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Champions trophy 2025: The first match of the ICC Champions Trophy will start only a few hours from now. The teams of Pakistan and New Zealand will be face to face in the first match. A total of 8 teams are participating in the Champions Trophy. It also includes Afghanistan and Bangladesh, which have been kept in different groups, but if you are coming to mind why Sri Lanka and West Indies teams are not playing in it, then these news are for you. We will tell you in detail what is the real reason for Sri Lanka and West Indies not playing in the Champions Trophy 2025.
Eight teams are taking part in the Champions Trophy
With the Champions Trophy, a ICC tournament is returning after about 29 years in Pakistan. Earlier, there was a 1996 ODI World Cup in Pakistan. Since then, Pakistan did not get any ICC tournament hosted. Also, the Champions Trophy is also going to be held after about eight years, so the thrill over it has increased. This time eight teams are part of this tournament, among India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa and Afghanistan. But it does not name Sri Lanka and West Indies. Whereas they are considered to be the best cricket teams in the world.
Teams are decided on the basis of ODI World Cup
Actually, 8 top teams participate in the Champions Trophy. What will these eight teams be, it depends on the ODI World Cup played earlier. Earlier, the ODI World Cup played in 2023, in addition to India and Australia, the teams of New Zealand and South Africa reached the semi -finals. That is, four teams were decided from here. Pakistan is hosted by this tournament, so its entry was done as a host. That is, five teams have been done so far. Apart from this, if we talk about three more teams, then their decision was taken by looking at the world’s points table.
Sri Lanka and West Indies leaves clean
In the ODI World Cup 2023, Afghanistan’s team ranked sixth. After this, England concluded their campaign at number seven. Bangladesh’s team managed to make it to number eight. Sri Lanka also played the ODI World Cup 2023, but the team was not in the top 8. Sri Lanka’s team was at number 9 in this tournament. That is why his leaf was cut. If we talk about the West Indies, then the West Indies could not qualify even for the ODI World Cup 2023. Now you must have understood why the world’s two dhakad cricket teams are not part of this time the Champions Trophy.
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