The India Champions stormed into the semifinals of the ongoing World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 after a crushing 9-wicket win over the West Indies Champions on Tuesday. Chasing a target of 145 in just 14.1 overs to qualify, the Indian team wrapped up the match in just 13.2 overs, sending a strong message ahead of the knockout stage.
The victory was spearheaded by Stuart Binny, who blazed his way to 50 runs in just 21 balls. Supported by solid contributions from Shikhar Dhawan (25), Yuvraj Singh (21), and Yusuf Pathan (21), the India Champions made light work of the West Indies total.
Yuvraj Singh Confident Ahead of Semis
India skipper Yuvraj Singh expressed satisfaction with the team’s performance and their qualification for the last four.
“𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕,” 𝒀𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒂𝒋 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔.”
India’s bowlers also played their part in the team’s success. Piyush Chawla led the bowling attack with three crucial wickets, restricting the West Indies Champions to 144 in their 20 overs.
With the momentum firmly on their side, the India Champions now turn their attention to the semifinal clash, determined to go all the way in the tournament.
Fans Can Catch the Action Live
The WCL 2025 semifinals and final will be broadcast live on Star Sports and FanCode from July 18 to August 2, with matches scheduled at 5 PM and 9 PM IST.
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