PNC vs SAC WCL 2025 Final Live Coverage: Pakistan Champions vs South Africa Champions, Analysis, Cricket Tips and Ball by Ball Prediction

12:21 PM: South Africa Champions won the title 

South Africa champions at 197/1 after 16.5 overs. South Africa Champions won the match by 9 wickets. JP Duminy: 50*(28), AB de Villiers: 120*(60)

South Africa won today's match like absolute winners, whereas Pakistan lost this match one-sidedly. JP Duminy completed his half-century by hitting the winning six while AB de Villiers remained not out after scoring 120 runs, which is his third century of this tournament. The kind of game that de Villiers has shown throughout the tournament has proved why he is one of the best all-time great players. Even 4 years after retiring from international cricket, there has been no change in his game. The three excellent centuries that he scored in this tournament proved this. Till the first innings, Pakistan looked to be in the match to some extent, but after the start of South Africa's innings, Pakistan did not see any hope. JP Duminy looked a bit confused initially, but later he played with great responsibility and won the game for his team by hitting a six. 

AB de Villiers has scored 311 runs in the five matches played in this tournament at an average of above 103, where his strike rate was 230. South African bowler Wayne Parnell and Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle were the highest wicket takers in the tournament with 11 wickets each. South Africa was seen playing well from the beginning of this tournament, while Pakistan also played well, but today their bowling looked completely flopped. With this, South Africa has won the title of World Championship of Legends 2025.

12:15 PM: fans waiting to finish the match

South Africa champions at 184/1 after 16 overs. Need 12 runs to win in 4 overs. JP Duminy: 39*(25), AB de Villiers: 119*(58)

South Africa Champions almost won the match; they will definitely play like the real champions. On the other hand, Pakistan Champions are just waiting for de Villiers to finish the game.

12:11 PM: required run rate is under 6 now

South Africa champions at 172/1 after 15 overs. Need 24 runs to win in 5 overs. JP Duminy: 37*(23), AB de Villiers: 109*(54)

A good over from Rumman Raees gives just 5 runs, but now it looks too late for Pakistan Champions.

12:05 PM: JP Duminy is also in Charge 

South Africa champions at 158/1 after 13 overs. Need 38 runs to win in 7 overs. JP Duminy: 27*(16), AB de Villiers: 105*(49)

JP Duminy also played very well in this over, smashed six and four while Aamer Yamin men gave 15 runs in his first over.

11:59 PM: Third hundred for AB de Villiers in WCL 2025 

South Africa champions at 143/1 after 12 overs. Need 53 runs to win in 8 overs. JP Duminy: 15*(12), AB de Villiers: 102*(47)

AB de Villiers' outstanding form continued as he scored his third hundred of the season.

11:55 PM: AB de Villiers close to another hundred 

South Africa champions at 134/1 after 11 overs. Need 62 runs to win in 9 overs. JP Duminy: 10*(10), AB de Villiers: 98*(43)

17 runs from the second over of Imad Wasim. He is very expensive today and has already given 38 runs in two overs. On the other side AB de Villiers continues scoring boundaries.

11:50 PM: AB de Villiers is in beast mode 

South Africa champions at 117/1 after 10 overs. Need 79 runs to win in 10 overs. JP Duminy: 8*(8), AB de Villiers: 83*(39)

AB de Villiers scored ‌two fours on the second and third balls. JP Duminy struggled on this pitch. And for the first time in the match, the required run rate comes under 8.

11:45 PM: 100 runs up of SAC 

South Africa champions at 104/1 after 9 overs. Need 92 runs to win in 11 overs. JP Duminy: 4*(5), AB de Villiers: 74*(36)

AB de Villiers scored a four on the first ball of the over and six on the second ball. SAC is taking full control of the match.

11:36 PM: AB de Villiers completes his fifty 

South Africa champions at 83/1 after 7 overs. Need 113 runs to win in 13 overs. JP Duminy: 2*(2), AB de Villiers: 55*(27)

AB de Villiers scored a six on the first ball of the over and completed his brilliant half-century. However, there is confusion on the second bowl regarding the catch of AB de Villiers. 

11:28 PM: Ajmal gives the first breakthrough 

South Africa champions at 72/1 after 6 overs. Need 124 runs to win in 14 overs. Hashim Amla: 18(14), AB de Villiers: 46*(23)

Finally, Pakistan Champions get their first success as Saeed Ajmal takes the wicket of Hashim Amla. 

