India Champions vs England Champions Highlights, WCL 2025: India Lose By 23 Runs

That is all from this game. The action continues in the World Championship of Legends and we have reached the final day of the group stages. On the 29th of this month, Australia Champions will face Pakistan Champions and later, India Champions will take on West Indies Champion. Do join us at 11.30 am GMT for all the action. Join us earlier for the build up. Till then, cheers!

Eoin Morgan, the skipper of England Champions says it was a perfect game, their best performance so far. Tells all players stepped up and Ravi Bopara's inning made the difference. Shares his bowlers responded well when India were hitting. Reckons the score was par and he needed a couple of his bowlers to step up and do the work.

Yuvraj Singh, the skipper of India Champions says they didn't bowl. Feels 220 was chaseable but didn't play well in the Powerplay and didn't get any momentum with the bat. Shares Harbhajan Singh was playing back-to-back games, so it was hard for him to get into the game straightaway.

Ravi Bopara, PLAYER OF THE MATCH, says they needed to win as it was important. Tells it was a par score on this pitch, India Champions have some dangerous players and had Yusuf Pathan right till the end and is happy Ajmal Shahzad took his wicket. Reckons he agrees there are still nerves to do well at this stage.

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England Champions have done their job and will end the day in fourth spot. However, they have to rely on India, surprisingly, in a couple of days when they take on West Indies and hope they beat them. Today, England Champions got the job done. Thanks to a blistering century from Ravi Bopara and a couple of cameos from Moeen Ali and Samit Patel, England Champions set up a humongous total on the board. Later, they had the runs to play with and started well with the ball. Ryan Sidebottom was superb in his opening spell and put India under pressure, which helped them to stay ahead in the game. England managed to pick wickets regularly which didn't allow India to get away with big partnerships.

India let themselves down in the Powerplay. Scoring just 35 runs and losing two wickets. India were slow to take off but once Stuart Binny walked to the middle, the momentum shifted as his 35 off 13 balls got India back on track. Still, a long way to go, but his innings provided the much-needed energy India were looking for. Yusuf Pathan took over the baton after Binny fell and continued to chase the required run rate. However, with the pressure to chase such a big total, India lost the screws in the fag end of the innings and were beaten comprehensively.

Pheww! That was some effort from India but England Champions will be relieved that they have crossed the line. The points were important for them to stay alive in the tournament. India on the other hand, are at the bottom and mathematically still in the tournament but uncertain they'll make the next round.

OUT! TAKEN! Ajmal Shahzad ends with four wickets. Angles it on the pads. Kumar whips it to deep square leg where Ryan Sidebottom runs back and holds onto it. Over his shoulder! Good catch! England Champions win by 23 runs.

OUT! GONE! Pathan goes! A full toss just dipping near the waist. Pathan slashes and edges it to cover. Ajmal Shahzad calls and takes a simple catch. A good effort from Pathan but in vain.

Denies again! This is full and on middle, Pathan slams it to long on for no run.

Ajmal Shahzad bowls it very full and outside off, Pathan slashes it down to long off for no run.

Too full and outside off, Pathan drives it to long off for a single. Oh, he denies the single.

Wide! Gives as a wide this time! Fuller and well outside off. Pathan slashes his blade and misses.

Ohh, just in! A length ball, outside off and flirts with the tramline. Pathan swings and misses.

India Champions need 25 runs off the last over. Yusuf Pathan is on strike.

Angling on the pads. Pathan inside edges his flick on the pads and it rolls to point for one.

SIX! Right off the middle! Fifty for Pathan but the other 26 runs is what he is eyeing! Touch fuller and around off, Pathan steps across and hammers it over mid-wicket for a six.

FOUR! Edgy but Pathan won't mind! Short of a length and on middle, Pathan looks to pull but gets a top edge behind the keeper and to fine leg.

DROPPED! This is full and shaping on the pads. Pathan whips it to short fine leg where Ryan Sidebottom palms it over his head for a couple. Could have been the game for England Champions.