{"id":491592,"date":"2025-07-21T10:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=491592"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:34:10","slug":"pakistan-india-world-championship-of-legends-2025-clash-called-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-india-world-championship-of-legends-2025-clash-called-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan-India World Championship of Legends 2025 clash called off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Edgbaston<br \/>\nThe much-anticipated World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 fixture between cricketing arch-rivals Pakistan and India has been officially called off.<br \/>\nThe match, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday at Edgbaston, has been called off after organisers confirmed the cancellation through an official statement shared on the tournament\u2019s social media handle.<br \/>\n\u201cWe at WCL have always cherished and loved cricket, and our only aim has been to give fans some good, happy moments,\u201d the statement read.<br \/>\n\u201cAfter hearing the news that the Pakistan hockey team will be coming to India this year, and seeing recent India vs Pakistan volleyball and other inter-nation fixtures, we thought of continuing with the India vs Pakistan match at WCL \u2014 just to create some happy memories for people around the globe.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cHowever, we have decided to call off the India vs Pakistan match,\u201d the statement added.<br \/>\n\u201cWe sincerely apologise for hurting sentiments and hope people will understand that all we ever wanted was to bring a few happy moments to the fans.\u201d<br \/>\nTaking to X, former Indian cricketer Sikhar Dhawan shared a post of a formal notification concerning his decision of not playing in WCL matches against Pakistan.<br \/>\nIt is pertinent to mention that the Green Shirts, led by Mohammad Hafeez, won the WCL 2025 opener against the England Champions by a narrow margin of five runs.<br \/>\nChasing 161, England were restricted to 155-3 in 20 overs, courtesy of a tight final over by Sohail Khan, who successfully defended 16 runs and conceded only 10 to secure the victory for his side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edgbaston The much-anticipated World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 fixture between cricketing arch-rivals Pakistan and India has been officially called off. The match, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday at Edgbaston, has been called off after organisers confirmed the cancellation through an official statement shared on the tournament\u2019s social media handle. \u201cWe at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-491592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan-India World Championship of Legends 2025 clash called off<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-india-world-championship-of-legends-2025-clash-called-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan-India World Championship of Legends 2025 clash called off\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edgbaston The much-anticipated World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 fixture between cricketing arch-rivals Pakistan and India has been officially called off. 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