India vs Australia WCL 2026: Yuvraj Singh, known as the ‘Sixer King’, played a blistering innings of 71 runs off 44 balls, hitting five fours and six sixes.
A match was played between the Indian Champions and the Australian Champions in the World Championship of Legends (WCL 2026) on Saturday. The Indian Champions won the match by 46 runs. Batting first, the Indian team scored 196 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the Australian team collapsed for 150 runs in 16.2 overs. Captain Yuvraj Singh played a blistering innings for the Indian Champions, scoring 71 runs off 44 balls, hitting five fours and six sixes.
Naman Ojha and Ambati Rayudu opened the innings for Champions India. Rayudu departed after scoring four runs off three balls, including a four. Stuart Binny was then sent in at number three. Binny made 13 runs off nine balls, including a four and a six. Rayudu was dismissed by Ben Helfenhaus, while Binny was dismissed by Ben Loggins.
Naman Ojha was dismissed for 31 runs off 26 balls. He hit three fours and a six. Naman was also dismissed by Ben Loggins. Captain Yuvraj Singh then took charge and thrashed the Australian bowlers. Yuvi played a blistering innings of 71 runs off 44 balls, hitting five fours and six sixes.
Yusuf Pathan also played a blistering innings of 37 runs. In his 20-ball innings, he hit one four and four sixes. His brother, Irfan Pathan, managed just one run. In the end, Rishi Dhawan took over. Dhawan scored 35 runs in just 12 balls, including one four and four sixes.
In reply, Australia didn’t have a good start. Captain Usman Khawaja was dismissed for 0, and number three Ben Dunk was dismissed for 06. Darcy Short and Joe Burns then thrashed the Indian bowlers, taking Australia past 100 in the ninth over. Short departed after scoring 65 runs off 28 balls, hitting four fours and seven sixes. Burns, meanwhile, played a brilliant innings of 45 runs off 32 balls, hitting four sixes.
The Australian batsmen then returned to the pavilion in a “you go, I’ll come” fashion. Callum Ferguson (0), Jonathan Wells (11), Nathan Coulter-Nile (0), Kane Richardson (0), Ben Hilfenhaus (0), and Fawad Ahmed (0) were dismissed for 9 runs.
For the Indian champions, Mohit Sharma took three wickets and Dhawal Kulkarni took four. Piyush Chawla took two and Harbhajan Singh one.
