In a crucial match of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025, India’s veteran players Yusuf Pathan and Stuart Binny scored 71 runs in just 28 balls and gave the team victory in just 80 balls. India had to score 145 runs in 14.1 overs to make it to the semi -finals of this league. Yusuf Pathan and Stuart Binny made this difficult target extremely easy and India defeated West Indies by 5 wickets in just 13.2 overs to make it to the semi -finals. Yusuf Pathan tasted the team the first win in this league by hitting a six.

Joseph and Binny batting brilliantly

Batting first against India in a crucial WCL 2025 match, West Indies scored 144 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. To reach the semi -finals, India was to achieve this target in 14.1 overs, but it started very poorly and the team lost four wickets for just 52 runs. After this, Stuart Binny, along with captain Yuvraj Singh, shared 66 runs off 27 balls for the fifth wicket. Yuvraj Singh scored 21 runs off 11 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. After this, Yusuf Pathan batted with a bang.

30 runs off 8 balls
Yusuf Pathan batted with a bang and in association with Binny, scored 30 runs off 8 balls and gave the team a stunning victory. Stuart Binny scored an unbeaten 50 in 21 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes in 21 balls at a strike rate of 238.09, while Yusuf Pathan scored an unbeaten 21 runs with the help of 1 fours and 2 sixes in just 7 balls at a strike rate of 300. Yusuf hit a six and took the team to the semi -finals. In addition, opener Shikhar Dhawan scored 25 runs in 18 balls. Dwayne Smith and Dwayne Bravo took two wickets each from the West Indies.

West Indies poor start

After winning the toss, India captain Yuvraj Singh decided to field first. His decision proved to be correct and the West Indies lost 5 wickets for just 43 runs, but Kieron Pollard alone faced the Indian bowlers firmly and reached the team’s score to 144 runs. He scored an unbeaten 74 runs in 43 balls with the help of 8 sixes and 3 fours.

In addition, Dwayne Smith scored 20 runs. Apart from this, no batsman could reach the double figure. In this way, West Indies scored 144 for 9 wickets in 20 overs. For the Champions India, Piyush Chawla took 3 wickets for only 18 runs in 4 overs. Varun Aaron and Stuart Binny took 2–2 wickets. Pawan Negi took 1 wicket. Stuart Binny was adjudged the Player of the Match for her brilliant all -round performance.