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Blast from the past:

Yuvraj is elated as India wins

World Championship of Legends

Yuvraj Singh also named his all-time playing XI, which featured Pakistan’s iconic pacer

Wasim Akram and ignored his former compatriot and captain MS Dhoni

OUR BUREAU dence that we needed. It’s all credit
to the team management and Yuvraj
Birmingham/Mumbai
Singh and Harbhajan Singh. And also
n a pulsating finale of the World Irfan, Yusuf, I mean the way they have
Championship of Legends 2024, played in this tournament, it’s fantas-
Ithe India Champions defeated tic. And Robin Uthappa, the way he
arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets at has been opening. Even the Pakistan
the Edgbaston on Saturday (July 13). team, they have played really well in
After clinching the World Champion- the tournament. It’s hard always to
ship of Legends 2024, India Champi- lose in the finals. But no complaints.
ons skipper Yuvraj Singh shared his We are happy,” the 38-year-old add-
thoughts on the victory against Pa- ed.
kistan Champions in the final of the Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh named
competition. his all-time playing XI, which fea-
Speaking at Star Sports, the for- tured Pakistan’s iconic pacer Wasim
mer India all-rounder asserted that Akram and ignored his former com-
Australia and Pakistan were really patriot and captain MS Dhoni. After
good teams to compete against in the their title triumph, the former South-
recently concluded tournament. “I paw batter named his all-time playing
don’t think there’s any better feeling XI, which included former batting
than coming and winning the game maestro Sachin Tendulkar, Austra-
for India; that’s our passion. I think lian legends Ricky Ponting and Adam
you always say that it’s been so many Gilchrist, Shane Warne, and Glenn
years, it’s hard to get back on the field, McGrath.
but as I said, no better feeling. I think India’s ‘God of Cricket’ Sachin
Australia and Pakistan were really Tendulkar, stalwart batter Virat
good teams in the tournament. We Kohli and current skipper Rohit
had to play some really good cricket Sharma were the only players from
to beat them, which we did. And es- the nation to feature in his all-time
pecially against the Pakistani bowl- playing XI. Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit
ing, we had to really plan well to beat Sharma, Ricky Ponting, Virat Kohli,
them,” Yuvraj said. AB de Villiers, Adam Gilchrist, An-
The 42-year-old further stated ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador and veteran cricketer Yuvraj Singh interacts with drew Flintoff, Wasim Akram, Shane
that it was a great experience playing the players during a match in the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024, at Nassau County Interna- Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn
in WCL and they could not have a tional Cricket Stadium in New York (ANI) McGrath, Yuvraj named the players
better India-Pakistan final than this. while speaking to the media after the
“Great experience, great being in final, according to Geo News.
Birmingham. The crowd is outstand- Raydu also shared his thoughts after strength to really come out in these The bowling line-up features four
ing. I think it’s a great venue. Many winning after winning the title against last two games and do well,” Rayudu of the most remarkable players that
congratulations to WCL for putting arch-rivals. “It was fantastic. It’s hard said. the world of cricket has witnessed.
this tournament together. I think they not playing cricket and then coming The former right-hand batter The iconic spin duo of Muttiah Mu-
worked very hard, and they could not and playing such a good tournament. further spoke about Yuvraj. He stat- ralitharan and Shane Warne are the
have had a better India-Pakistan final. And especially since there are a lot ed that the southpaw has kept the leading wicket-takers in the history of
It’s great for the league, and I think of guys who are playing active crick- team positive and instilled confidence Test cricket, with 800 and 708 scalps,
everybody enjoyed the tournament, et. It’s not an easy league. It was fan- throughout the tournament. respectively. The pace duo of Akram
and now we’re going back with the tastic. So we had to up our game. We “A special mention to Yuvraj and McGrath boasts mouth-watering
trophy,” the southpaw added. had quite a few bad games. But still, Singh. He has really kept the team 900-plus wickets for Australia and Pa-
Former Indian cricketer Ambati we had the mindset and the mental positive and also instilled that confi- kistan, respectively.

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