World Championship of Legends: Pakistan beats South Africa

Pakistan Champions defeated South Africa Champions in the World Championship of Legends 2025 to secure their second win in the event.

Pakistan Champions defeated South Africa Champions by 31 runs in the ongoing World Championship of Legends in England on Friday.

Batting first, Pakistan scored 198 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
For Pakistan, openers Sharjeel Khan scored 19 off 11 balls, Kamran Akmal scored 17 off 11 balls.

Captain Mohammad Hafeez could only score 8 runs. Then Shoaib Malik and Umar Amin put on a crucial partnership of 79 runs. Umar Amin played a fine innings of 58 runs off 42 balls while Shoaib Malik scored an unbeaten 46 off 34 balls.
Asif Ali played a blistering innings of 23 runs off 11 balls in the closing overs, which included 2 sixes and 2 fours. While Amir Yameen scored an unbeaten 11 runs off 4 balls.
Duane Olivier took 2 wickets for South Africa.

Chasing Pakistan’s target of 199, South Africa were restricted to 167 for 9 in the stipulated overs and the Green Shirts won the match by 31 runs.

For South Africa, Morne van Wyk scored 44 runs off 20 balls, while Wayne Parnell scored 21 runs off 9 balls, and Chris Morris scored 10 runs.
For Pakistan, Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Hafeez took 2 wickets each, while Rumman Raees, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Khan, Wahab Riaz and Imad Wasim took one wicket each.

With a 31-run win, Pakistan registered their second consecutive victory in the event.

Earlier, the Pakistan champions had defeated England in their first match while the match against India was called off.
According to sources, there was a demand that Shahid Afridi not be included in the playing XI. Indian cricketers Shikhar Dhawan, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh opposed playing the match.

There was also an outcry in the Indian media about the need to play this match. After the pressure increased, the organizers considered it appropriate to cancel the match.