The Champions Trophy is back with huge excitement throughout the Cricket World. It carries a speciality label as an ICC event back in Pakistan after 1996.
The format of this year’s tournament sees the eight teams split into two groups of four where each team takes on each other, with the top two teams in each group automatically progressing into the semi-finals. The matches are being played in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Dubai as India refused to visit Pakistan due to Political reasons, hence the Indian matches will be played in Dubai, UAE.
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The lucrative Prize money has increased by 53% from the 2017 edition in England. The prize pool for the 2017 Champions Trophy was $4.5 million, now totalling $6.9 million. The champion side will take home $2.24 million, while the runner-up receives $1.12 million.
Each of the four semi-finalists will earn $560,000. Teams that finished fifth or sixth position walk away with $350,000 while the seventh and eighth positions receive $140,000.
The tournament started with disappointment for Pakistan as they lost against New Zealand in the inaugural match. On the flip side, India starts another ICC tournament as the favourite after defeating Bangladesh by a huge margin. Australia and South Africa are on the way to competing in the Semi-final and most probably the final too.
The ICC Men’s Champions Trophy will take place every four years with the world’s top eight ODI teams, with the Women’s Champions Trophy launching in 2027 in a T20 format.
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