ICC Champions Trophy 2017

[Samid]

"The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy is an ODI cricket tournament scheduled to be held in England and Wales between 1 and 18 June 2017. This will be the 8th edition of the tournament. The top eight teams in the ICC ODI Championship rankings as on 30 September 2015 qualified for the tournament.

On 1 June 2016, it was announced that the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy would be held across three venues: The Oval (London), Edgbaston (Birmingham) and Sophia Gardens (Cardiff)."

Group A: Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand
Group B: India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka

ICC Champions Trophy (Official site)
Fixtures (Cricinfo)
Squads (Cricinfo)

 

[The Man Himself]

England to win...

 

[Moby]

We'll probably line up as Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Jadhav, Hardik, Jadeja, Mishra, Bhuvi, Bumrah.

 

[Mani]

Australia will win it.

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

Don't think in the last 8-10 years there has been an ICC tournament where I have been less confident about the Indian team,unless something crazy happens we have no chance

 

[Red Pavan]

Don't think in the last 8-10 years there has been an ICC tournament where I have been less confident about the Indian team,unless something crazy happens we have no chance

Yadav has done very well recently and has good pace. Bhuvi and Bumrah will get assistance off the pitch and the conditions. Barring Hardik Pandya, i think it's a very good lineup.

 

[prath92]

Don't think in the last 8-10 years there has been an ICC tournament where I have been less confident about the Indian team,unless something crazy happens we have no chance

On the contrary I am actually a little more confident of our bowling than I have been for a while. Bumrah Bhuvi are very good. Yadav too has been bowling well.

We'll probably line up as Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Jadhav, Hardik, Jadeja, Mishra, Bhuvi, Bumrah.

Playing 2 spinners is slightly overkill in England? I would take the spin options in yuvi and jaddu and play shami/Yadav

 

[NinjaFletch]

Yadav has done very well recently and has good pace. Bhuvi and Bumrah will get assistance off the pitch and the conditions. Barring Hardik Pandya, i think it's a very good lineup.

ODI pitches in England are absolute roads there will be nothing in them for the bowlers. If we have an exceptionally warm June theres a chance reverse and spin may come in to play (but the 2 new balls make that unlikely) but more than likely you'll get a bit of swing for the first few overs and then absolutely feck all for the bowlers. The only bowlers who won't get annihilated are ones with express pace imo.

 

[Red Pavan]

ODI pitches in England are absolute roads there will be nothing in them for the bowlers. If we have an exceptionally warm June theres a chance reverse and spin may come in to play (but the 2 new balls make that unlikely) but more than likely you'll get a bit of swing for the first few overs and then absolutely feck all for the bowlers. The only bowlers who won't get annihilated are ones with express pace imo.

Don't think that is happening anytime soon. Rain all the way

 

[Moby]

Playing 2 spinners is slightly overkill in England? I would take the spin options in yuvi and jaddu and play shami/Yadav

There's a lot more wrong in that team apart from that (including the presence of your favourite batsman ) but that's the team I think will play not the one that should.

 

[ha_rooney]

England and Australia are my favourites.

As Pakistan will inevitably do shit, I'll be supporting the Kiwis & hope they win it.

 

[Nighteyes]

Literally all our batsmen are out of form at the same time. Not a good time to play a tournament.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Watching India vs SA. Should be good!

 

[EdWeatherall]

Going Aus v NZ, should be a cracking day if the weather is nice

 

[prath92]

Literally all our batsmen are out of form at the same time. Not a good time to play a tournament.

dhawan is in top 5 run getters in ipl. dhoni is getting into form. yuvraj also has played a few innings. Rohit and Rahane are the worries.

There's a lot more wrong in that team apart from that (including the presence of your favourite batsman ) but that's the team I think will play not the one that should.

dhoni imo is the least of our worries. He is still india's best keeper and has been in fairly decent form of late. Rohit being off form is a bigger worry imo. Plus jadeja's bowling form too.

 

[Moby]

dhawan is in top 5 run getters in ipl. dhoni is getting into form. yuvraj also has played a few innings. Rohit and Rahane are the worries.



dhoni imo is the least of our worries. He is still india's best keeper and has been in fairly decent form of late. Rohit being off form is a bigger worry imo. Plus jadeja's bowling form too.

Won't say least of our worries to be honest. He's a liability with the bat, as is Yuvraj. It's the same old story with Indian cricket, our legends just don't know when to stop.

Our batting completely depends on Kohli who's been crap this year overall. Don't really have any hopes in this tournament.

