The year 2025 was memorable in terms of cricket, this is the year when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Virat Kohli’s dream of winning the IPL trophy was fulfilled. This year, Team India won the Champions Trophy title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team became the Asia Cup champion by defeating Pakistan, in which tournament the ‘No Handshake’ controversy was much talked about. Know the 5 big controversies of Indian cricket in the year 2025.

‘No handshake’ with Pakistan

In protest against the Pahalgam attack, Team India decided not to shake hands with Pakistani players in the Asia Cup. Suryakumar Yadav also did the same during the toss, he did not shake hands with Salman Ali Aga. After this, when both the teams faced each other in Super-4, a war of words was also seen between the players of both the teams. The same happened in the final also, in which Team India won the title by defeating Pakistan.

Mohsin Naqvi ran away with Asia Cup trophy

In the year 2025, something was also seen which probably never happened before. The team that won the title was not even given a trophy. The Indian captain did not want Mohsin Naqvi to give him the trophy because he talks about war against India. Meanwhile, Mohsin Naqvi left the field with the trophy, the champion team India was not given the trophy. BCCI also raised this issue in the ICC meeting, there was a lot of debate on it.

Stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first IPL title in the year 2025, to celebrate which a celebratory program was organized at M Chinnaswamy Stadium the very next day. Due to lack of preparations, an accident occurred outside the stadium, 11 people died due to a stampede. This is a sad incident in the history of Indian cricket.

Former players of India did not play the match with Pakistan

In the World Championship of Legends 2025, Indian players had refused to play the match with Pakistani players, after which the match had to be cancelled. All the players including Shikhar Dhawan were angry about the Pahalgam attack. India vs Pakistan was decided in the semi-finals of this tournament, in this too the Indian players refused to play, after which Pakistan reached the finals. Although South Africa defeated Pakistan in the final.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma suddenly tested positive retirement

The Test series against Australia was not good for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The players were told that if they want to play further, they will have to play and perform in domestic also, after which Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were seen playing in Ranji Trophy after years. With this move, it was believed that both of them would continue to play in Tests, but suddenly both of them surprised everyone by retiring from Test cricket within a week. Then discussions started about the dispute between these veterans, head coach and BCCI.

If you look at the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the World Championship of Legends 2025, then there is no AB de Villiers. De Villiers scored 431 runs in the tournament at an incredible average of 143.67, while no other batsman touched the 200 runs figures in the entire tournament. Now de Villiers’ compatriot cricketer and former fast bowler Dale Steyn has said that de Villiers is playing better than half of the IPL players even at the age of 41.

Dale Stan said through social media, “AB de Villiers is still better than half of international players playing in IPL.” Stan’s statement came when the last Saturday de Villiers scored an unbeaten 120 against Pakistan in the WCL 2025 final. In this innings, he hit 12 fours and 7 sixes. Thanks to his innings, South Africa won the title of WCL 2025 by trampling Pakistan by 9 wickets.

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Ab is still better than half the internationals at ipl. Maybe even more.

– Dal Steyn (@Dalsteyn62) August 3, 2025

Three stormy centuries scored in WCL 2025

De Villiers scored a stormy century in his first match in WCL 2025. He played a rage of 116 runs in 51 balls against England. The rain of his bat did not stop here because he had hit 123 runs in 46 balls in the match against Australia. He scored a century in three of the 6 matches played in the tournament.

Prior to the World Championship of Legends, AB de Villiers last played a competitive cricket in IPL 2021. De Villiers scored 5,162 runs in the 170 -match IPL career. In his international T20 career, de Villiers scored 1,672 runs in 78 matches. He could never play a century innings in his international T20 career, but had done the feat of scoring 3 centuries in the IPL.

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Last Saturday, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets to win the WCL 2025 title. Thanks to AB de Villiers’s stormy century, South Africa Champions had achieved the target of 196 runs with 19 balls remaining. On the one hand, the World Championship of Legends League remained in the discussion due to the cancellation of India vs Pakistan match. Now a video after the WCL final has surfaced, in which the owner of the league Harshit Tomar said to propose the female TV presenter on a live camera.

