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India won the World Championship of Legends by defeating Pakistan last season.
The first semi -final of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 is to be played between India and Pakistan on 31 July. The league has suffered a major setback before this match. The league’s sponsor company has been withdrawn before the semi -final match.
The sponsor company has taken this decision for the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. He says that terrorism and cricket cannot run together. In such a situation, there will be doubt on whether there will be a semi -final match between India Champions and Pakistan Champions. Earlier, the first match of India-Pakistan was also canceled.
Easy trip with India The co-founder of Ezmai Trip wrote on social media X, we appreciate Team India’s brilliant performance in the World Championships of Legends. You made the whole country proud. However, the upcoming semi-final against Pakistan is not a simple match, terrorism and cricket cannot run together. The Ezmai Trip stands with India. We cannot support any event that tries to normalize relations with the country that promotes terrorism. He further said, some things are bigger than sports. Country first, business later.
India-Pakistan match has been canceled Earlier on July 20, some players of the Indian team refused to play Pakistan in the WCL 2025 league match. After which this match was canceled. After this, the organizers of WCL also apologized to Indian fans.
WCL’s sponsor company also said to withdraw from this match At the same time, the travel-tech company Easmiatrip, which sponsored the WCL, also said to withdraw from this match. The company said that despite a five -year sponsoring agreement with WCL two years ago, they would not join any match related to Pakistan. Easmyatrip said that they support the Indian champions, but would not support or promote any match of Pakistan. The company wrote on X, ‘Our situation has always been clear. We are with the Indian champions, but will not participate in any matches related to Pakistan. India first, always.
Indian team for Legends World Championship 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.