IML 2025: India Masters, captained by Sachin Tendulkar in the final of International Masters League (IML), won the first season title by defeating Brian Lara’s West Indies Masters. In this match played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur, West Indies Masters batted first and scored 148 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. After this, India Masters won the match by winning the match by 6 wickets in 17.1 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. For India Masters, Ambati Rayudu played a match winning innings of 74 runs off 50 balls.
Vinay Kumar took the most 3 wickets in bowling. Shahbaz Nadeem hunted 2 batsmen. Pawan Negi and Stuart Binny got one wicket each. For the West Indies Masters, Landal Simmons scored the highest innings of 57 runs, while Dwayne Smith scored 45 runs.
Team India repeated history
The most special thing about this greatcle was that India and West Indies were first face to face for the first time in the final of a big tournament. The last time both teams clashed in the 1983 World Cup final, where India won their first World Cup by registering a historic victory. Now 42 years later, India has once again repeated the same glorious history by defeating the West Indies.
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