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World Championship of Legends 2024 Final: Cricket fever is always there in India. Whenever someone is asked to watch or play a cricket match, they immediately get ready. The euphoria of the T20 World Cup won by the Indian team two weeks ago is still not over, the Indian cricket team will take the field to win another title.
In the 15th match and the last league match of the World Championship of Legends 2024, India Legends lost to South Africa Legends by 54 runs. However, despite this defeat, India managed to reach the semi-finals under the captaincy of Yuvraj Singh. India has lost its third match in a row and finished third in the points table with 4 points after winning only 2 out of 5 matches and qualified for the semi-finals.
Now on July 12, India will face Australia in the second semi-final. In the first semi-final of this league, Pakistan will face West Indies on July 12. This time the teams of India, Australia, Pakistan and South Africa have managed to reach the final, while the journey of South Africa and England has ended in the group stage itself. The first semi-final match will be played from 5 pm Indian time while the second semi-final match will start at 9 pm.
India lost despite Harbhajan's 4 wickets:
In the match between India and South Africa, India won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which the South African team scored 210 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, India could only score 156 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs and lost by 54 runs. Jacques Snyman was chosen as the Player of the Match for scoring 73 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 fours in 43 balls. South Africa's other player Richard Levi also played a brilliant innings and scored 60 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 5 fours in 25 balls. Captain Jacques Kallis scored 14 runs in 12 balls. For India, Harbhajan Singh took the maximum of 4 wickets by giving 25 runs in 4 overs.
Yusuf Pathan completes half century:
India had a target of 211 runs to win, but the team could only reach 156 runs. Uthappa, who came to open for the team, scored 23 runs while Naman Ojha could score only 5 runs. Suresh Raina, who came at number three, played an innings of 21 runs, while Ambati Rayudu returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs and captain Yuvraj Singh returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. Yusuf Pathan scored an unbeaten 54 runs against South Africa with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours in 44 balls. Irfan Pathan also supported his brother and scored 35 runs in 21 balls and was finally run out. Philander took the maximum of 2 wickets from South Africa.
493 runs in 40 overs:
However, there was a run-out in the last India-Africa Legends match WI vs AUS. The match between the West Indies champions and Australia champions at the County Ground in Northampton saw just 13 wickets fall and 493 runs scored in 40 overs. Australia won the match by 55 runs. This was the last match of the two teams in the league round.
For Australia, Ben Dunk scored 100 runs in 35 balls with the help of 12 fours and 7 sixes, while Daniel Christian scored 99 runs in 35 balls with the help of 11 fours and 8 sixes. Ben Cutting scored 22 runs in 14 balls and Shaun Marsh scored 22 runs in 20 balls. For West Indies, Riyad Emrat took 3 wickets.
For West Indies, Ashley Nurse scored 70 runs in 36 balls with the help of 2 fours and 7 sixes, while Dwayne Smith scored 64 runs in 40 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes. Darren Sammy scored 33 runs in 18 balls and Jonathan Carter scored 27 runs. Brett Lee took 2 wickets for Australia. With Australia's victory, India's semi-final berth has been confirmed.