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The ICC Champions Trophy, also called the "Mini World Cup", currently comprising eight teams taking each other in a shortened ODI tournament, has produced some world-class matches over the years. This tournament has its moments of upsets which are quite interesting to go back and remember. Every tournament has some stories of big upsets, showing how game of cricket can be brutal and interesting at the same time. In the following listicle, SportsTiger brings you the list of five such upsets in the history of ICC Champions Trophy.
Top 5 upsets in ICC Champions Trophy history
5) England vs West Indies, Champions Trophy 2004 Final, London
England's victory against Australia in the semi-final helped them get the tag of "favorites" for the upcoming final against the West Indies. Both teams had won all the matches in the tournament, but England had the advantage of playing on the home venue. West Indies decided to bowl first and pressured England's batsmen to give up wickets. The team was bowled out on 217. For England, it was looking like an easy win against West Indies when they demolished their top order, reducing them to 147/8, but the 71-run partnership between Courtney Browne and Ian Bradshaw in the lower order helped the team win the trophy by two wickets.
4) India vs South Africa, Champions Trophy 2002 Semi-Final, Colombo
After deciding to bat first, India had put up a decent score of 261 with good contributions from Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, and Yuvraj Singh. SA was marching towards the winning score with 192/1 at one stage, thanks to Herschelle Gibs's blasting innings. However, when Gibbs got retired hurt, wickets started falling like a pack of cards. Jacques Kallis, Boucher, Klusener, and Dippenaar all the top batsmen couldn't stay for long on the pitch. India eventually won the match in the last over. The highlight of the match was Yuvraj's flying catch at the short fine leg.
3) Pakistan vs England, Champions Trophy 2017 Semi-Final, Cardiff
A big shocker in the 2017 edition was in the semi-final between England and Pakistan, where the latter delivered impressive bowling performance as a unit after being labelled as a massive underdog against the hosts. England reached only 211 due to the early loss of wickets on a slow pitch. Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman's 57 and Azhar Ali's 76 at the top of the order helped Pakistan sealed the victory with 12.5 overs to spare and eight wickets in hand.
2) New Zealand vs South Africa, Champions Trophy 2006, Group Match, Mumbai
The match that happened at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai saw one of the lowest score in the Champions Trophy history. The Kiwis were dismissed for 196 and none of the top order batsman got past 50 runs. However, in the second innings, New Zealand bowlers turned around the game with Mills and Jacob Oram were on the wicket-taking spree. It led to the Black Caps surprisingly restricting South Africa for 108 runs to win the game convincingly from nowhere.
1) Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Champions Trophy 2017, Group Match, Cardiff
One of the biggest upsets in the Champions Trophy history is the New Zealand's loss against Bangladesh. New Zealand decided to bat first and gave the target of 266. However, Bangladesh had a bad start and were 33/4 in 12th over. But, a partnership of 244 runs between Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah turnaround the situation for Bangladesh completely as they won the match by five wickets. Furthermore, the duo knocked New Zealand out of the tournament.
