The International Cricket Council (ICC) is mulling with the idea of scrapping the Champions Trophy and hosting two World T20 Cups in the four-year cycle, chief executive David Richardson said today. India started its campaign by comprehensively defeating Pakistan and got so badly intoxicated with the triumph that when they needed to repeat the heroics in the final, the whole team crumbled like a pack of cards.
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The professionalism demonstrated by each and every member of the Pakistani team has undoubtedly left an indelible mark in the history of global cricket, and would be remembered for long, long time to come. Action is being taken on this front too, he said, without explaining. They beat the hot favourites and their arch-rival India by 180 runs.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have a history of animosity dating back to independence from Britain in 1947 and partition of the subcontinent.
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Defending champions India had been expected to cruise to victory against outsiders Pakistan during the much-anticipated final Sunday.
However, Richardson said there is no guarantee that there will be another Champions Trophy after 2021 and the issue will be discussed during the ongoing ICC annual conference at The Oval. This was the first time when India and Pakistan were playing against each other in a 50-over ICC final.
"Mohad is a small village on the state border and this is a Muslim-dominated village".
Because, we believe that keeping any kind of relation with Pakistan is an insult to the thousands of jawans who have been martyred in Kashmir.
"We thought one big partnership would have set it up nicely", Indian skipper Virat Kohli said after the match.
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