AI Simulation, IND-C vs WI-C | Yuvraj Singh leads India Champions to register first win in WCL 2025 seve

ByUmesh Sharma,SportsCafe Editor

07/28/2025

As per Artificial Intelligence, India Champions will register their first win in the ongoing WCL 2025, with a seven-run success against the West Indies Champions. Skipper Yuvraj Singh would lead the side from the front with his exemplary performance (33 off just 19 balls) to post a good total.

Pitch and Weather

It was a dry and worn-out surface with patchy grass, which usually helped the bowlers as the game progressed in the latter half.

There were sunny intervals with a gentle breeze, having no threat of any kind of rain interruption during the entire game. It turned quite cool as the game continued and the temperature was around 18 degrees Celsius

Toss

India Champions won the toss and decided to bat first.

Lineups

IND-C XI: Robin Uthappa (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Yuvraj Singh (C), Stuart Binny, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Pawan Negi, R Vinay Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, and Piyush Chawla.

WI-C XI: Dwayne Smith, Chris Gayle (C), Lendl Simmons, Chadwick Walton (WK), William Perkins, Dwayne Bravo, Ashley Nurse, Dave Mohammad, Kieron Pollard, Sulieman Benn, Sheldon Cottrell.

Match Report

India Champions’ opening pair of Robin Uthappa and Shikhar Dhawan provided a strong opening stand of 43 runs in just 5.2 overs. This partnership came to an end when Dhawan’s inside edge off Dwayne Bravo went straight into the stumps, ending his knock at 28 (21). Uthappa continued to bat before his 24-ball 36 ended in a mistimed lofted shot off Kieron Pollard and caught by Chadwick Walton. In the middle-order, star batter Yuvraj Singh took charge for India and smashed 33 off just 19 balls, hitting three sixes and two fours. He was accompanied by Binny’s 10-ball 14 and Irfan Pathan’s unbeaten 16* (11). These knocks took India’s total to 165/7, posting a decent total to chase down for the Caribbean Champs. Bravo and Pollard registered the economic figures of 2/25 and 2/21 in their respective spells.

West Indies lost both the openers, Dwayne Smith (24 off 13 balls) and Chris Gayle on 21 (16), at the team’s score of 49 runs in 5.4 overs. Lendl Simmons stabilised the Caribbean chase with his 22-ball 33 while batting at number three. But his knock came to an end when he was caught at deep square by Shikhar Dhawan off Pawan Naegi in the 11th over. Following Simmons’ dismissal, it was only Dwayne Bravo who showed a bit of resilience with a 27-run knock, but that wasn’t enough for his side. Eventually, the West Indies Champs were restricted to a total of 158/9 in the entire 20 overs. Pathan, Negi and R Vinay Kumar bagged two wickets each to help their side register the first win in the tournament’s current edition.

Player of the Match

India Champions’ Yuvraj Singh was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ award for his blistering knock of 33 runs off just 19 balls. His knock helped India reach a decent total in the first innings.