Pakistan nice Younis Khan‘s untimely assertion of finishing ‘revenge’ in opposition to India backfired as his group misplaced the World Championship of Legends remaining to Yuvraj Singh‘s facet. Pakistan Legends had defeated India Legends within the league stage of the marketing campaign, prompting Younis to say that it was a revenge of the defeat that Babar Azam‘s Pakistan group had confronted in opposition to India within the T20 World Cup 2024. Nevertheless, as the 2 groups met once more within the remaining, India Legends secured a cushty victory in opposition to Pakistan Legends.
After the WCL remaining loss in opposition to India, Younis had no hesitation in admitting that the Indian group performed like ‘true legends’ and that the gamers had been higher in all three departments of the sport.
“Congratulations to India, they performed like true legends,” Younis commented. “They excelled in all three departments. Our sport plan was to construct a defendable complete, however essential partnerships are important in finals. India fashioned the partnerships wanted to chase down our rating, one thing we didn’t do, in contrast to within the semi-finals the place we had sturdy partnerships.”
With the ultimate, the inaugural World Championship of Legends league concluded in Birmingham.
“The extent of cricket was excellent. My expectations earlier than the match had been completely different, however I am pleased with our group’s effort,” Younis additional stated.
Earlier, after his group’s victory in opposition to India Legends, the previous Pakistan captain had stated: “We took the revenge by defeating India”.
sixth July – Younis Khan within the League stage – “we took the revenge by defeating India”.
thirteenth July – INDIA DEFEATED PAKISTAN IN THE FINAL OF THE SAME TOURNAMENT. 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/0lJK6YvVPI
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 13, 2024
Chasing a goal of 157 runs, India overhauled the overall with 5 balls to spare. Regardless of dropping Robin Uthappa (10) early, Ambati Rayudu‘s explosive 50 off 30 balls set the inspiration for the chase for the Indian group.
Suresh Raina too departed cheaply for 4 in the identical over, serving to Pakistan make a comeback. However a robust partnership between Rayudu and Gurkeerat Singh Maan (34 off 33) stored India on monitor.
Rayudu and Mann additionally departed in an area of 10 runs however the momentum stayed firmly in India’s favour with Yusuf Pathan‘s blistering 30 off 16 balls earlier than the latter was dismissed within the penultimate over.
With captain Yuvraj Singh (15*) and Irfan Pathan (5*) on the crease, India sealed the win, ending at 159 for five in 19.1 overs, a lot to the delight of their followers.
Matters talked about on this article
