Video - ICC Champions Trophy promos

A host of the world's top players have come together to promote this year's ICC Champions Trophy.

Those players, including international captains Younus Khan of Pakistan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India, England's Andrew Strauss, Graeme Smith from host South Africa and Daniel Vettori of New Zealand, feature in a short video looking ahead to the tournament, which takes place in South Africa starting on 22 September.

The videos, which are available to view on the ICC's website by clicking here, will be shown by broadcasters in the run-up to the tournament and will also be featured on social networking sites.

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said: "It is great to see the best players in the world so enthused and motivated about this prestigious event.

"The ICC Champions Trophy is another opportunity for us to showcase our great sport and the great spirit with which I hope it will be played during this top-class tournament in South Africa."

The star names in the videos also include India's Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir, South Africa's AB de Villiers, Australia's Mitchell Johnson, Shahid Afridi of Pakistan and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardena and they talk about some of the key themes of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 that features the top eight-ranked One-Day International teams.