New Delhi .This time six teams are participating in the World Championship of Legends 2026. After Pakistan's withdrawal from the tournament, now the teams of India, Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies and Bangladesh are playing. The tournament is being held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. India's team includes players like Yuvraj Singh (, Harbhajan Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Ambati Rayudu and Robin Uthappa.
The Indian champions' squad includes Ambati Rayudu, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Stuart Binny, Irfan Pathan, Pawan Negi, Rishi Dhawan, Robin Uthappa, Mohit Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla and Abhimanyu Mithun. India started the tournament with a 46-run win against Australia, while losing to England by 21 runs.
Australia Champions includes Chris Lynn, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, D'Arcy Short, Rob Quinney, Nathan Reardon, Ben Dunk, Kane Richardson, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Pattinson, Fawad Ahmed, Ben Loughlin and Andrew Tye. South Africa's squad includes Faf du Plessis, Richard Levi, Sarel Ervi, Colin Ingram, Albie Morkel, JP Duminy, AB de Villiers, Dan Vilas, Morne van Wyk, Hardus Viljoen, Wayne Parnell, Imran Tahir, Duane Olivier and Aaron Phangiso.
The England champions' squad includes Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel, Joe Denly, Phil Mustard, Tim Ambrose, Liam Plunkett, Ajmal Shahzad, Ryan Sidebottom, Monty Panesar, Stuart Meeker and Sir James Anderson. The West Indies Champions include Chris Gayle, Lendl Simmons, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Dave Mohammed, Carlos Brathwaite, Andre Russell, Rayad Emeritus, Chadwick Walton, Andre Fletcher, Sheldon Cottrell, Fidel Edwards, Sulieman Benn and Nikita Miller.
The key players of Bangladesh Champions are Imrul Kayes, Zahurul Islam, Mohammad Ashraful, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Ronnie Talukdar, Nasser Hossain, Shubhagata Hom, Ziaur Rahman, Fazle Mahmood, Arafat Sunny, Kamrul Islam and Enamul Haq Jr. Pakistan has withdrawn from the tournament after not getting the required NOC. There were many players in his team including Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez.
In the tournament, India defeated Australia by 46 runs on October 3. On October 4, South Africa defeated West Indies by 97 runs and England defeated India by 21 runs. India faces South Africa on 6th October. After this, India will play Bangladesh on October 11 and West Indies on October 13. With Pakistan's withdrawal, the India-Pakistan encounter on October 10 will no longer take place.
Other matches of the league stage will be Australia-Bangladesh and England-West Indies on October 7, Australia-South Africa and Bangladesh-West Indies on October 9, England-South Africa on October 10, Australia-West Indies on October 11, Australia-England on October 13 and Bangladesh-South Africa on October 14. Both the semi-finals will be played on October 16 and the final on October 18 in Sharjah.