WCL 2025: Top 3 player battles to watch out for in PAK vs WI

Pakistan Champions will face the West Indies Champions in the 11th match of the World Championship of Legends 2025 on Saturday, July 26, at Headingley in Leeds. Pakistan have won two out of their three games and are one of the two undefeated teams in the tournament. The West Indies have won one out of three matches and are in fourth position.

Here are the top three player battles to watch out for in Pakistan Champions vs West Indies Champions, Match 11 of WCL 2025:

Chris Gayle (West Indies Champions) vs Wahab Riaz (Pakistan Champions):

Chris Gayle and Wahab Riaz have faced each other in ODIs, T20s, and T10 matches. In ODIs, Gayle faced 24 deliveries from Wahab and scored 25 runs. Wahab has found success in T20s against Gayle as he has dismissed him thrice in 40 deliveries, and Gayle scored just 33 runs. In T10s, Wahab has bowled nine deliveries to Gayle and conceded nine runs.

Shoaib Malik (Pakistan Champions) vs Dwayne Bravo (West Indies Champions):

Shoaib Malik and Dwayne Bravo have faced each other with both bat and ball so far. Malik scored 58 runs off 48 deliveries against Bravo and has been dismissed twice. In T10s, Malik has made 10 runs off five deliveries against Bravo.

Malik has bowled 12 deliveries to Bravo in T20s , conceding 11 runs for one dismissal, which came during the first season of the Indian Premier League. In T20Is, Bravo scored five runs off seven deliveries against Malik.

Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan Champions) vs Fidel Edwards (West Indies Champions):

Mohammad Hafeez and Fidel Edwards mostly faced each other in Test matches. This encounter happened in 2006, where Hafeez scored 16 runs off 45 deliveries against Edwards. Hafeez scored two runs off four deliveries from Edwards in T20s, and their last encounter happened in 2014.