5 reasons why England can win the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy

#3 An in-form team

England recently overcame South Africa in the ODI series

Ever since the 2015 World Cup, England have played 43 ODIs – winning 27, losing 14. Even their only series defeats in this period saw them just edged out by close margins – against Australia, South Africa and India. While a 2-3 result against Australia was their only home series defeat, England also lost 2-3 in South Africa and more recently, went down by a 1-2 margin in India.

They also made it to the finals of the T20 World Cup last year in India and had the title in their grasp before Carlos Brathwaite played an unbelievable cameo.

With such rich display of recent form, the runners-up of the previous edition of the Champions Trophy and T20 World Cup will be expected to cross the stumbling, final hurdle this time around.