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Na Maloom Afraad
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Champions Trophy should be five teams if the World Cup is gonna be ten teams.
Na Maloom Afraad
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I don't like Kamran Ghulam.
MrDependable
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Champions Trophy is pointless imo. Maybe just another tournament for the ICC to make money, but other than that I don't see why it should be held when we already have a World Cup of the same format.
Neptune
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It should go the opposite route imo. 16 teams, straight knockouts.
I fully realise that this will never happen though, teams won't tour for potentially playing just one match
Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
*should've been the last two World Cups
Don't count; this is too popular an opinion!
This would be ideal, but if the ICC is worried the broadcasters will be mad at India potentially getting a single game (highly unlikely to happen, but still possible), then maybe they can make it a double knockout? India have had a stellar record in ODI tournaments the last decade and a half, so giving them a two-game net virtually secures them as finalists, making the broadcasters and ICC very happy while sort of maintaining the chaos of a knockout format.
wasteyouryouth
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Champions Trophy should be like the Champions League, for me. I'd make qualifying in the top 10 of a World Cup mean automatically qualifying for the World Cup then those teams play in Champions Trophy, two groups, tri-series kind of thing. Teams outside of that top ten would have something similar below but with qualification for the World Cup on the line.*should've been the last two World Cups
Don't count; this is too popular an opinion!
This would be ideal, but if the ICC is worried the broadcasters will be mad at India potentially getting a single game (highly unlikely to happen, but still possible), then maybe they can make it a double knockout? India have had a stellar record in ODI tournaments the last decade and a half, so giving them a two-game net virtually secures them as finalists, making the broadcasters and ICC very happy while sort of maintaining the chaos of a knockout format.
For the Champions Trophy you could have a finale tournament between the top two teams of each group or have best of three knockouts for the semi finals and final.
You could reduce the number of fixtures and add two more teams by having four groups
Neptune
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I don't disagree with you, but if they made the draws 100% based on seeds (for example first ranked india play 16th ranked USA), i could see the icc potentially being okay with the risk.
And with that system the first place team would face the winner of 8 v 9 in the quarters which would be either Afg or Ban which is a fairly guaranteed trip to the semis for a side as strong as India
Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
Yeah, but they're not getting their India-Pakistan game if they seed the fixtures, unless Pakistan goes all the way and meets India in semis or the final, which is a once in a blue moon occurrence.
We saw what we're capable of even against the likes of the USA, so I wouldn't back us to do shit until we've actually already done it.
Not having a surefire India-Pakistan game can be a dealbreaker for the ICC, I'd imagine.
Neptune
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Oh yeah lmao that's a totally different issue altogether. With the bracket I talked about, India being 1st and Pakistan being 3rd in the ratings means the only way they play each other is if they make the finals.
This would be so cool if it happened again tbh, but yeah the format just doesn't happen if you need both India and Pakistan to go unbeaten to play each other even once
