<P> Security around the tournament was increased following the Ariana Grande concert attack in Manchester, just before the start of the competition . The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that they would review security concerns . The 15 games played in the tournament were held across three venues--The Oval in London, Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham and Sophia Gardens in Cardiff . India did not announce their squad by the 25 April deadline due to what it described as "operational" reasons, although this was widely seen as a protest by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an ongoing disagreement with the ICC over finance and governance . After interference from senior officials, the Indian squad was finally named on 8 May 2017 . Pakistan's Shoaib Malik played in his sixth consecutive Champions Trophy . </P> <P> Rain and poor weather affected 5 of the 15 matches played in the tournament . The top two teams in the ICC ODI Rankings at the time (South Africa and Australia) were knocked out in the group stage, with Australia not winning a single game out of their three . 2015 World Cup finalists New Zealand were also knocked out in the group stage, also not winning a single game, along with Sri Lanka . Thus, England and Bangladesh from Group A, and India and Pakistan from Group B qualified for the semi-finals . Pakistan beat England comfortably in the first semi-final, winning by 8 wickets with almost 13 overs to spare to make their first final ever in the Champions Trophy . India beat Bangladesh in the second semi-final, also winning comfortably by 9 wickets, in what was Bangladesh's first semi-final in an ICC tournament . </P> <P> Arch - rivals India and Pakistan took each other on in the final of a tournament for the first time since 2007, with the final taking place at The Oval in London . It was India's fourth appearance and Pakistan's maiden appearance in a Champions Trophy final . Pakistan beat India comfortably by 180 runs, outclassing them across all three departments - batting, bowling and fielding . Pakistan, the lowest - ranked team in the competition, won their first Champions Trophy title and became the seventh nation to win it . Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan received the Man of the Match award for scoring a sublime 114 . Shikhar Dhawan of India received the "Golden Bat" award for scoring 338 runs while Hasan Ali of Pakistan received the "Golden Ball" award for taking 13 wickets; he was also adjudged the Man of the Series for his outstanding contribution towards Pakistan's first ICC ODI tournament title since 1992 . </P> <P> The prize money for the 2017 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy was increased by half a million dollars from 2013 to a total of $4.5 million . The winning team got a cheque of $2.2 million and the runner - up got $1.1 million . The other two semifinalists earned $450,000 each . Teams finishing third in each group took home $90,000 each, while the teams finishing last in each group got $60,000 each . </P>

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