11:23 PM: 10 runs from Wahab Riaz’s first over

South Africa champions at 63/0 after 5 overs. Need 133 runs to win in 15 overs. Hashim Amla:17(11), AB de Villiers: 42(20)

AB de Villiers is playing brilliantly well, while Hashim Amla also plays with responsibility.

11:17 PM: 50-runs up for SAC

South Africa champions at 53/0 after 4 overs. Need 143 run to win in 16 overs. Hashim Amla: 15(9), AB de Villiers: 35(15)

AB de Villiers is dealing in boundaries only. For PNC, Sohail Tanvir gave 16 runs in his first over.

11:13 PM: AB de Villiers continues his form

South Africa champions at 37/0 after 3 overs. Need 159 runs to win in 17 overs. Hashim Amla: 9(6), AB de Villiers: 26(12)

AB de Villiers looked in a hurry to finish the match and score two boundaries in this over.

11:06 PM: 21 runs in the second over

South Africa champions at 26/0 after 2 overs. Need 170 runs to win in 18 overs. Hashim Amla: 8(5), AB de Villiers: 18(7)

AB de Villiers continued ‌his form, scoring three boundaries in Imad Wasim's first over.

10:56 PM: South Africa Champions off the mark with a four

South Africa champions at 5/0 after 1 over. Need 191 runs to win in 19 overs. Hashim Amla: 5(3), AB de Villiers: 0(3)

A good start from both sides. Hashim Amla scored the first four for SAC. Raees gives just 5 runs in the first over.

Both teams use their impact player Imran Tahir out, and AB de Villiers comes in, while for Pakistan, Sharjeel Khan out and Wahab Riaz comes in.

10:40 PM: Pakistan Champions scored 195 in the first inning 

Pakistan Champions at 195/5 after 20 overs. Aamer: 2(2), Umar Amin: 36(19)

Asif gave a big boost to Pakistan Champions' innings and got out after scoring 28 runs in 15 balls. Olivier finished his bowling spell with one wicket for 38 runs. After Sharjeel Khan's excellent innings, it seemed that Pakistan's innings had become weak in the middle overs, then Umar Amin scored 36 runs in 19 balls, while Asif Ali scored 28 runs in 15 balls and gave a good finish to the Pakistan Champions. Wayne Parnell and Hardus Viljoen were the most successful bowlers for South Africa Champions, both took two wickets each. Imran Tahir, who performed well in the tournament, proved to be expensive in this match and spent 41 runs in four overs. Champions South Africa, who showed a great performance in the second innings, now have a target of 196 runs to win the final.

10:34 PM: Asif Ali is in charge 

Pakistan Champions at 183/4 after 19 overs. Asif Ali: 18(11), Umar Amin: 36(19)

Asif Ali looked good in this over and scored two boundaries on the second and third balls. Overall, 13 runs in this over, Viljolen finished his spell with 2 wickets for 38 runs

10:28 PM: Two brilliant sixes by Umar Amin

Pakistan Champions at 170/4 after 18 overs. Asif Ali: 7(7), Umar Amin: 36(17)

In starting, it looked like a good over, but on the second and the last ball of the over, Amin scored sixes, after which 13 runs were scored from this over.

10:23 PM: A good Over from Olivier 

Pakistan Champions at 157/4 after 17 overs. Asif Ali: 6(6), Umar Amin: 24(12)

A good over from Olivier gives just 6 runs, South Africa Champions will be happy with that.

10:18 PM: Umar Amin showed aggression

Pakistan Champions at 151/4 after 16 overs. Asif Ali: 2(3), Umar Amin: 23(9)

Umra Aman played some aggressive shots. He started the over with the boundary and finished the over with a brilliant sixer. Imran Tahir gave 16 runs in this over and finished his spell with 40 runs without getting a success.

10:13 PM: Malik's slow innings came to an end

Pakistan Champions at 134/4 after 15 overs. Asif Ali: 1(2), Umar Amin: 7(5)

Wayne Parnell gets his second wicket as Shoaib Malik gets out after scoring 20 runs in 25 balls.

10:08 PM: Finally, Viljoen gets Sharjeel 

Pakistan Champions at 131/3 after 14 overs. S Malik: 20(23), Umar Amin: 5(2)

Sharjeel Khan got out after playing a brilliant innings for Pakistan Champions, scoring 76 runs in 44 balls. New batter Umar Amin scored a boundary on the first ball.

