ICC may scrap Champions Trophy

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 03:39 PM

ICC may scrap Champions Trophy

New Delhi June 20: According to International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson, The Champions Trophy could vanish in favor of staging the World Twenty20 every two years.

India is due to stage the next Champions Trophy in 2021 but Richardson warned Monday it was by no means certain the event would go ahead, with the former South Africa wicketkeeper saying future World Twenty20s could feature up to 20 teams.

"What we want to do is differentiate our global events from each other so that they can be standalone and create maximum interest every time the event happens," Richardson told reporters via telephone on the eve of the ICC's annual conference in London.

"At this stage, the next Champions Trophy is still scheduled for India in 2021. Whether that gets changed, the consideration has been given to changing to two T20s in a four-year cycle which would mean swapping the Champions Trophy for a World T20."

We already knew that The Pakistan team has been thrashed India by 180 runs to win this year's edition of the Champions Trophy at The Oval on Sunday, with a worldwide television audience of millions watching the stunning final.

Pakistan lifted the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time. Pakistan lifted the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time.