Ever since its inception 15 years ago, the ICC Champions Trophy has been a see-saw ride for the Indian cricket team. Only twice have they made the final - they were joint winners with Sri Lanka in 2002 - but have contested some cracking matches.
Cricketnext recaps India's run in each edition of the tournament:
Wills International Cup 1998 The inaugural edition of the tournament featured eight teams. India's campaign opened with a fixture against Australia where Sachin Tendulkar continued his marvellous batting against the Aussies and single-handedly dominated with a match-winning 141 off 128 deliveries. India piled up 307 to which Australia fell short by 44 runs. Their next game against West Indies was the semi-final which the team lost thanks to some superb bowling by pacer Mervyn Dillon who sent Tendulkar and skipper Mohammad Azharuddin back cheaply. Brian Lara (60) along with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (74) made a target of 242 look easy and crossed it in 47 overs with six wickets remaining.
ICC Knockout 2000 The new millennium dawned upon Indian cricket under a new leader in Sourav Ganguly. The tournament was held in Kenya and marked emphatic debuts from Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh. Indians made short work of Kenya in the league game registering a comfortable eight-wicket win with Zaheer picking up three wickets in his debut outing. The quarter-final against then world champions Australia was a closely fought contest and had many unforgettable instances. ...
11:29 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Yuvraj Singh burst onto the scene with his scintillating knock of 84 off 80 balls against Australia in the Champions Trophy (then ICC Knock Out Tournament) in 2000. Having been picked in the squad after his exploits at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka the same year, Yuvraj took just one innings to display the bundle of talent he possessed. Australia opted to field under cloudy conditions at...
08:18 AM, May 31, 2013
Bangalore: Impressed with a fit-again Zaheer Khan's magnificent bowling show against Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Ray Jennings is hopeful that the veteran pacer will play a key role in the play-offs if the team sneaks into the next round. "The tough thing for me was to try get Zak match fit. Hopefully he hasn't started off too late and he is going to help us in semi-finals...
03:44 PM, May 19, 2013
Bangalore: When rain was pouring down at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday evening, many might have thought that was the end of the road for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 6 as they were in a must-win situation. But the honest wait of the RCB fans didn't go waste as they witnessed something special from their captain Virat Kohli. The 24-year-old was a man on mission as he single-handedly...
12:37 AM, May 19, 2013
CNN-IBN spoke to Indian bowler Zaheer Khan after he threw a glittering party to inaugurate his new restaurant called "TOSS" in Pune. ...
09:28 PM, May 06, 2013
The fast bowler also said that he won't return to international cricket until he is one hundred per cent fit. ...
09:24 AM, May 06, 2013
Kolkata: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday hoped that Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan would be able to make a comeback to the Indian team in future despite being left out of the list of probables for upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. "We have to wait and see, that doesn't stop them from coming back. Lets not jump the gun, they are good players and good things...
10:26 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Zaheer had sustained a calf injury during Mumbai's Ranji Trophy game against Gujarat last December. ...
07:37 PM, Mar 28, 2013
aheer Khan was on Wednesday not picked by newly crowned Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai for their five-day Irani Cup match against the Rest of India beginning at the Wankhede Stadium on February 6, as he has not yet recovered from the calf injury. ...
04:28 PM, Jan 30, 2013
The India fast bowler is recovering from a calf injury he picked up during a Group A match against Gujarat last month. ...
10:41 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Tendulkar had recently retired from the one-day internationals and is thus available for Mumbai's remaining Ranji campaign, but Zaheer is out with a calf injury. ...
04:22 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Tendulkar has retired from the ODI format and is free to play all the knock-out games for Mumbai. ...
07:47 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Zaheer Khan's incisive spell helped Mumbai pull off a stunning seven-run win over Madhya Pradesh. ...
07:26 PM, Dec 25, 2012
Satyam Choudhary remained unbeaten on 73 as MP reached 191 for five in reply to Mumbai's first innings score of 304. ...
08:44 PM, Dec 23, 2012
The new faces in the squad are UP all-rounder Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Bengal pacer Shami Ahmed. ...
11:54 AM, Dec 23, 2012
The selection panel, headed by Sandeep Patil will be meeting for the first time after the humiliating Test debacle against England. ...
01:57 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Wasim Akram said that time has come that the Indian selectors pick youngsters, who have potential to be successful at international level. ...
05:23 PM, Dec 20, 2012
