India suffered a 68-run defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the 8th match of the World Championship of Legends 2024.
The 8th match of the World Championship of Legends 2024 being played in England was played between India and Pakistan on Saturday night. Fans were eagerly waiting for this match. As expected by the fans, this match was high scoring, but India had to face defeat by 68 runs in this match. Players like Yuvraj Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann failed in this match.
The opening pair of Kamran Akmal and Sharjeel Khan gave a great start to the Pakistani team. The two shared a 145-run partnership in 10.5 overs for the first wicket. Kamran scored 70 runs in 40 balls, Sharjeel scored 72 runs in 30 balls. After this, Sohaib Maqsood, who came to bat, scored 51 runs in 26 balls and took the score past 200. Shoaib Malik completed the innings by scoring 25 runs in the end.
Irfan Pathan proved to be very expensive during Pakistan’s innings, he bowled only one over in this innings in which he conceded 25 runs. Batting first, Pakistan scored 243 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. This is the highest score so far in this season of the Legends Championship.
WCL 2024 IND vs PAK: India’s batsmen failed in this match
Chasing the target of 244 runs, Team India could only score 175 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Suresh Raina kept playing cautiously at one end, but he did not get any support from the other end. Raina played a brilliant innings of 52 runs. Yuvraj Singh got out after scoring 14 runs, while Yusuf Pathan could not even open his account. Ambati Rayudu contributed 39 runs. Robin Uthappa scored 22 runs and Anureet Singh scored 20 runs.
But the rest of the players could not contribute much. With this win over India, Pakistan has achieved a hat-trick of victories in the tournament. The Men in Green are at the top of the points table with 6 points, while India is at the third spot and Australia is at the second spot.