In the post match presentation, female TV presenter Karishma Kotak asked WCL owner Harshit Tomar what will be her celebration plan after this. In response to this, Karishma was shocked to hear the answer given by Tomar.

Harshit Tomar said on the question asked on celebration, “As soon as all this ends, I might propose you.” TV presenter Karishma Kotak said shocked to hear, “Oh my God.” The video of this proposal has created panic on social media.

WCL Owner Proposing anchor on Live after Sa Became Champions pic.twitter.com/o8fnjbgpb8

– Div (@Div_Yumm) August 2, 2025

Pakistan’s bad condition, South Africa becomes champion

South Africa defeated Australia by 1 run in the semi -finals to enter the finals. At the same time, the Indian team refused to play with Pakistan, so the Pak team entered the title collision without playing semi -finals. In the final match, Pakistan Champions scored 195 runs in the first play. Sharjil Khan scored 76 runs in a stormy style, while Omar Amin’s 36 and Asif Ali’s 28 -run cameo innings made a big contribution in taking the score of Pak team to 195.

When the South African team came to chase the target, Hashim Amla was dismissed for just 18 runs. After that, an unbeaten 125 -run partnership of AB de Villiers and JP Duminy ensured the victory of the South African team. Duminy scored 50 runs, while de Villiers scored 120 runs in 60 balls, during which he hit 12 fours and 7 sixes.

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The India vs Pakistan semi -final match to be held on 31 July has been canceled. This semi -final match of WCL 2025 was to be played in Birmingham, but the Indian players refused to play with the Pak team, due to which the match has been canceled. At the same time, Pakistan has got an entry in the final due to the better place in the points table, which is to be played in Birmingham on August 2. In the final, the Pak team will face the winner of the second semi -finals between South Africa and Australia.

After the release of the Asia Cup 2025 schedule, there is a protest against the cricket match against Pakistan all over India. Even in Parliament, the issue has been raised that Team India should not play a match with Pakistan. At the same time, the cancellation of the semi -final match of WCL 2025 must have increased the pressure on BCCI somewhere. According to the current schedule, India-Pakistan match is to be played on 14 September in the Asia Cup.

In April, 26 people lost their lives in the Pahalgam terror attack, which is still angry among Indians. This is the reason that the people of India do not want Team India to play cricket with Pakistan. Talking about the World Championship of Legends, ‘Ease My Trip’, one of the main sponsors of the league on Wednesday, separated himself from the Indo-Pak match. While this company signed a 5 -year deal with WCL two years ago, the company made it clear that it does not want to attend any match in which the Pakistan team is playing.

Earlier, the league match of India and Pakistan was also canceled, as many Indian veterans, including Harbhajan Singh and Shikhar Dhawan, refused to play cricket with Pakistan.

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The semi -final match between India and Pakistan is to be played on 31 July in the World Championship of Legends (WCL 2025). Now a media report has revealed that Indian players have refused to play the semi -finals with Pakistan. This is the second time in this tournament when Indian cricketers have refused to play with the Pak team. When the Indian players did this for the first time, the match was declared canceled.

Remind you that the Indian team had cut the semi -final ticket by registering a big win over the West Indies on Wednesday. On the other hand, recently on Wednesday, a sponsor company of the World Championship of Legends League decided to completely withdraw from the semi -final. Ease My Trip’s company was sponsoring WCL, but the co-founder of the company said that cricket and terrorism cannot run together.

The news of Indian cricketers refusing to play with Pakistan in WCL has come at a time when BCCI is being lashed out at the Asia Cup schedule. Let us know that the BCCI not only agreed to get the Asia Cup done on the neutral venue but also agreed to play with Pakistan. There has been a fierce fierce in the Indian Parliament about the India-Pakistan match in the Asia Cup. According to the schedule, India-Pakistan match is to be played on 14 September in the Asia Cup.

The India Champions team playing in WCL includes legendary cricketers like Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan. Talk about the journey of the Indian team in WCL at the same time, it was very disappointing but also interesting. After the match was canceled with Pakistan, the Indian team had lost 3 consecutive matches and had only one point in 4 matches. Now it was the turn of the match with the West Indies, in which Team India had cut the semi -final ticket by achieving the target of 145 runs in just 13.2 overs.

