India became champion by defeating Pakistan

India became champion by defeating Pakistan: Defeated by 5 wickets in World Champions Legends final

India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final match played on Saturday in World Champions of Legends. In this match played in Birmingham, Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and decided to bat.

Pakistan batted first and scored 156 runs in 20 overs losing 6 wickets. In reply, the Indian team won the match by scoring 159 runs in 19.1 overs losing 5 wickets. Ambati Rayudu scored the highest 50 runs for India.

India innings

The Indian team, which came out to chase the target of 157 runs, had a good start. There was a partnership of 34 runs for the first wicket between Uthappa and Ambati. Suresh Raina could score only 4 runs. Aamir Yamin showed the way to the pavilion to both the players in the same over. Ambati Rayudu scored 50 runs in 30 balls with the help of 5 fours and two sixes.

Gurkeerat Singh played an innings of 34 runs in 33 balls. After this, Yusuf Pathan played a brilliant innings of 30 runs in 16 balls. In his innings, he hit three sixes and a four. Captain Yuvraj Singh scored 15 runs in 22 balls. Irfan remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs. Aamir took two wickets from Pakistan, Ajmal, Riaz and Shoaib got 1-1 wickets.

Pakistan gave a target of 157

Batting first, Pakistan scored 156 runs in 20 overs after losing 6 wickets. Shoaib Malik scored the highest 41 runs. Anureet Singh took three wickets from India. Pakistan, who won the toss and came to bat first, did not have a good start. The team's opening batsman Sharjeel Khan was out after scoring 12 runs in 10 balls. He returned to the pavilion in the second over itself. Maqsood scored 21 runs in 12 balls. Kamran Akmal was out after scoring 24 runs in 19 balls. Captain Younis Khan could score only 7 runs in 11 balls.

Anureet Singh 3 wickets

Anureet Singh took the maximum of 3 wickets from India's side. He dismissed opener batsman Sharjeel Khan for 12 runs. After that he took the wickets of Amer Yamin and former Pakistani captain Shoaib Malik.

Ambati Rayudu fifty

Robin Uthappa and Ambati Rayudu came to open for India. Both added 34 runs for the first wicket. After that Uthappa was dismissed by Amer Yamin. But Rayudu held one end and batted brilliantly and scored 50 runs in 30 balls. He hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in his innings.

Shoaib Malik 41 runs

Shoaib Malik scored the highest 41 runs from Pakistan. Malik hit 3 sixes in his 36 ball innings. Player of the Final and Player of the Tournament of 2007 won the match. When India won the match, Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan were batting for India. Yuvraj was the Player of the Tournament of 2007 when India won the T-20 World Cup for the first time. Irfan Pathan was selected as the Player of the Final in the final match of 2007.

Defeated Australia in the semi-finals

Indian team made it to the finals by defeating Australia by 86 runs in the semi-finals on Friday. Pakistan defeated West Indies by 20 runs in the first semi-final. Earlier also, India and Pakistan clashed in the ongoing tournament, where Pakistan defeated India by 68 runs. Indian team has lost three matches in this championship and won four. On the other hand, Pakistan team won five out of seven matches.

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