In WCL 2025, Yuvraj Singh has been named captain of India Champions (Photo- PTI)
Indian team veteran all -rounder Yuvraj Singh is once again ready to land on the cricket field as a player. Yuvraj Singh will be seen captaining India Champions in the second season of the World Championship of Legends. India Champions had named the first season trophy of this tournament and will now expect a strong performance in the second season. The tournament starts from 18 July while its final match will be played on August 2. A total of 6 teams will participate in it. Apart from India Champions, Pakistan Champions, Australia Champions, South Africa Champions, England Champions and West Indies Champions will participate in the tournament.
Will face Pakistan on July 20
Talking about Team India, many players have been included in it. Shikhar Dhawan is also going to make his debut in this tournament. Apart from these two players, the India Champions team includes Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Stuart Binny, Gurkirat Singh Mann, Vinay Kumar, Siddharth Call, Abhimanyu Mithun, Varun Eron and Pawan Negi. The team of India Champions looks very strong. The list of all -rounders of the team is also quite long.
Team India has to play their first league match against Pakistan Champions on 20 July. After this, the team will play the second match against South Africa Champions on 22 July. On 26 July, the team will take on Australia Champions. The fourth league match will play against Team India England Champions on July 27 while the team is to play the last league match against West Indies Champions on 29 July. Both the semi -finals of this tournament will be held on 31 July while the final will be played on August 2.
India Champions performance in the first season
In the first season of the World Championship of Legends, India Champions also captained Yuvraj Singh. He won two in five league matches while he lost three matches. The team was at the fourth position in the points table and they qualified for the playoffs. In the first semi -final, he defeated Australia Champions by 86 runs while India Champions won by five wickets against Pakistan Champions in the final.
Here is the entire squad of India Champions:
Yuvraj Singh (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Stuart Binny, Gurkirat Mann, Vinay Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, Varun Aaron, Abhimanyu Gemini, Pawan Negi
