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The home side are hotly fancied to make a big impression on the event, which will be staged at three venues around the country.
Eight nations compete over 18 days at The Oval, Edgbaston and Cardiff's SSE SWALEC Stadium
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England to Face Bangladesh in Opener
England and Bangladesh will look for a return to form from their top-order batsmen when they launch the Champions Trophy at the Oval on Thursday June 01,2017
The Champions Trophy opener is set to feature several survivors on both sides from Bangladesh's 2015 World Cup win over England, when a hundred from Mahmudullah and aggressive seam bowling propelled the Tigers to a memorable success at the Adelaide Oval.
That defeat knocked England out of the World Cup and led them to adopt a far more aggressive approach to the one-day game
Bangladesh come into the Champions Trophy bolstered by warm-up wins over New Zealand and Ireland in Dublin this month.
"Whatever you have done in the past gives you a little bit of confidence, but then you have to start again," said Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe, the former Sri Lanka batsman.
"So whatever we do first against England, we need to start well and that's what we are focusing on."
In their last 12 ODIs, England have managed to post 300-plus scores in 10 matches, including a 444 for 3. In one match they posted 296 for 6 and the other in which they missed out was the final ODI against South Africa in which they were bowled out for 183. They have won 10 of those matches as well.
But, both teams suffered stunning collapse in their final matches before the ICC Champions Trophy. England were 20 for 6 against South Africa while Bangladesh were 22 for 6 against India in the final warm-up game.
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