India Campions Beats Pakistan Champions in WCL Final 2024
- By Thetripurapost Sports Desk, Edgbaston, Birmingham
- Jul 14, 2024
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In the World Championship of Legends, the Indian Champions team has defeated the Pakistan Champions by 5 wickets. In this match, the bowlers and batsmen performed well for the Indian Champions.
Ambati Rayudu played an excellent innings of 50 runs in the match. It was because of him that the team was successful in winning the match.
In the match, Pakistan captain Younis Khan won the toss and decided to bat first. But the Pakistani Champions team could score only 156 runs.
While chasing the target, India had a very bad start in the match. When Robin Uthappa and Suresh Raina got out in the same over. Then Ambati Rayudu and Gurkeerat Singh batted brilliantly. Both these players brought the team close to the target. Rayudu completed his half-century in 29 balls.
But he got out on the very next ball. He hit 5 fours and two sixes in his innings. Gurkeerat Singh contributed 34 runs. In the end, Yusuf Pathan scored 30 runs in 16 balls for India Champions.
Yuvraj Singh remained not out after scoring 15 runs. At the same time, Irfan Pathan gave victory to India Champions by hitting a four.
Aamer Yamin took the maximum of two wickets for Pakistan Champions. Apart from him, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik took one wicket each. But these players could not make much impact and the batsmen of India Champions played strokes freely and scored a lot of runs.
Batting first, Pakistan Champions scored 156 runs. Team opener Sharjeel Khan could not play a big innings and was out after scoring 12 runs. After this, Kamran Akmal and Sohaib Maqsood tried to stay on the wicket for some time. Kamran scored 24 runs and returned to the pavilion after being out on Pawan Negi's ball. Shoaib Malik scored 41 runs in 36 balls.
He also hit three sixes during his innings. It was because of him that the Pakistan Champions team was able to reach a respectable score. For India, Anureet Singh took the maximum of three wickets. Apart from him, Vinay Kumar, Pawan Negi and Irfan Pathan took one wicket each