It ' s a glorified VB series basically , only with 8 teams instead of 3 . Sort of like how nobody really worries about the Confederations Cup in football . Everybody knows the World Cup is the real deal , it ' s the tournament that has history and also the tournament that has more than 8 teams . I would go World Cup World T 20 Champions Trophy Tri series bilaterals in terms of global importance . The Champions Trophy is overshadowed by two other tournaments in limited overs cricket and as far as I ' m concerned it ' s totally pointless . A Test Championship in its place would be much better . <| sep |> Make everyone realise how fucking stupid this Brexit shit isNope . Never going to happen . Order the comments on this article 38089190 comments by Highest rated and marvel at the sheer quantity of rosetinted denial .