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Pakistan defeated Australia by 10 wickets in their last match of the league stage on Tuesday at the World Championship of Legends. Batting first, Australia was piled up for 74 runs, after which Pakistan openers won a big win by achieving the target in 7.5 overs. Now Pakistan’s match in the semi -finals is with India Champions on Thursday.

Pakistan Champions captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and decided to bowl first. Sohail Tanveer got a good start and dismissed both openers Sean Marsh (7), Chris Lynn (6) cheaply. After this, 47 -year -old Saeed Ajmal’s brilliant bowling was seen.

Saeed Ajmal took 6 wickets for 16 runs in his spell of 3.5 overs. He dismissed Darcy Short, Ben Dunk, Dan Christian, Ben Cutting, Peter Siddal and Steve O’Kif. Ben Dunk scored the most runs for Australia, scoring 26 runs in 14 balls.

Pakistan Champions won the match in 47 balls

Pakistan did not have any problem in achieving a small target of 75 runs. Both openers remained unbeaten and achieved the target in 7.5 overs. Sharjil Khan scored 32 and Shoaib Maqsud scored 28 runs. After the league stage, Pakistan topped the points table. He won 4 out of 5 matches while a match with India Champions was canceled. That is, the Pakistan team has not lost any match in this tournament.

Ind vs pak match in semi -finals

India and Pakistan will be face to face in the semi -finals of the World Championship of Legends. But the big question remains whether India Champions will decide not to play with Pakistan in the semi -finals like the league stage, because if this happens, Pakistan can get the final ticket without playing and India can be out.

India Champions vs Pakistan Champions semi -final match is to be played on 31 August at Edgbaston. According to Indian time, this match will start from 5 pm. Till the news is written, no information has been received about the cancellation of this match. The second semi -finals will also be played between South Africa and Australia on 31 August. This match will start at 9 pm.

India Champions have confirmed their place in the semi -finals of the World Championship of Legends by defeating the West Indies. But to reach the finals, he has to play with Pakistan Champions, after which many questions have arisen. Will Indian veteran Shahid once again decide not to play matches with Afridi & Team? Will the match be canceled again? But this time this is a semi -final match and if this happens, Pakistan can get a final ticket without playing.

The match of India Champions and Pakistan Champions was also scheduled on July 20, but several players including captain Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan refused to play with the Pak team. After this the match had to be canceled. Posting on social media, Dhawan had said that he will not play any match against Pakistan in this tournament.

India Champions entry in semi -finals with a big win

India Champions had a target of 145 runs to win in the last league stage match of the World Championship of Legends under the captaincy of Yuvraj Singh. The team had to achieve this target in 14.1 overs to secure a place in the semi -finals, the team achieved it in 13.2 overs. Stuart Binny, who was elected player of the match of this match, performed brilliantly with both bat and ball. Binny took 2 wickets and scored an unbeaten 50 in 21 balls. Yusuf Pathan scored 21 in 7 balls and Yuvraj Singh scored a short but important innings of 21 runs in 11 balls. India’s match is scheduled with Pakistan in the semi -finals.

If IND vs Pak semi -final match was canceled?

If India Champions does not play a match with Pakistan Champions this time too, then they may suffer a big loss. It has to be seen whether the organizers find a solution to this. Because the rule says that Pakistan will get a final ticket if the match is canceled. Pakistan’s position in the points table is also good, it is at number one.

WCL 2025 semi -final match schedule

India Champions vs Pakistan Champions semi -final match is in Edgbaston on 31 August. According to Indian time, this match will start at 5 pm in the evening. The second semi -finals are also on 31 August, in which Australia Champions and South Africa Champions will clash. The second semi -final will start at 9 pm.

A unique case has come to light in the World Championship of Legends. The case is of Pakistan vs Australia match, in which John Hastings threw 12 wide and he could not complete his over by throwing the ball 18 times (18 Ball Over WCL 2025). Let us tell you that Pakistan won this match easily by 10 wickets.

