The champion team is out of the Champions Trophy, did not get a place due to this reason, this will happen for the first time

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The Champions Trophy 2025 will start on 19 February in Karachi, which will be played till 9 March. All the countries have started announcing their squads for this tournament to be played for 8 teams. Let us tell you, cricket fans are eagerly waiting for this tournament, because the Champions Trophy is going to return after 8 years. Earlier, the Champions Trophy was played in the year 2017. But this time the Champions Trophy will be played without a champion team. A team that has won the title of this tournament.

For the Champions Trophy 2025, 8 teams have been divided into 2 groups. Team India is in Group A with Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh. At the same time, Australia, England, South Africa and Afghanistan teams are present in the second group. But this time the Sri Lankan team is not a part of the Champions Trophy. Actually, Sri Lanka could not qualify for the Champions Trophy 2025. In fact, to qualify for the Champions Trophy 2025, all the teams had to finish in the top 8 in the points table during the ODI World Cup 2023 played in India. But the Sri Lankan team was at number 9.

Let us tell you, the Champions Trophy started in the year 1998. But this will be the first time when the Champions Trophy will be played without the Sri Lankan team. Before this, Sri Lanka had qualified every time. At the same time, Sri Lanka has also won the Champions Trophy title once. In fact, the result of the final match in the 2002 Champions Trophy was not out. In such a situation, the teams of India and Sri Lanka were chosen as co-champions.

The final match was washed away by rain

In 2002, the final match of the Champions Trophy was played on 29 September. In this match, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 244 runs for five wickets in 50 overs. In response to this target, Team India could play only 2 overs and the match was stopped due to rain. After this, the match was played again on the reserve day. Let us tell you, according to the rules of ICC then, the match used to start from the beginning on the reserve day. In such a situation, Sri Lanka again batted first and scored 222 runs. But this time also Team India played only 8.4 overs and the match was stopped due to rain. After this, both the teams were declared joint winners.