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The Champions Trophy will be played in Pakistan and UAE from 19 February. This tournament of ICC to be held every 4 years is returning after 8 years. The tournament will be played in India in 2029. However, whether this will be a 50 -over tournament after that, it is not clear.
Champions Trophy will learn in Part-2 …
- 4 reasons, the reasons for which tournament after 2029 is difficult to find.
- 5 reasons, who did not allow the tournament in 2021
- What was the reason for starting again after 8 years
- When and why the Champions Trophy started
- All ICC tournaments to be held by 2031
1. 4 Reasons, reasons for which tournament after 2029 seems difficult
A. Popularity of ODI matches decreased
T20 teams and their popularity have reduced ODI viewership and popularity in the last 10 years. In these 10 years, 420 matches of Test and 1250 ODIs were held, but T20s were 2668 matches. At the same time, during 2005 to 2014, only 412 T20s were done in 10 years, while ODIs were 119 more than this decade. There was not much change in the number of tests.
With the arrival of T20, many small teams also started playing cricket. As of 2014, only 20 teams used to play this format, but 105 teams became part in the last 10 years. On the other hand, ODI playing teams are only 23 for the last 20 years. That is, the development of this format has stopped. The Champions Trophy is in 50 overs format itself, so the chances of its closure are also more.
B. ICC was about to shut down the Champions Trophy
After the Champions Trophy in 2017, the ICC made a plan that he would start the T20 Champions Cup instead of the ODI tournament. It will have a tournament between the top-8 teams like the T20 World Cup. In 2021, the new format could not be agreed, so it was not organized. However, ICC then scheduled the Champions Trophy for 2025 and 2029 in 50 overs format itself.
In the T20 World Cup, now from 12 to 20 teams, many small teams are doing well in this format. Also, T20 cricket will be included in the Olympics from 2028. In which only 8 teams will play. In such a situation, ICC did not bring a separate T20 Champions Cup for the top-8 teams and it is also less expected.
It is difficult to get window due to C. T20
The Indian Premier League (IPL) started in 2008, it was the world’s first ICC Authorized franchise tournament. In 2011, Australia started its franchise tournament Big Bash League (BBL). Bangladesh in 2012, West Indies in 2013 and Pakistan in 2016 also started their franchise tournament.
As of 2016, only 4-5 countries used to conduct franchise tournaments, but by 2025 almost every major cricket board started it. In the last 5 years, South Africa, UAE, England, Sri Lanka, Canada, Nepal and America brought their franchise tournaments. In which many big international stars play.
The flood of franchise cricket in 10 to 12 countries made cricket schedule busy. Due to this, it is becoming difficult to get time for the ICC tournament. The Champions Trophy could not be held in 2021 due to the busy schedule. Now the increasing T20 Cricket Champions Trophy can now become a major reason for the elimination of the Trophy.
D. Broadcasters’ pressure
For the board of sports tournaments, TV and online audience have become more important than the audience coming to the stadium because they increase their earnings. Broadcasters and sponsors are ready to pay a lot of money.
Broadcasters also discovered that more viewership comes in a T20 match than the entire series of ODIs and Tests. Due to this, T20 cricket also gets more advertisements. Therefore, broadcasters are pressurizing the ICC and the rest of the cricket board to conduct maximum T20.
The Champions Trophy was also planned to be done in T20 format for this reason, but BCCI refused to change the format. Due to broadcasters, India’s matches were held in the 2024 T20 World Cup during the day. Now broadcasters are saying that if there is a tournament after 2029, it should be done for 20-20 overs. If the ICC accepted his demand, it is difficult to hold the tournament.
2. 5 Reasons, which last
Not allowed tournament
3. After 8 years again
Reason for starting
In 2021 and 2023, 2 finals of the WTC started in place of the Champions Trophy, but the ICC did not earn as much as the Champions Trophy. The ICC earns from every tournament. Especially from the tournament that has India and one of its matches with Pakistan. Then all records of earning and viewership are broken.
India-Pakistan do not even play bilateral series among themselves since 2013. Both clash in the multinational tournament. The audience wants to watch the India-Pak match, the ICC is taking advantage of this hunger of the audience. The board does not earn from the match of both teams every year, not all the matches of the rest of the teams. Funding is also given to associate countries with this earning.
The last match between India and Pakistan was in the 2024 T20 World Cup. India won then. The picture is of the same match.
4. When and why the Champions Trophy started
In 1998, former ICC and BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmia started the tournament in the name of the Nockout Trophy. Small countries like Bangladesh, Kenya were initially hosted to generate revenue for cricket there. The popularity of the tournament started increasing and it was also done in countries like West Indies, England, India and South Africa.
From 1998 to 2006, the tournament was played every 2 years. From 2009, the tournament started every 4 years. This was done because the ICC’s T20 World Cup also started in 2007, which is once every 2 years. It was decided from the T20 World Cup itself that every year ICC will have some men’s tournament.
The T20 World Cup began once every 2 years. At the same time, the Champions Trophy and ODI World Cup occurs once in 4-4 years. The Champions Trophy was played in 2013 and 2017 after 2009. Now there will be a tournament in 2029 after 2025.
5. All tournaments of ICC to be held by 2031
In 2021, it was thought to end the Champions Trophy forever, but the ICC re -included the tournament in its future schedule. The tournament was hosted by Pakistan in 2025 and India in 2029. So the next time tournament is sure to be.
See all the ICC tournaments to be held by 2031 in the graphic below …
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