2017 ICC Champions Trophy - Bangladesh replace West Indies in top 8 to qualify Wednesday Sep 30,2015

 

Bangladesh will return to the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time since 2006 after the eight sides were confirmed for the 2017 tournament, which will be hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from 1 to 18 June.

Bangladesh has replaced the West Indies, which finished outside the top eight in ninth position, in the ICC ODI Team Rankings on the September 30,2015 cut-off date

ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 30 September 2015, top eight sides have qualified for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017):
Rank
1 Australia
2 India
3 South Africa
4 New Zealand
5 Sri Lanka
6 England
7 Bangladesh
8 Pakistan
9 West Indies
10 Ireland
11 Zimbabwe
12 Afghanistan


Bangladesh's last participation in the ICC Champions Trophy was in India, when it featured in the qualifying round. It lost to Sri Lanka (by 37 runs) and the West Indies (by 10 wickets). Its only victory was against Zimbabwe by 101 runs.

The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will be a 15-match tournament, with teams split into two groups of four, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals. The groups and the schedule for the ICC Champions Trophy will be announced in due course