ICC champion trophy group

[Nadim]

Champions Trophy 2017 groups

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


Source: ICC Twitter


Tough group. All 3 teams in our group have very good seam attack for the condition in UK. Looking forward to see how our batsmans do against them...

[Nadim]

Opening match of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will be hosts England against Bangladesh at The Oval on June 1st #CT17

2nd game, 5th June vs Aus at Oval

3rd game: 9th June vs NZ at Cardiff


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It's 14 degree today, 1st June 2016 and cold as f****. Better not like this in one year time

[Night_wolf]

oh god how I would have liked that group if the CT was in the sub con. in England this the worst possible group that we could have been in.

well at least we'll not play India and there will be peace

[Jadukor]

Are we ever gonna tour any country? Forgot where we went besides Zimbabwe off late.

[Out_You_Go]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
Are we ever gonna tour any country? Forgot where we went besides Zimbabwe off late.

Ya before CT17, we play New Zealand and Ireland in a Tri-Series in Belfast. Hope that works well in our favour.

[tanvir_nus]

If Mustafizur is fit to play in England it will benefit Bangladesh a lot... not only he will improve leaps and bounds as a player but all his teammates will watch the matches and get a fair idea of how to play there

[patriot]

Hope Taskin is cleared by then. A pace attack of Taskin, Fizz and Rubel should be enough for us to mount a good challenge.

[Rana Melb]

Originally Posted by patriot
Hope Taskin is cleared by then. A pace attack of Taskin, Fizz and Rubel should be enough for us to mount a good challenge.

Definitely mash will do good.. his bowling ll suit in this condition

[aklemalp]

I wouldn't be surprised if some unknown turns out to best Taskin, Rubel, and The Prince of Mirpur.

[mij]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
I wouldn't be surprised if some unknown turns out to best Taskin, Rubel, and The Prince of Mirpur.

I was thinking the same.

[aklemalp]

ESPN crocinfo.Com is already hyping up india-pakistan match....and Darren Sammy just trolled the hell out of WICB...

[Dilscoop]

Easy group. *Mashrafe walks into the sunset with the trophy*

[horizon]

I believe the pitches will turn as it's late season in England. Last time also it was turning pitches and they chose the same venues this time as well.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by horizon
I believe the pitches will turn as it's late season in England. Last time also it was turning pitches and they chose the same venues this time as well.

June 1st is not late season. It shouldn't swing that much as early summer.

[horizon]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
June 1st is not late season. It shouldn't swing that much as early summer.

Sorry guys, it's early season. Whatever, it typically swings more in August than in June. My point is, swing would be less of a concern. Pitches would more likely to be suited for batting and a bit of spin.

[Wickets]

Originally Posted by horizon
I believe the pitches will turn as it's late season in England. Last time also it was turning pitches and they chose the same venues this time as well.

It's 1 month out of 5 into the international summer in England, nowhere near late season. The pitches were pretty dry last time because all the grounds were hosting Ashes tests and Graeme Swann was England's biggest weapon.

[NoName]

Lol, got to be the worst group. Should send the team month in advance

[icricket]

Let me be the first one to hype up our team.
Champion trophy 2017 here we come!!
Aus, Eng, NZ who? Shobgulare shuaiya dibo, iA.

[Rinathq]

Meh.... Mash-Musta-Taskin-AlAmin with Rubel as backup.... Cant wait to play the Aussies... just one bully left

[meazz1]

Originally Posted by rinathq
Meh.... Mash-Musta-Taskin-AlAmin with Rubel as backup.... Cant wait to play the Aussies... just one bully left

Is Taskin already cleared to play or you're hoping he will be?

[Rinathq]

so hosts are set for a first game loss in the tournament opener... perfect

[aklemalp]

India-Pakistan games are sooooo 1990s.

Bore fest on the cards.

[Austin 3:!6]

On this venue 4 years ago...we went on to become undefeated champion of all champions:






4 years later...7 teams will be simply wasting their time.

Because:

[Tausif]

Tough group. But hopefully we'll do well. Plenty of time to prepare

[Vepu]

We are playing ENG and NZ in day games. Whoever wins the toss and bat 2nd will have huge advantage. So I will not rule out our chances. Plus we have a match at Cardiff 😁😁. Lets bring back some memories