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India won the World Championship of Legends by defeating Pakistan last season.
Pakistan has reached the finals in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) of retired cricketers. WCL gave this information late on Wednesday night.
India refused to play in the semi -final match with Pakistan. The match was to be played in Birmingham on 31 July.
Earlier, Indian players refused to play a group match to be held on July 20 with Pakistan. After this the match was also canceled.
India stood fourth in this six teams with six teams. In this, the Indian team lost one win, one benatija match and three matches.
Now Pakistan will compete with the winner of the second semi -final (Australia or South Africa).
WCL said- what we do for the audience
WCL posted late night X and informed about reaching the finals of Pakistan.
WCL wrote in X post-
We always rely on the strength of the game. It can bring inspiration and positive change in the world. However, public sentiment should always be respected. After all, whatever we do, we do for our audience. We respect the decision of India Champions to withdraw from the semi -finals and also respect the preparations for Pakistan Champions to compete. Keeping all the things in mind, the match between India Champions and Pakistan Champions has been canceled. As a result, Pakistan Champions will go to the final.
The sponsor company also announced to withdraw from the semi -finals
The league’s sponsor company Ezmai Trip announced to withdraw from the semi -final match on Wednesday. The company’s co-founder wrote in the X post-‘Terrorism and cricket cannot run together. We appreciate India’s great performance in WCL. However, the upcoming semi -final against Pakistan is not a simple match. Terrorism and cricket cannot run simultaneously.
‘Ezmai Trip stands with India. We cannot support any event that tries to normalize relations with the country that promotes terrorism. Some things are bigger than sports. Country first, business later. ‘
Owaisi raised the case in the House a day earlier A day earlier, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi questioned India playing the match with Pakistan in the Asia Cup during a special discussion of Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday 29 July. Owaisi asked the government-
Does your conscience allow you to tell the family killed in Pahalgam to watch the India -Pak match now. We stopped Pakistan’s water supply up to 80%. Blood and water cannot flow together, then how can you allow a cricket match.
India-Pakistan match is being opposed in Asia Cup Since the release of the Asia Cup 2025 schedule on 26 July, there has been protest and controversy on social media over the India-Pakistan match. Since in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Kashmir, people are saying that the country from which terrorism comes, should not be played.
The BCCI (Cricket Board of India) has not yet made any official statement on this. India and Pakistan are placed in the same group in the Asia Cup. The match is to be played between the two teams on 14 September.
This is the Indian team Yuvraj Singh (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Robin Uthappa (wicketkeeper), Ambati Rayudu, Gurkirat Singh Mann, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny, Vinay Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Sidartha Kaul, Abhimanyu Mithun and Varun Aron.
WCL Private League, Ajay Devgan’s company getting it WCL is a T20 Cricket League. Retired players from all over the world are participating in it. It has 6 teams, India, Pakistan, England, Australia, South Africa, and West Indies. The league is being organized by Bollywood star Ajay Devgan and English Cricket Board.