Vikrant Shekhawat : Jul 14, 2024, 11:05 AM
IND vs PAK: What was expected in the final of the World Championship of Legends happened. India Champions defeated Pakistan Champions. Retired Indian players won the match by 5 wickets against their Pakistani counterparts. The entire team contributed to this magnificent victory of India. But, the work done by Yuvraj Singh and Pathan brothers together from the middle to the last overs, stole the peace of Pakistan in the true sense and the victory of India Champions was 100 percent confirmed.India Champions captain Yuvraj Singh may have been in his explosive mood in the semi-final match against Australia. But, he looked absolutely cool in the final against Pakistan. He did just one thing, to stand firmly at the crease. To hold one end. The advantage of which was that the Pathan brothers got the freedom to play freely from the other end.Yusuf Pathan hit more than half of the sixes in the Indian inningsYusuf Pathan hit the most sixes for Pakistan. The havoc of these two brothers was wreaked on Australia in the semi-final and also on Pakistan in the final. Yusuf Pathan's innings was so destructive that it included more than half of the sixes in the Indian innings. A total of 6 sixes were hit by India in the final, out of which Yusuf Pathan hit 3 sixes alone. Playing at a strike rate of more than 187 with these 3 sixes, he scored 30 runs in just 16 balls.When Yusuf left, Irfan started and hit the winning fourPakistan had given India a target of 157 runs and when Yusuf Pathan was out, India had scored 150 runs. That means now 7 more runs were left to win. In such a situation, after the departure of the elder Pathan, the younger one i.e. Irfan Pathan did the rest of the work. The winning four i.e. the winning shot for the Indian Champions against the Pakistanis came from Irfan Pathan's bat. He remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs in 4 balls.Yuvraj Singh played the anchor roleIn the midst of the aggressive cricket played by both the Pathan brothers, captain Yuvraj Singh did a great job of holding one end. Remaining unbeaten till the end, Yuvraj scored 15 runs off 22 balls.Pakistan will not forget this recordA great record was also maintained due to the contribution of Yusuf Pathan and Irfan Pathan in the victory in the final. In fact, India had never lost a final against Pakistan in the past nor has it lost now due to the presence of these two brothers.