IAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 15 Highlights: Stuart Binny's Brilliant Performance Secured a place for India Champions in the Semi-final

IAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 15: Man of the Match

The man of the match of this match was Stuart Binny, who gave a brilliant performance and led the team to victory in a must-win game for the India Champions. First, he performed well in bowling and took two wickets for 17 runs in four overs, in which he took the important wickets of Dwayne Smith and Dave Mohammed. After which, he also performed well in batting and scored 50 runs in 21 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 3 fours, where his strike rate was above 238. Certainly, with this brilliant performance of Binny, Team India achieved the target in the required overs.

IAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 15: Top Performers 

Kieron Pollard - 74(43)

The top order of the West Indies champions had completely flopped, and then Kieron Pollard was the only batsman who handled the team. Coming in the middle order, he scored 74 runs in 43 balls, which included 8 sixes and 3 fours, while his strike rate was also above 172. It was because of this excellent innings that the West Indies team was successful in making a decent total of 144 runs. In the West Indies innings, after Dwayne Smith, he was the second batsman to score runs in double digits.

Piyush Chawla - 3/18 (4)

Piyush Chawla bowled brilliantly in a must-win game for India. He bowled well and took three wickets for 18 runs in four overs. It was the pressure of his excellent bowling that put the West Indies champions' batsmen under, and they failed to score big. Chawla bowled brilliantly in this tournament and showed in this match why he has been one of India's best spinners.

Stuart Binny - 50(21) & 2/17

The kind of game Stuart Binny showed is commendable. First, he came into the bowling and performed well, taking two important wickets by giving 17 runs in four overs. After that, while batting when the team needed him the most, he scored 50 runs in 21 balls, where his strike rate was above 238. His aggressive innings included four sixes and three fours. It was due to the excellent performance of Stuart Binny that the team was able to achieve the target in 13.2 overs.

Shikhar Dhawan - 25(18)

The India Champions had to achieve the target of 135 runs in 14.3 overs, for which a good start was required. Shikhar Dhawan did the job of giving a strong start to the India Champions and scored 25 runs in 18 balls with the help of two sixes and two fours, with a strike rate of over 138. Certainly, Shikhar Dhawan gave an aggressive start to the team, which benefited the subsequent batters.

IAC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 15: 1st innings Summary 

This match was very important for both teams, as by winning it, the teams could qualify for the semi-finals. In such a situation, the India Champions won the toss and chose to bowl first. The West Indies Champions, who came to ‌bat first, did not expect the start. Their top three batsman returned to the pavilion after getting out on a score of 32 runs. However, in the middle, Dwayne Smith tried to handle the innings and scored 20 runs in 21 balls. But the most important player for the West Indies champions was Kieran Pollard, who scored 74 runs in 43 balls with the help of 8 sixes and 3 fours. Due to this excellent innings of Pollard, the West Indies champions were able to score 144 runs. For the Indian bowling line-up, Piyush Chawla took three wickets while Varun Aaron and Stuart Binny took two wickets each.

IAC vs EDC WCL 2025 Match 13: Second Inning Summary 

The India Champions got a target of 145 runs in this match. They had to achieve this target in 14.3 to qualify for the Semi-final. But they could not start with the kind of winning intent they needed, and Robin Uthappa got out after scoring just 8 runs, and Shikhar Dhawan was also out in the power-play after scoring 25 runs in 18 balls. However, Gurkeerat Mann and Suresh Raina also scored just 7 runs each before returning to the pavilion. After which, Yuvraj Singh and Stuart Binny tried their best to strengthen Team India with a partnership of 66 runs. Stuart Binny played a brilliant inning to help the Indian champions come back in the match to a great extent by scoring 50 runs in 21 balls and became the highest scorer for the Indian innings. Yusuf Pathan also played a responsible knock and scored 21 runs in 7 balls. In this way, due to good innings played by the middle order, the India Champions achieved the target in just  13.2 overs and qualified for the semi-finals. On behalf of the West Indies Champions bowling, Dwayne Bravo and Dwayne Smith took two wickets each.

Key moment of the Match

1. Stuart Binny's two wickets in bowling and his innings of 50 runs in 21 balls in batting were the biggest key moments of this match. 
2. Kieron Pollard's innings of 74 runs in 43 balls was the key moment for the West Indies Champions.
3. Piyush Chawla's superb bowling performance of taking 3/18 in four overs was the key moment for the Indian champions.
4. Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan scored 21 runs each, which led to the victory of the Indian champions and was a crucial moment.
5. Dwayne Smith's two wickets in bowling and his innings of 20 runs in 21 balls in batting were the key moments of this match for the West Indies Champions.