World Championship of Legends 2025: WCL Live Streaming, Squads, and Schedule

Get all the information regarding the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025, including details on live streaming, participating squads, the full tournament schedule and how it all finished.

World Championship of Legends 2025

The World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 was a cricket event held in the United Kingdom from July 18 to August 2, 2025. This was the second edition of the tournament, bringing together legends of the game and reviving classic rivalries in a T20 format.

The tournament opened with England Champions facing Pakistan Champions on July 18, 2025, at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Note: Pakistan Champions were runners-up in the 2024 edition, not the defending champions India Champions held that title after beating Pakistan by 5 wickets in the 2024 final.

Matches were hosted across four venues in the United Kingdom:

• Edgbaston, Birmingham
• County Ground, Northampton
• Headingley, Leeds
• Grace Road, Leicester

One of the most anticipated fixtures, Pakistan Champions vs India Champions, was played on July 20, 2025, at Edgbaston.

Where to Watch Pakistan vs India WCL 2025

Fans in India were able to watch the tournament live on FanCode. The scheduled Pakistan Champions vs India Champions semifinal originally set for July 31, 2025 did not go ahead after India Champions withdrew from the fixture; Pakistan advanced to the final without playing the match.

World Championship of Legends – WCL 2025 Live Streaming & Broadcast Details

For viewers in India, the World Championship of Legends 2025 was broadcast live on FanCode and Star Sports Network. Comprehensive live streaming and television broadcast details for various regions are below:

World Championship of Legends: WCL 2025 Teams and Squads

The tournament featured six sides Australia Champions, England Champions, India Champions, Pakistan Champions, South Africa Champions, and West Indies Champions contesting 18 matches: 15 league games followed by three knockout matches.

India Champions

Yuvraj Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Siddarth Kaul, Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Irfan Pathan, Shikhar Dhawan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron, Stuart Binny, Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan

Match Schedule: Pakistan (Jul 20, Edgbaston), South Africa (Jul 22, Northampton), Australia (Jul 26, Leeds), England (Jul 27, Leeds), West Indies (Jul 29, Leicester). Withdrew from their scheduled July 31 semifinal against Pakistan Champions.

Pakistan Champions

Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Sohaib Maqsood, Kamran Akmal, Aamer Yamin, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Asif Ali, Sohail Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Sharjeel Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Imad Wasim, Umar Amin, Rumman Raees

Match Schedule: England (Jul 18, Edgbaston), India (Jul 20, Edgbaston), South Africa (Jul 25, Leicester, won by 31 runs), West Indies (Jul 26, Leeds), Australia (Jul 29, Leicester). Advanced to the final via walkover after India Champions withdrew from the semifinal. Lost the final to South Africa Champions by 9 wickets.

Australia Champions

Peter Siddle, D’Arcy Short, Ben Dunk, Steve O’Keefe, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Tim Paine, Dirk Nannes, Moises Henriques, Brad Haddin, Ben Cutting, Dan Christian, Shaun Marsh, Aaron Finch, Chris Lynn, Xavier Doherty, Brett Lee, Callum Ferguson, Rob Quiney, John Hastings

Match Schedule: England (Jul 19, Edgbaston), West Indies (Jul 23, Northampton), India (Jul 26, Leeds), South Africa (Jul 27, Leeds), Pakistan (Jul 29, Leicester)

England Champions

Ajmal Shahzad, Ravi Bopara, Liam Plunkett, Chris Tremlett, Stuart Meaker, Samit Patel, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Tim Ambrose, Ian Bell, Moeen Ali, Usman Afzaal, Eoin Morgan, Ryan Sidebottom, Phil Mustard, Alastair Cook

Match Schedule: Pakistan (Jul 18, Edgbaston), Australia (Jul 19, Edgbaston), West Indies (Jul 22, Northampton), South Africa (Jul 24, Leicester), India (Jul 27, Leeds)

South Africa Champions

AB de Villiers, JJ Smuts, Duanne Olivier, Morne van Wyk, Aaron Phangiso, Hashim Amla, Sarel Erwee, Richard Levi, Chris Morris, JP Duminy, Hardus Viljoen, Albie Morkel, Dane Vilas, Wayne Parnell, Imran Tahir, Jacques Rudolph

Match Schedule: West Indies (Jul 19, Edgbaston), India (Jul 22, Northampton), England (Jul 24, Leicester), Pakistan (Jul 25, Leicester, lost by 31 runs), Australia (Jul 27, Leeds). Won the second semifinal to reach the final, then beat Pakistan Champions by 9 wickets at Edgbaston on August 2 to win their maiden WCL title.

West Indies Champions

Sheldon Cottrell, Sulieman Benn, Kieron Pollard, Chadwick Walton, Ashley Nurse, William Perkins, Lendl Simmons, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Shannon Gabriel, Nikita Miller, Dwayne Smith, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dave Mohammed, Dwayne Bravo

Match Schedule: South Africa (Jul 19, Edgbaston), England (Jul 22, Northampton), Australia (Jul 23, Northampton), Pakistan (Jul 26, Leeds), India (Jul 29, Leicester)

League Overview & Final Match Result

South Africa Champions won their maiden WCL title, beating Pakistan Champions by 9 wickets in the final at Edgbaston on August 2. Chasing 196, AB de Villiers played the innings of the tournament — an unbeaten 120 off 60 balls with 12 fours and 7 sixes sharing a 145-run stand with Jean-Paul Duminy (50* off 28) to seal the win with 19 balls to spare.

De Villiers was named both Player of the Match in the final and Player of the Series, finishing with 429 runs across the tournament. Pakistan had posted a competitive 195 for 5 batting first, built around Sharjeel Khan’s 76.

The road to the final had a controversial twist: India Champions withdrew from their scheduled semifinal against Pakistan Champions, citing the geopolitical tensions between the two countries at the time, handing Pakistan a walkover into the final. In the aftermath, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced restrictions on Pakistani players’ future participation in WCL events.

Tournament Stats

• Player of the Series: AB de Villiers (South Africa Champions) — 429 runs
• Champion: South Africa Champions (maiden title)
• Runners-up: Pakistan Champions
• Final result: South Africa Champions won by 9 wickets (SA-C 197/1 in 16.5 overs, chasing PAK-C’s 195/5)