Pakistan beat India by 68 runs in the WCL 2024

The 8th match of the World Championship of Legends 2024 was played between Pakistan champions and India champions. Pakistan Champions played extremely well both with the bat and with the ball to beat india in a one-sided contest. After beating India, Pakistan Champions remains unbeaten in this league.

In this blog, we will discuss Pakistan Champions and India Champions Performances in the 8th match of WCL 2024.

Pakistan Champions Batting: 

Pakistan Champions scored the highest total in the ongoing Legends League 2024. The Openers scored an outstanding partnership of 145 runs. Wicket Keeper Kamran Akmal scored 77 runs off just 40 balls with 9 boundaries and 4 maximums. He played with a strike rate of 192. Sharjeel Khan also played brilliantly alongside with Kamran Akmal. He scored 72 runs in just 30 deliveries with a strike rate of 240. During his 72 runs knock, he smashed 5 sixes and 7 fours. Both the openers put Pakistan on a driving seat in the first 10 overs. Pakistan scored 132 runs in the first 10 overs. They also managed to score 111 runs in the next 10 overs. After both the openers got out, Sohaib Maqsood decided to smash Indian bowlers. He played with a strike rate of 196 and scored 51 runs in just 26 balls. The Pakistan Champions gave 244 runs target to India Champions in 20 overs. 

India Champions Bowling: 

Indian Bowlers bowled very ordinary against Pakistan Champions. They gave away too many runs. Every bowler conceded runs at an economy of above 9. Irfan Pathan conceded 25 runs in his one over. Captain Harbhajan Singh couldn't took even one wicket. He also gave 27 runs in 2 overs. RP Singh and Negi gave below 40 runs in their 4 overs and also took the wickets of Sohaib Maqsood and Kamran Akmal respectively. 

India Champions Batting:

India Champions were needed to do a lot of hard work to chase a huge target of 244 runs against Pakistan Champions. They needed to score approximately 12 runs per over. They were not able to even touch the mark of 200 runs. Their openers gave them not a bad start. Ambati Rayudu played an innings of 39 runs. Suresh Raina scored a fifty but it was on 40 balls. He scored 52 runs at a strike rate of 130. Suresh Raina played such a slow innings considering the given target. Their middle order completely failed to perform. Thus, India Champions only managed to score 175 in their 20 overs. 

Pakistan Champions Bowling: 

Pakistan Champion bowlers put a great effort with the ball as well. Wahab Riaz took 3 wickets. Shoaib Malik, who scored 25 runs with the bat, also took 3 important wickets with the ball. He took the wickets of Ambati Rayudu, Gurkeerat Singh, and Yuvraj Singh. Shahid Afridi bowled 2 economical overs. Overall, it was a good Bowling Performance by Pakistan Champions which leads them to their 68 runs victory against India.