Experts have opined that winning the ICC Champions Trophy requires far greater skills and capabilities than the ICC World Cup.
With only the best of the sides competing in a compressed format, there is no room for getting laid back or being complacent, as one error, could potentially end a team’s campaign.
Such is the level of dedication, hard work and determination needed, to succeed in cricket’s most rigorously competed tournament.
Having made its debut in 1998, the ICC Champions Trophy has come off a long way with several players turning into legends with this prestigious tournament. The previous edition was supposed to be the last one in 2013, which the then MS Dhoni-led India won with authority, but an enhanced global demand has led the ICC to reinstate the tournament among the other ICC events.
Scheduled to be held in every four years, fans are assured of some serious cricketing action over the duration.
A few teams have garnered tremendous success in this tournament over repeated editions. Keeping that in mind, below, we have a look at the top five teams with the most number of matches in the ICC Champions Trophy. It must be noted that teams have been arranged in an ascending order, in terms of the matches played and win percentage.