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Australia defeated India by 26 runs in the World Championship of Legends.

In the match played at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, the Australian champions team batted first against India and scored 199 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Played which included 7 sixes and 3 fours.

Apart from them, Ben Dunk 17, Lockie Ferguson 26 and Ben Cutting 24 were outstanding among other players.

In pursuit of the target, the Indian team did not have a good start, opener Ruben Uthappa scored 12 runs, Irfan Pathan returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs.

Among the other players, Shresh Raina scored 12, captain Yurvaj Singh scored 19, Pawan Negi scored 11 while Harbhajan Singh remained not out by scoring 4 runs.

For Australia, Peter Siddle and Nathan Coulter-Nile took 2 wickets each.

It should be noted that the teams of Pakistan and Australia have reached the semi-finals of the event, while the competition between India, England and West Indies continues for the third and fourth positions.

The National Legends Cricket Team is unbeaten in the event with 4 wins in 4 matches.

In the first T20 series of 5 T20 matches, Zimbabwe defeated the T20 world champion India.

In the match played in Harare, Zimbabwe batted first and scored 115 runs for losing nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Chasing Zimbabwe’s 116 runs, the Indian team scored 102 runs and faced defeat by 13 runs in the first T20I. Indian captain Shubman Gill scored 31 runs, and Sundar’s 27 runs stood out.

Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chitara of Zimbabwe took 3 and 3 wickets, respectively. This is Zimbabwe’s first victory against India in any format since 2016, and the Zimbabwean team was not among the 20 teams that qualified for the T20 World Cup.

On the other hand, no player from the 15-member squad of the Indian T20 world champion team was involved in the match.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has summoned former Test cricketers to Lahore for consultations.

According to Geo sources, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi will meet 30 to 35 international cricketers on Monday, to hear their feedback and suggestions on domestic cricket. The cricketers will be confident in the three new tournaments launched by the name of Champions.

Earlier, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi said that he is in touch with former cricketers and is seeking advice on improving cricket.

In the World Championship of Legends tournament, Pakistan champions defeated West Indies champions by 30 runs.

In the match played in Birmingham, Pakistan decided to bat first and scored 194 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Shoaib Malik scored 54 runs on behalf of Pakistan Champions, besides Sharjeel Khan scored 35 runs, Aamir Yameen scored 29 runs and Shahid Afridi scored 16 runs.

Chasing 195 runs, the team of West Indies champions scored 165 runs for 9 wickets. Dwayne Smith scored 65 and Jonathan Carter scored 34 runs.

On behalf of Pakistan Champions, Sohail Tanveer dismissed 4 players while Shahid Afridi took 3 wickets and Wahab Riaz took 2 wickets.

It should be noted that this is Pakistan’s second consecutive victory in the tournament, previously the Green Shirts defeated Australia.

The Pakistan cricket team has defeated Australia by 5 wickets in Champions of Legend Cricket Tournament.

In the match played in Birmingham, Australia batted first and scored 189 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Finch scored 68, Ben Dunk scored 27 and Ferguson scored 26 runs for the Australian champions.

The Pakistan champions achieved the target of 190 runs in the 20th over, Younis Khan scored 63, Shoaib Malik 23 and Sohaib Maqsood 21.

Younis Khan was declared the player of the match.

The matches of the event are being telecasted live from GeoSuper.

In the Euro Cup 2024, England reached the quarter-finals with a dramatic win over Slovakia. In the round of 16, the English team defeated Slovakia by 2-1.

In the first half of the match, Slovakia’s Ivan Shrins took the lead by scoring in the 25th minute, while the England team could not score any goals.

Despite several attacks in the second half, England could not get any success, but in the extra time, Jude Billingham scored in the 90th minute of the match and Harry Kane scored in the 91st minute to give England victory.

In the second match of the event, Spain easily defeated Georgia by 4 goals to 1.

Pakistan’s Hamza Khan won the Asian Junior Squash Championship in Islamabad. The exciting event saw young talents from across Asia compete fiercely for the title with Hamza Khan emerging victorious in the Under-19 category. In the final of U-19, Hamza Khan faced third seed Haris Daniyal of Malaysia.

Hamza dominated the court in the 35-minute match and won comfortably with scores of 11-5, 12-10 and 11-9.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced who will officiate the T20 World Cup final, scheduled to be played between India and South Africa on Saturday. The on-field umpires for the final will be Richard Illingworth and Chris Gaffaney, while Richie Richardson has been appointed as the ICC match referee.

Richard Kettleborough will be the TV umpire for the match in Barbados, and Rod Tucker will be the fourth umpire for the World Cup final.

South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has become the first to dismiss 100 players behind the stumps in T20 Internationals.

De Kock crossed this milestone by catching Rovman Powell on a Keshav Maharaj ball in the match against West Indies.

De Kock’s 100 dismissals in T20 Internationals include 82 catches and 18 stumpings.

The second name on this list is former India wicketkeeper MS Dhoni, who has a total of 91 catches in T20 Internationals.