ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Sri Lanka And West Indies: Champions Trophy 2025 will be hosted by Pakistan. However, the matches against Team India will be held at neutral venues. A total of 8 teams will participate in the tournament. From the points table of the previous i.e. 2023 ODI World Cup, 8 teams have been decided for the tournament. Teams like Sri Lanka and West Indies could not qualify for this time’s Champions Trophy.
10 teams took part in the 2023 ODI World Cup. The teams finishing in the top-8 in the points table qualified for the Champions Trophy, which also includes host Pakistan.
Why could Sri Lanka and West Indies not qualify?
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka played the 2023 ODI World Cup. The team was ranked ninth in the points table, due to which the team could not qualify for the Champions Trophy.
West Indies: The West Indies team could not qualify for the ODI World Cup played in 2023. In such a situation, there is no question of the team qualifying for the Champions Trophy.
Team India refused to go to Pakistan
Let us tell you that Team India had refused to tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. After this, a solution was found by ICC that Team India will play the tournament at a neutral venue.
Pakistan is the defending champion
It is noteworthy that the last edition of the Champions Trophy was played in 2017, in which Pakistan won. In this respect, Pakistan is the defending champion of the tournament. The thing to note is that Pakistan won the Champions Trophy title in 2017 by defeating India. In the match, Pakistan, batting first, scored 338/4 runs on the board in 50 overs. Then in reply, while chasing the target, Team India was all out for just 158 ​​runs in 30.3 overs. Pakistan had won by 180 runs.
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