Who Will Win ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Prediction

ICC Champions Trophy 2017

The ICC champion’s trophy will be held in England from 1^st June to 18 June in 2017. In this tournament top, 8^th team will battle with each other to win the trophy. Top 8 teams will be divided into 2 groups, each group have 4 teams.

In group stages, each team has one match with another team in the same group and top 2 teams of the group will qualify for the semifinal and then 2 teams will qualify for final. So, which will go to win and which team going to lose we don’t know but we can predict that which team is favorite depends upon the previous form. I am going to tell about those teams which are favorites in champions’ trophy 2017:

 India: the defending Champion

We all know that India is the winner of 2013 champions trophy and they are also favorite for 2017 champion trophy depends upon the form of the Indian team in last 10 to 12 month. In last one year Indian teams have many good memories like they beat New Zealand in test series as well in ODI, they beat England in test series as well in ODI and T20 series.

Indian team maintains great form from 2016. Indian team has strongest batting order comparing to other teams. If I talk about the top order than Rohit Sharam will be one of the openers in two. He is out from the team from December 2016 due to injuries but now he is recovered and ready to fire.

At number three the captain Virat Kohli comes and he is now great form. The experience comes in the middle order with Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni as well young Kedar Jadhav also in great form.

India has world class spinner with Ashwin and Jadeja, but it depends on the behavior of pitch because most of the England pitch are not spin friendly.

Indian team has a unit of good fast bowler unit with Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and others who are good in form. But Indian bowler needs to be work how they will bowl in last 10 over. This is the biggest issue with Indian bowler since many years.

Australia: 2015 world cup winner

As we know Australia (The Kangaroo) is a very good unit in all 3 areas batting, bowling and fielding. The Australian team is also one team who are favorites in 2017 champions’ trophy. Since last year they have great form and now they looking good against India in current test series.

In starting off 2016 they beat Indian team in a close series by 4-1 and in the first test, they beat India by a huge margin of 333 runs.

The Australian team has good batting unit with David Warner, Captain Steve Smith, and Glenn Maxwell. Kangaroo also has world class fast bowling unit with Mitchell Starc, James Faulker, and Jose Hazelwood. They can be bonus point to the Australian team at England pitches. From last one year, David Warner and Steve Smith both are in great form. In recent Steve Smith made back to back 100 against India in test series.

New Zealand: Runner-up of 2015 world cup

New Zealand team is also favorite zone for 2017 champions’ trophy. They are runner-up in 2015 world cup. Kiwi team is also in good form since last one and half year. In 2016 they beat Australia by 2-1.

New Zealand team has good batting and bowling unit. In top order, they have Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, and Ross Taylor. They all are in good form and if they maintain it in champion’s trophy also then they can be the new champion. Kiwi has good all-rounder also with Kore Anderson, James Neesham, and Tim Southee.

New Zealand team also has good pace attack with Tim Southee, Trent Boult, and Kore Anderson. Who can forget the bowling of Boult in 2015 world cup; he was the leading wicket-taker in the world cup. If he will fire then there will be trouble for another team.

South Africa:

Who can forget the South African team and AB De Villers. South Africa is always favorites in the big tournament. But they have a history that they cannot handle pressure in the critical situation.

But that is the time when they need to prove that they are not “Choker”. As we know the South African team has world class batting and bowling unit.

If I talk about batting then they have AB De Villiers, Du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, David Miller, Hashim Amla and JP Duminy. They have the ability to change the game.

In bowling, they have Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir. But they need to hold pressure until the end of the match.

England: Runner-up of 2013 Champions trophy

England has one bonus that they will play in our home and according to experts, they have a chance to win champions trophy 2017. England team was runner-up in 2013 champions’ trophy. England team has good batting and bowling unit as well as they have good all-rounder.

In top order, they have young Jason Roy who is in the best form of his career. After that, they have Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Ben stokes and Joss Buttler.

England team has good pace attack like Tymal Mills, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood and Mark Footitt. And they also have good all-rounders like Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali.

At last, I want to say cricket is unpredictable so we can't say who is going win ICC champions trophy, so it is a just prediction.