At the start of any competition, all teams just have one thing in common: playing in the final. We are in the last game of the World Championship of Legends 2025, where the South African Champions play against the Pakistani Champions. The question is, who will win the WCL 2025 Final?
After seeing all the drama, close encounters, and heartbreaks, we are in the 18th match of the World Championship of Legends 2025, which is the final. Two teams, the South African Champions and Pakistani Champions, will battle it out in the final. Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham will host the WCL 2025 Final. The match starts at 4:30 PM local time, and it is 9 PM as per IST. Lastly, the date is 2nd August.
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AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Shoaib Malik, Wayne Parnell, Kamran Akmal, Imran Tahir, and Saeed Ajmal are some of the players that will be in action for the World Champions of Legends 2025 Final.
WCL 2025 Final: South Africa Champions vs Pakistan Champions—Who Will Be the Champion?
Both the semi-finals have seen some drama. First, India backed out of the semi-final match after drawing with Pakistan Champions. This awarded the Pakistan Champions a place in the final. It is back-to-back finals for the Pakistan Champions in the World Championship of Legends. At the same time, the second semi-final was a very close match. At the end, the South African Champions defeated the Australian Champions by just one run to reach the final.
It is fair to say both the in-form teams in the competition will play the final, and the best team will win. Both teams have played their last game against Australia and defeated the Aussies. The game will be a close encounter, and we are predicting the South African Champions to be the winner of the World Championship of Legends 2025.
What is the head-to-head record – South Africa Champions vs Pakistan Champions
Just a week back, the South African Champions played the Pakistan Champions in the league phase match. Eventually, the Pakistan Champions were the winners in that match by 31 runs. Umar Amin was the Man of the Match in that game for his knock of 58 runs in 42 balls.
Apart from this game, both teams met in the World Championship of Legends 2024. It was a masterclass from Sarel Erwee as his century was one of the reasons the South African Champions won the match by nine wickets. Both teams are equal in head-to-head records. This is the third meeting.
Which players will start in the final of the World Championship of Legends 2025?
There are very few chances of both teams making any change to the starting XI that played the last game. It is surely fair why to change the winning combination. When we look at the players of both teams, they have a lot of balanced players on their teams. Let us have a look at the expected starting eleven of both teams:
South Africa Champions XI:
- Batsmen: AB de Villiers (C), Jacques Rudolph, and Sarel Erwee
- Wicketkeeper: Morne van Wyk
- All-rounders: JJ Smuts, Wayne Parnell, and JPDuminy
- Bowlers: Hardus Viljoen, Aaron Phangiso, Imran Tahir, and Duanne Olivier
Pakistan Champions XI:
- Batsmen: Sharjeel Khan, Asif Ali, Sohaib Maqsood, and Umar Amin
- Wicketkeeper: Kamran Akmal
- All-rounders: Shoaib Malik (C), Imad Wasim, and Aamer Yamin
- Bowlers: Sohail Tanvir, Sohail Khan, and Saeed Ajmal
Dream11 Winning Tips – Our Dream 11 team
The two top scorers of the competition belong to the South African team. It is JJ Smuts and AB de Villiers; they have to be in your Dream 11 team. Saeed Ajmal took five wickets against Australia Champions; he too should be in your team. Let us look at our team as well as our captain and vice captain:
- Captain: AB de Villiers
- Vice captain: JJ Smuts
- Batsmen: Sharjeel Khan
- All-Rounders: Shoaib Malik, Wayne Parnell, and JP Duminy
- Wicketkeeper: Morne van Wyk and Kamran Akmal
- Bowlers: Saeed Ajmal, Imran Tahir, and Hardus Viljoen
