Dubai (ANI) The ICC Champions Trophy, which will be held in England, in 2013, will pull its final curtains as the association plans having one championship for each of the game”s three formats from 2015. While the playoffs for the World Test Championship are scheduled for June 2017, the 50 over tournament, which has been on since 1998, is terminated in the International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Program after 2013.

“We have said for a while that we would like one championship event for each format. We are including the Test championship in there. We have the World Cup to have the champion for 50-overs cricket. So we are not planning to hold Champions Trophy in the future,” The Nation quoted ICC Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, as saying. The ICC had initially hoped to change the format of the Champions Trophy, to that of play-offs between the top four Test teams as per the ICC Test rankings.

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Dubai (PTI) The 2013 Champions Trophy in England will bring the curtains down on the 14-year-old tournament, with the ICC moving towards having one championship for each of the game’s three formats from 2015. While the play-offs for the World Test Championship are scheduled for June 2017, the 50-over tournament, started way back in 1998, does not figure in the International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Programme after 2013.

“If you don’t see it in the schedule, it means it is not planned for the future,” ICC’s chief executive Haroon Lorgat told reporters after the executive board meeting in Dubai on Monday. “We have said for a while that we would like one championship event for each format. We are including the Test championship in there. We have the World Cup to have the champions for 50-over cricket. So we are not planning to hold Champions Trophy in the future.”

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is going to present the Polly Umrigar Award to the Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, in an awards ceremony in Bandra at Taj Land’s End on May 31, 2011.

The legendary batsman was the best Indian cricketer in the 2009-10 season. He will also receive a prize amount of five lakh rupees for his remarkable performance.

Secretary of the governing body in India, N Srinivasan said; “The twelve-month period saw him score 1064 runs from ten Tests @ 82, inclusive of one double hundred and five hundreds. He also scored 695 runs from 12 ODIs @ 69.5, inclusive of the first double hundred in ODIs by a male cricketer, against South Africa at Gwalior in February 2010. He also scored 175 in an ODI against Australia at Hyderabad.”

Tendulkar backed up his side and teammates during the ICC World Cup 2011, where they emerged as the victors.

This Little Master was exceptional in the World Cup. He scored 482 runs with an average of 53.55.

The Indian team took Sachin up on their shoulders and dedicated the victory to the legendary Indian cricketer.

Little master has been playing cricket for 22 years and is still not tired. He is mentally strong and physically fit to carry on with amazing passion.

The BCCI is going to felicitate team India for their World Cup victory and the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award will also be handed to the winner in this award distribution ceremony.

The recipient of Nayudu’s honor will be announced on May 27, the winner will collect a sum of Rs. 15 Lakh along with the trophy.

The BCCI will also acknowledge the top performers of their International and domestic season 2009-10.

Team India has reached the top of the ladder with their World Cup triumph. The Men in Blue entered the competition as the favourites and ended up winning the coveted Cup, much to the jubilation of their public and fans.