Pakistan Champions and Australia Champions were confronted in the WCL last Monday. In this match, the Australian team was piled up for just 74 runs while playing first. Saeed Ajmal took 6 wickets in this match. In response, Pakistan team had scored 45 runs without losing wickets in 6 overs of Powerplay. At the same time, due to 10 runs in the 7th over, Pakistan team had 55 runs and it needed only 20 runs to win.

Again 18 ball over came

Pakistan needed 20 runs to win before the 8th over started. Josh Hastings came to bowl in front, who bowled wide balls in the first 5 attempts and the first official ball was thrown in the sixth attempt, on which a run came. Hastings had given 6 runs in just one ball. On the second official ball, the four came, while the third official ball was given a no ball and a wide.

Between the fourth and fifth balls, another wide i. Hastings had to finish the over by throwing a straight ball, but in an attempt to throw the last ball, he again gave 5 wide. Even after 18 balls, the over could not be completed and Pakistan won the match easily by 10 wickets.

John Hastings Over: Wide, wide, wide, wide, wide, 1, 4, no ball, wide, 1, wide, 0, 1, wide, wide, wide, wide, wide

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Team India decided to go to the semi -finals! West Indies killed 144 in a do or die match

The West Indies have scored 144 runs in the first play. In WCL 2024, India has a target of 145 runs. This is a do or die match for both teams, because a big win can give one entry in the semi -finals. All 11 players from the West Indies got down to bat, out of which 9 runs could not even touch the double figure. Kieron Pollard contributed significantly to his team to play an unbeaten half -century innings, the team’s score 140.

Team India’s decision to bowl first proved to be correct, as the batsmen of the West Indies team looked in trouble from the beginning. Captain Chris Gayle scored just 9 runs, while stormy batsman Landal Simmons was able to contribute just 2 runs. Alam was that by the West Indies 32, the three top order batsmen had lost the wickets and for a score of 43, half the team had returned to the pavilion.

Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo returned the car of the West Indies team to the track of 29 runs. However, Bravo returned to the pavilion after scoring just 9 runs. On the other hand, Pollard took over one end. The Caribbean team was losing wickets at regular intervals, as a result, 9 batsmen of the team had been dismissed by the score of 111.

Kieron Pollard scored 74 runs

The last batsman Sheldon came to batting, but the last 16 balls were played by Pollard alone. Pollard was playing 41 runs at the time of falling 9th wicket. Where it seemed difficult for the West Indies team to reach 100 runs, Pollard scored 33 runs in the last 16 balls. In this way, Pollard hit 74 runs in his 43 -ball innings. During this, 3 fours and 8 sixes came out of Pollard’s bat.

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The World Championship of Legends tournament is at its last stop. The Indian team’s last match in the league stage today is going to be with the West Indies. This match will be very important from the semi -final point of view and the team winning the match today can become the fourth team going to the semi -finals. Australia, South Africa and Pakistan have already confirmed the place in the final-4, but today the result of the India vs West Indies match will reveal the fourth team going to the semi-finals. Know here with which playing eleven Team India can enter the field.

Pitch report

This match of India Champions vs West Indies Champions will be played at the Grace Road ground in Leester. This pitch can be very helpful for batting. The average score of T20 matches has been 167 in the last 10 innings. If you look at the figures of the last 10 matches, then the team that has been batting here has been victorious on 8 occasions, so the team winning the toss can choose the first batting. Spinners can also get a little help here.

Match prediction

India has not been able to register a single win in 4 matches so far, while the West Indies team has won only one win in 4 matches. Talking about the West Indies team, it has so far failed to score big in the entire tournament and its bowling department has also proved to be laggard. On the other hand, Team India has scored a lot of runs in batting, but the bowlers have proved to be very expensive. Team India lost despite scoring 200 runs in the last two matches. If the Indian team is able to perform properly in bowling, their chances of victory will increase.

India’s possible playing XI: Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Yuvraj Singh (captain), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny, Piyush Chawla, Pawan Negi, Harbhajan Singh, Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron

West Indies potential playing XI: Dwayne Smith, Chris Gayle (Captain), Landal Simmons, Chadwick Walton, Kieron Pollard, Dave Mohammad, Dwayne Bravo, Ashley Nurse, Sheldon Cotrael, Shanon Gabriel, Suleman Ben

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