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Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan after winning the match.
India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final match of the World Champions of Legends played on Saturday. In this match played in Birmingham, Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and decided to bat.
Batting first, Pakistan scored 156 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the Indian team scored 159 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 19.1 overs and won the match. Ambati Rayudu scored the highest 50 runs for India.
Yusuf Pathan with the flag after winning the final. He scored 221 runs in 7 matches of the tournament.
India’s innings begins
The Indian team had a good start chasing the target of 157 runs. Uthappa and Ambati shared a 34-run partnership for the first wicket. Suresh Raina could score only 4 runs. Aamir Yamin sent both the players to the pavilion in the same over. Ambati Rayudu scored 50 runs in 30 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 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. He hit three sixes and a four in his innings. Captain Yuvraj Singh scored 15 runs in 22 balls. Irfan remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs. From Pakistan’s side Aamir took two wickets, Ajmal, Riaz and Shoaib got 1-1 wickets.
Pakistan gave a target of 157
Batting first, Pakistan scored 156 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Shoaib Malik scored the highest 41 runs. Anureet Singh took three wickets from India’s side. 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 took 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 Aamer Yamin and former Pakistani captain Shoaib Malik.
Anureet Singh took 3 wickets.
Ambati Rayudu’s fifty
Robin Uthappa and Ambati Rayudu came to open for India. Both of them 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.
Rayudu played an innings of 50 runs.
Shoaib Malik’s 41 runs Shoaib Malik made the highest number of runs from Pakistan, 41. 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 in 2007 when India won the T20 World Cup for the first time. Irfan Pathan was selected as the Player of the Final in the 2007 final match.
Australia were defeated in the semi-finals
The Indian team made it to the finals by defeating Australia by 86 runs in the semi-final on Friday. Pakistan had defeated West Indies by 20 runs in the first semi-final. Earlier also, India and Pakistan had clashed in the ongoing tournament, where Pakistan defeated India by 68 runs. The Indian team has lost three matches in this championship and won four. On the other hand, Pakistan’s team won five out of seven matches.
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