 15 players in a match, but only 11 could bat (or field at any one time) in each innings.
Group stage
The fixtures were announced on 1 June 2016.[24][25]
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The teams are ranked according to points (2 for a win, 1 for a tied, abandoned or no result game, and 0 for loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings:[26]
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.045 |
| 2 | Bangladesh |
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 |
| 3 | Australia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −0.992 |
| 4 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1.058 |
Advanced to knock-out stage
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first time a 300-plus total had been successfully chased down in the history of the Champions Trophy.[27]
- Points: England 2, Bangladesh 0.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain initially reduced the match to 46 overs per side, with further rain setting Australia a revised target of 235 runs from 33 overs. Another rain delay prevented any further play.
- Josh Hazlewood (Aus) returned the second-best bowling figures in the history of the Champions Trophy with 6/52.[28]
- Points: Australia 1, New Zealand 1.
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain during Australia's innings prevented any further play.
- This was Australia's 900th ODI match.[29]
- David Warner (Aus) became the fastest Australian batsman, in terms of innings, to make 4,000 runs in ODIs (93).[30]
- Points: Australia 1, Bangladesh 1.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: England 2, New Zealand 0.
- England qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.[31]
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mahmudullah and Shakib Al Hasan made the highest partnership for any wicket for Bangladesh in an ODI (224).[32]
- This was Bangladesh's first victory in the history of the Champions Trophy.[33]
- Points: Bangladesh 2, New Zealand 0.
- New Zealand were eliminated as a result of this match.[32]
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain during England's innings prevented any further play.
- Points: England 2, Australia 0.
- Australia were eliminated and Bangladesh qualified for the semi-finals for the first time as a result of this match.[34]
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | India |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.370 |
| 2 | Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.680 |
| 3 | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.167 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.798 |
Advanced to knock-out stage
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Hashim Amla (SA) became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to make 25 centuries in ODIs (151).[35]
- Due to the slow over rate, Sri Lanka's captain Upul Tharanga was suspended for two matches.[36]
- Points: South Africa 2, Sri Lanka 0.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced the match to 48 overs per side, with further rain setting Pakistan a revised target of 289 runs from 41 overs.
- Wahab Riaz (Pak) recorded the worst bowling figures in the history of the Champions Trophy with 0/87.[37]
- Points: India 2, Pakistan 0.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain during Pakistan's innings prevented any further play.
- Fakhar Zaman (Pak) made his ODI debut.
- Points: Pakistan 2, South Africa 0.
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: India 2, South Africa 0.
- India qualified for the semi-finals and South Africa were eliminated as a result of this match.[41]
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Faheem Ashraf (Pak) made his ODI debut.
- Points: Pakistan 2, Sri Lanka 0.
- Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals and Sri Lanka were eliminated as a result of this match.[42]
Knock-out stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | England
| 211 (49.5 overs) | |||||||
| B2 | Pakistan
| 215/2 (37.1 overs) | |||||||
| B2 | Pakistan
| 338/4 (50 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | India
| 158 (30.3 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Bangladesh
| 264/7 (50 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | India
| 265/1 (40.1 overs) | |||||||
Semi-finals
England became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals by virtue of two wins in its first two Group A games, and with other teams of the group either losing a game or ending games without a result.[43] Bangladesh qualified for the semi-finals following their win against New Zealand, and Australia failing to beat England in the final match of Group A.[44] From Group B, India and Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals following victories in their final group matches against South Africa and Sri Lanka respectively.[45][46]
The ICC confirmed the umpires for the semi-final matches on 13 June 2017 and for the final on 16 June 2017.[47][48] Pakistan beat England by 8 wickets to qualify for the final for the first time while India beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets to make their second consecutive appearance and fourth overall in a final.[11]
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Rumman Raees (Pak) made his ODI debut.
- This was the first time that Pakistan had qualified for a Champions Trophy final and it was their first final in an ICC ODI competition since 1999.[49]
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- This was Bangladesh's first appearance in a semi-final of any ICC competition.[50]
- Yuvraj Singh played in his 300th ODI.[51]
- Virat Kohli (Ind) became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to reach 8,000 runs in ODIs (175).[52]
Final
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Fakhar Zaman (Pak) scored his first century in an ODI.[3]
- Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time.[3]
- Pakistan's total was their highest in any ICC tournament final.[3]
- The margin of victory was the largest in any ICC ODI tournament final in terms of runs.[3]
Statistics
Batting
- Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | HS |
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| Shikhar Dhawan | India | 5 | 5 | 338 | 67.60 | 125 |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 5 | 5 | 304 | 76.00 | 123* |
| Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh | 4 | 4 | 293 | 73.25 | 128 |
| Joe Root | England | 4 | 4 | 258 | 86.00 | 133* |
| Virat Kohli | India | 5 | 5 | 258 | 129.00 | 96* |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo[53] | ||||||
Bowling
- Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasan Ali | Pakistan | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14.69 | 4.29 | 3/19 |
| Josh Hazlewood | Australia | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15.77 | 5.07 | 6/52 |
| Junaid Khan | Pakistan | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19.37 | 4.58 | 3/40 |
| Liam Plunkett | England | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24.50 | 5.85 | 4/55 |
| Adil Rashid | England | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20.28 | 4.73 | 4/41 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo[54] | |||||||
Team of the Tournament
The team of the tournament was named by the ICC the day after the final. The team included seven members of the 22 players who featured in the final, as well as three Englishmen, a Bangladeshi and a New Zealander.[55]
Media and promotion
In a media release before the commencement of the tournament, the ICC stated that live broadcast would be made available in "more than 200 territories, across five continents".[56] The release added that the tournament's broadcast would reach China, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia for the first time.[57]
The prize money for the competition was increased by $500,000 from 2013 to a total of $4.5 million. The winning team received $2.2 million, with $1.1 million going to the runner-up. The other two semi-finalists earned $450,000 each. Teams finishing third and fourth in each group each received $90,000 and $60,000 respectively.[12]
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