In this prediction, get the best EDC vs PNC Fantasy 11 Prediction, Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for WCL 2025, Match 1.WCL 2025 is coming back for the second season. The first match of the tournament will see England Champions (EDC) taking on Pakistan Champions (PNC) on Friday, July 18, at Edgbaston. The England Champions won one out of five games last season and finished in fifth place. Pakistan Champions finished in second place with four wins in five matches. India Champions defeated Pakistan Champions in the final last year after chasing down the target of 157 runs in 19.1 overs with five wickets in hand.
Shahid Afridi will lead the Pakistan Champions this year and will replace Younis Khan. All the players from last year’s playing 11 are there in the squad this year as well. The team might field the same playing 11 in this game.
Kevin Pietersen led the England Champions last season but has been replaced by Eoin Morgan for this year. Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali are also part of the England Champions’ squad. Liam Plunkett, who recently played in the Major League Cricket, is also a part of the squad.
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Match Information– EDC vs PNC Fantasy 11 Prediction
England Champions vs Pakistan Champions, Match 1
World Championship of Legends, 18 Jul 2025, Fri, 9:00 PM IST ,Birmingham
Probable PlayingXI
England Champions
JM Vince, AN Cook, IR Bell, EJG Morgan(C), RS Bopara, MM Ali, SR Patel, P Mustard, LE Plunkett, A Shahzad, RJ Sidebottom
Bench: TR Ambrose, KP Pietersen, CP Schofield, AD Mascarenhas, TT Bresnan, SC Meaker, SI Mahmood, CT Tremlett
Pakistan Champions
Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, S Malik, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, IM Wasim, Shahid Afridi(C), Sohail Khan, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, W Riaz
Bench: S Ahmed, Asif Ali, Abdul Razzaq, Saeed Ajmal, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Ahmed, Umar Amin, Rumman Raees, Fawad Alam
Pitch Report
James Vince ENG-C | bat
Vince is playing for Hampshire in the T20 Blast and has scored 436 runs in 13 games at an average of 39.63 and a strike rate of 155.71. He has made four half-centuries.
Moeen played in the Global Super League for the Guyana Amazon Warriors. He scored 103 runs in four matches at a strike rate of 103. He picked three wickets as well at an average of 13.
Sarfaraz Ahmed- PAK-C | WK- 8
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