The World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 organisers issued a clarification on the video, which has been going viral on social media for the previous week. The clip reveals the India Champions gamers strolling off the sector after recognizing cricketers from the Pakistan Champions on the identical turf. The organisers have lastly come clear, saying there was no interplay between the gamers from each groups. In response to the official assertion, India Champions by no means entered the sector for the semi-final or the group-stage match towards Pakistan.
The incident occurred on the identical day that India performed West Indies and Australia took on Pakistan within the group stage. The India Champions gamers had been getting into the sector for his or her recreation towards West Indies, whereas Pakistan had been leaving after finishing their win towards Australia.
India Champions and Pakistan Champions had been scheduled to sq. off on two events within the match. At first, the organisers known as off their group stage match attributable to social media outrage. There have been rising requires India to boycott Pakistan at each stage following the Pahalgam terror assault and Operation Sindoor.
Later, the India Champions pulled out of the semi-final towards Pakistan, owing to nationwide sentiments. This led to Pakistan receiving a walkover and qualifying for the summit conflict towards South Africa.
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“We’re conscious of a video presently circulating on social media that misleadingly suggests India Champions gamers walked off the bottom upon seeing a Pakistan Champions participant. We want to categorically make clear that India Champions by no means entered the sector for the scheduled semi-final match, nor for his or her initially scheduled group-stage match towards Pakistan Champions,” the organisers stated in an official assertion.
“The video in query was truly filmed through the India Champions vs West Indies Champions match, in the mean time when the India Champions staff was getting into the sector whereas the Pakistan Champions staff was leaving after their match towards Australia Champions. We verify that there was no on-field interplay between the gamers of the 2 groups throughout this 12 months’s World Championship of Legends,” the assertion added.
Do not unfold misinformation
The match organisers additionally urged followers to not unfold misinformation, as they continue to be dedicated to upholding the true spirit of cricket and sportsmanship.
“We urge followers and media shops to chorus from spreading misinformation. The World Championship of Legends stays dedicated to upholding the true spirit of cricket & sportsmanship,” the assertion learn.
The WCL 2025 ended on Saturday, with South Africa Champions, led by AB de Villiers, profitable the second version of the match. The Proteas captain smashed 120 runs off 60 balls, serving to South Africa chase down greater than 190 runs with 9 wickets in hand and 19 balls to spare.
India Champions had gained the inaugural version of the match after beating Pakistan.