 

[Nikhil]

Prediction:
1st semifinal - Australia vs South Africa
2nd semifinal - England vs India

England and the Saffers have improved over the past 18 months or so. Should make for an interesting Cup.

 

[KM]

We'll probably line up as Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Jadhav, Hardik, Jadeja, Mishra, Bhuvi, Bumrah.

Mishra isn't in the squad. Ashwin replaces Mishra and that's our team.

First time in a long time that our pace bowling attack is much, much better than our batting. Bhuvi plus Bumrah are excellent LOI bowlers.

 

[Moiraine]

I think England have the best limited over players right now. Lets see if they can pick up some form and rhythm for the tournament.

 

[Samid]

Might have a few rain-affected matches this week...

 

[KM]

I hope our proud ICC record stands.

4th June, Edgbaston.

It only stands for WC. Pakistan has defeated us in Champions trophy before.
*I'm assuming you're Indian.

 

[KM]

Not really looking forward to this tournament really. All the matches so far(warmups and Eng-SA series) have been complete batting fests. It seems 315 is around par here. Ridiculous.

 

[GailSpaceWynand]

It only stands for WC. Pakistan has defeated us in Champions trophy before.
*I'm assuming you're Indian.

Yes, indeed. They have a better record in Champions Trophy too, surprisingly.

 

[GailSpaceWynand]

Not really looking forward to this tournament really. All the matches so far(warmups and Eng-SA series) have been complete batting fests. It seems 315 is around par here. Ridiculous.

Saw the India- NZ warm-up? NZ hit 180 odd runs all out; I think it'll be opposite - the conditions in England favour fast bowlers more and there has been ample swing. Expect more balanced matches than the ones on the subcontinent.

 

[Samid]

Not really looking forward to this tournament really. All the matches so far(warmups and Eng-SA series) have been complete batting fests. It seems 315 is around par here. Ridiculous.

Rabada not having any of that.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Not really looking forward to this tournament really. All the matches so far(warmups and Eng-SA series) have been complete batting fests. It seems 315 is around par here. Ridiculous.

You're not looking forward to it based on three high scoring chases?

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Rabada not having any of that.

Shame, Lords isn't on the roster, though.

 

[Cloud7]

Going to be painful watching a tournament without WI in it Backing SA for this. AB is my favorite player and I would love for him to win a big trophy before he retires.

 

[Xaviesta]

Finding it hard to remember that this tournament starts this week. Care factor just isn't high.

 

[Ish]

Rabada not having any of that.

Bit of a dead rubber. I've not checked anything as I'm work, but have England made a lot of changes to their team? We threw the match 2 days ago though. 7 runs off the final over with Miller and Morris hitting well and Wood comes up with a peach of a final over.

On topic, we will in all likelihood continue our choking sequences.

 

[paulscholes18]

Bit of a dead rubber. I've not checked anything as I'm work, but have England made a lot of changes to their team? We threw the match 2 days ago though. 7 runs off the final over with Miller and Morris hitting well and Wood comes up with a peach of a final over.

On topic, we will in all likelihood continue our choking sequences.

The top order is unchanged, just a few changes to the lower order and bowlers

 

[Ish]

The top order is unchanged, just a few changes to the lower order and bowlers

Thanks bud.

 

[NinjaFletch]

As much as I like Roy and think he's a great player he's horribly out of nick and Bairstow is (as usual) smashing it.

You have to get Bairstow into this side, and there's an obvious slot opening the batting. Roy can come back in when he's found some form again.

Hope Roland-Jones bowls well too, I'm not convinced by Willey or Ball in this format.

 

[paulscholes18]

Wood, woakes, Stokes & Alli in for Ball, Willey, Roland and Finn for the 1st match

 

[GailSpaceWynand]

England and Australia to make it from Group A. India and South Africa from Group B.

No WI is a bummer.

 

[paulscholes18]

England expected lineup
Roy
Hales
Root
Morgan
Stokes
Buttler
Alli
Woakes
Rashid
Plunkett
Wood

 

[dbs235]

It would be mental to not play Bairstow.

 

[ha_rooney]

Hope the weather stays dry, especially on Sunday!!

 

[RedTiger]

Bangers are gonna make the semi final.

You lot can quote me on this.

 

[Dumbstar]

England and Australia are my favourites.

As Pakistan will inevitably do shit, I'll be supporting the Kiwis & hope they win it.

You're kidding? Pakistan aren't going to throw away this golden egg. They'll lose to India in the first game (of course) and then thrash SA and Sri Lanka. At some point they'll want to meet India again - aka the golden egg. These opportunities come along but once a decade.