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In terms of experience, Bangladesh will be the second most experienced team in the upcoming Champions Trophy, just after Australia.
Six players who featured for Bangladesh in the 2017 Champions Trophy in England will be playing in this year’s tournament. In 2017, Bangladesh reached the semifinals, which remains their best performance in an ICC event.
The six players from the 2017 Champions Trophy who are also part of this year’s squad are:
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mahmudullah Riyad
Mehedi Hasan Miraz
Soumya Sarkar
Mustafizur Rahman
Taskin Ahmed
Meanwhile, Australia, who had seven players from the 2017 Champions Trophy, will take to the field with their experienced squad. The players from Australia who were part of the 2017 event are:
Steve Smith
Travis Head
Glenn Maxwell
Marcus Stoinis
Pat Cummins
Mitchell Starc
Adam Zampa
Josh Hazlewood
Australia, with seven players from 2017, is at the top of the list in terms of experience.
Notably, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc will be playing in their third Champions Trophy.
India follows Bangladesh in experience, with five players who participated in the 2017 Champions Trophy:
Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohammad Shami
Among these, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be playing in their third Champions Trophy.
The Champions Trophy has a rich history, with the first edition held in 1998 in Bangladesh under the name International Cup. At that time, Bangladesh had not yet achieved Test status. South Africa emerged as the champions in the inaugural tournament.
Over the years, other tournaments have been won by:
Kenya (2000) in the ICC KnockOut event.
Sri Lanka and India (2002) as joint champions.
West Indies (2004), Australia (2006, 2009), India (2013), and Pakistan (2017).
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (third Champions Trophy), Tom Latham and Mitchell Santner (second Champions Trophy).
Pakistan: Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, and Faheem Ashraf (second Champions Trophy).
England: Joe Root, Jos Buttler (third Champions Trophy), and Adil Rashid (second Champions Trophy).
South Africa: David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, and Keshav Maharaj (second Champions Trophy).