10:03 PM: 22 runs from the Over

Pakistan Champions at 123/2 after 13 overs. S Malik: 18(21), Sharjeel Khan: 76(42)

Sharjeel Khan smashed three boundaries on the first three balls, while total four boundaries in the over of Phangiso.

10:00 PM: Malik’s Slow inning puts pressure on the other end

Pakistan Champions at 101/2 after 12 overs. S Malik: 17(20), Sharjeel Khan: 55(37)

8 runs from Imran Tahir’s third over.

9:55 PM: Pakistan's batters Slow down 

Pakistan Champions at 93/2 after 11 overs. S Malik: 14(18), Sharjeel Khan: 51(33)

Both Pakistani batters feel slow down; they have not scored any boundaries since the last 16 balls.

9:50 PM: Sharjeel scored a brilliant fifty

Pakistan Champions at 89/2 after 10 overs. S Malik: 11(13), Sharjeel Khan: 50(32)

Sharjeel Khan completes his brilliant fifty, while an economical over from Imran Tahir gives just 3 runs.

9:43 PM: Sharjeel smashed a sixer, A chance for fielder 

Pakistan Champions at 86/2 after 9 overs. S Malik: 9(11), Sharjeel Khan: 49(28)

Sharjeel Khan’s aggression continued scored a six on the second ball of the over of Phangiso.

9:40 PM: Sharjeel’s Catch dropped by Hardus Viljoen

Pakistan Champions at 76/2 after 8 overs. S Malik: 37(9), Sharjeel Khan: 42(24)

South Africa had a good chance to catch Sharjeel Khan, but Hardus dropped it. 10 runs from Olivier’s second over.

9:34 PM: A brilliant Over from Phangiso

Pakistan Champions at 66/2 after 7 overs. S Malik: 3(6), Sharjeel Khan: 37(21)

An economical over from Phangiso gives only three runs.

9:30 PM: Hafeez gone, Sharjeel Show continues 

Pakistan Champions at 63/2 after 6 overs. S Malik: 1(2), Sharjeel Khan: 36(19)

Wayne Parnell gets dangerous Hafeez, but on the other side, Sharjeel continues smashing.

9:25 PM: Olivier is also costly with his first over

Pakistan Champions at 53/1 after 5 overs. Mohammad Hafeez: 17(9), Sharjeel Khan: 27(16)

Both batters scored a boundary each while Olivier gave 11 runs.

9:20 PM: Sharjeel played aggressively and scored two boundaries

Pakistan Champions at 41/1 after 4 overs. Mohammead Hafeez: 9(6), Sharjeel Khan: 25(13)

Sharjeel Khan hit two consecutive boundaries; Imran Tahir's first over proved costly.

9:15 PM: Pakistan lost its first wicket in the form of Kamran Akmal

Pakistan Champions at 28/1 after 3 overs. Mohammead Hafeez: 8(3), Sharjeel Khan: 14(10)

Two brilliant boundaries were scored by both batters.

9:10 PM: A good start for Pakistan

Pakistan Champions at 14/0 after 2 overs. Kamran Akmal: 2(3), Sharjeel Khan: 10(9)

Sharjeel Khan hit a boundary off the last ball of the second over.

9:05 PM: Pakistan off the mark with an extra run

Pakistan Champions at 8/0 after 1 over. Kamran Akmal: 1(1), Sharjeel Khan: 5(4)

Pakistan started with some extra runs, and Sharjeel Khan hit a boundary off the fourth ball of Hardus Viljoen.

8:30 PM (IST): PNC vs SAC Toss Update 

Pakistan Champions won the toss and elected to bat first at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Pakistan Champions Playing XI 

Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez(c), Kamran Akmal(w), Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Aamer Yamin, Umar Amin, Rumman Raees, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal. 

Impact Player for Pakistan Champions: Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan, Shoaib Maqsood 

South Africa Champions Playing XI 

Hashim Amla, JJ Smuts, Jacques Rudolph, Sarel Erwee, Jean-Paul Duminy, Morne van Wyk (wk), Wayne Parnell, Hardus Viljoen, Aaron Phangiso (C), Duanne Olivier, Imran Tahir 

Impact Player for South Africa Champions: AB de Villiers, Chris Morris, Richard Levi, Henry Davids

The toss of this match will be at 8:30 PM (IST), while the match will start at 9:00 PM (IST). The good batting pitch of the Birmingham ground leads people to expect a good score, so the fans will enjoy it a lot. Stay tuned for ball-by-ball live coverage of the match.