The ICC Champions Trophy is a ODI Cricket Tournament organised by the ICC, second in importance only to theCricket World Cup
The tournament was inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out Tournament in 1998 and has been played approximately every two years since
The tournament's name got changed to the Champions Trophy in 2002
Since 2009, the tournament has only involved the eight highest-ranked ODI teams as of six months prior to the tournament
The tournament was inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out Tournament in 1998 and has been played approximately every two years since
The tournament's name got changed to the Champions Trophy in 2002
Since 2009, the tournament has only involved the eight highest-ranked ODI teams as of six months prior to the tournament
1998 ICC Knock-Out Trophy
The 1998 ICC Knock-Out Trophy (officially known as Wills International Cup) was held in Bangladesh where 9 Teams participated -
Australia;England;India;New Zealand;Pakistan;South Africa;Sri Lanka;West Indies and Zimbabwe
South Africa;Sri Lanka;India and West Indies entered into the Semi-finals
SF 1 - South Africa Vs Sri Lanka -South Africa Wins by 92 Runs by D/L Method
Scorecard - South Africa 240/7(39 Overs)and Sri Lanka 132/10(23.4 Overs)
Jacques Kallis scored 113* and was the Player of the Match
SF 2 - India Vs West Indies - West Indies wins by 6 Wickets
Scorecard - 242/6(50 Overs)and West Indies 245/4(47 Overs)
Sourav Ganguly scored 83 and for WI Mervyn Dhillon took 3 for 38(8 Overs) and was the Player of the Match
Finals - West Indies Vs South Africa - SA Wins by 4 Wickets
Scorecard - WI scored245/10(49.3 Overs)and SA scored 248/6(47 Overs)
Philo Wallace(WI)scored 103 Runs for WI and Hansie Cronje scored 61* for SA
Jacques Kallis took 5 for 30(7.3 Overs)and was the Player of the Match
2000 ICC Knock-Out Trophy
The tournmanet was held in kenya where 8 Teams participated.Of which,Pakistan;New Zealand;India and South Africa entered into the semi-finals
SF 1 - Pakistan Vs New Zealand - NZ wins by 4 Wickets
Pakistan (252, 49.2 overs) lost to New Zealand (255-6 , 49 overs)
SF 2 -India Vs South Africa -India wins by 95 Runs
India (295-6, 50 overs) beat South Africa (200, 41 overs) by 95 runs
Finals - New Zealand Vs India - NZ wins by 4 Wickets
India (264-6, 50 overs) lost to New Zealand (265-6, 49.4 overs) by 4 wickets
2002 ICC Knock-Out Trophy
The tournament was held in Sri Lanka where 12 Teams participated.Of which,India;South Africa;Australia and Sri Lanka entered into the semi-finals
SF 1 -India Vs South Africa - India wins by 10 Runs
Scorecard -India 261/9(50 Overs)and SA 251/6(50 Overs)
Yuraj Singh scored 62 Runs and Virender Sehwag took 3/5(5 Overs)and was the Player of the Match
SF 2 - Australia Vs Sri Lanka - SL wins by 7 Wickets
Scorecard - Australia 162/10(48.3 Overs)and SL 163/3(40 Overs)
Finals - India Vs Sri Lanka - No Result
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