How did these two World Cup winning teams get out of Champions Trophy 2025, this rule of ICC proved costly

Champions Trophy 2025: The Champions Trophy 2025 is to be organized in Pakistan. Preparations are being made for this right now. An ICC tournament is going to be organized in Pakistan after a long time. Like every time, this time also a total of 08 teams will participate in the Champions Trophy. This time the names of two World Cup-winning teams are not included in these eight teams. These two teams have won a total of 6 World Cup trophies. In such a situation, let us know why these two teams could not get the ticket for Champions Trophy 2025.

These teams did not get tickets for the Champions Trophy.

The two world champion teams that have not qualified for the Champions Trophy to be played in Pakistan are none other than Sri Lanka and West Indies. To qualify for the Champions Trophy 2025, both these teams had to follow the rules of the ICC, which was only that they had to finish in the top 8 in the points table during the ODI World Cup 2023 played in India. The Sri Lankan team finished 9th in the points table, while the West Indies team could not even qualify for the ODI World Cup 2023. Their journey had ended long ago.

Sri Lanka’s team is out of the race for the Champions Trophy for the first time. Before this, they have qualified for the Champions Trophy every time. On the other hand, the West Indies team could not qualify even last time i.e. in the Champions Trophy 2017. Bangladesh team got the chance in their place. They participated in the Champions Trophy for the first time in 2017. Where their team also made it to the semi-finals.

This team qualified for the first time.

Bangladesh team is participating in the Champions Trophy this time too. This is the second time that their team will play in the Champions Trophy. On the other hand, the name of the Afghanistan team has also been added to the list this time. They are ready to play in the Champions Trophy for the first time. Their team finished sixth in the points table of the ODI World Cup 2023. For some time now, Afghanistan has performed well in every format. The Afghan team played an amazing game in the ODI World Cup 2023.