AB de Villiers' unbeaten 120 runs
What you should know
South Africa won the title by defeating Pakistan by 9 wickets in the final of the World Championship of Legends (2025).
AB de Villiers of South Africa scored an unbeaten 120 runs to win the title. South Africa got a target of 196 runs in 20 overs to win the game.
which South Africa completed the target losing one wicket in just 16.5 overs and won the title. With this, Pakistan missed out on winning the title for the second consecutive time.
Opener Sharjeel Khan played an innings of 76 runs for Pakistan who batted first. No other player could cross the 50-run mark.
Hardus Vislon and Van Purnell took 2 wickets each for South Africa. Similarly, Imran Tahir took one wicket. While chasing the
target, AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla made an aggressive partnership of 72 runs in only 5.2 overs from South Africa. Ashim Saeed, who scored 18 runs in 14 balls, became a victim of Ajmal.
After Amla got out, JP Duminy, who came in at number three, along with AB de Villiers, did not allow any player of the Pakistan champions to take wickets. Both of them together found the target in just 16.5 overs and won. Captain de Villiers completed his century in just 47 balls.
He scored 120 unbeaten runs playing 60 balls. He hit 12 fours and 7 sixes in his innings. Similarly, JP scored an unbeaten 50 off 28 balls. He hit four fours and 2 sixes while making his half-century.
