That's it then - Big Daddy India has announced that it will not play the Champions Trophy after the 2006 edition, thank you very much! We all know why, of course. So there you go - RIP for this format of the game, unless the ICC can pull a major rabbit out of the hat. Methinks unless the promise India heavy guarantee money (unlikely, since the ICC would be left with nothing) OR they manage to raise sponsorship from England and Australia (again unlikely because the ICC does not want to enter into eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with the BCCI), this format is dead. Probably not such a bad thing - maybe it could be replaced with a Twenty20 World Cup instead. Of course, India willing!
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