Road Safety World Series T20 2021: Squads, Fixtures, Timings, Broadcasters, Live Streaming, and all you need to know
The organizers, instead of starting afresh in 2021, have opted to resume the previous edition, which was paused after only four games.
A galaxy of cricketing stalwarts will be in action in the Road Safety World Series T20 2021, which is set to commence at the newly-built Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur from March 5 to March 21, 2021. The tournament aims to create awareness for road safety in India.
The inaugural edition of the tournament underwent in March 2020, where 11 league matches were scheduled in Pune and Mumbai. Although it had to be halted abruptly owing to the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. The organisers, instead of starting afresh in 2021, have opted to resume the previous edition, which was paused after only four games.
In the completed fixtures thus far, the India Legends trumped West Indies Legends by seven wickets in the tournament-opener and followed that by a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka Legends, who opened their account by defeating Australia Legends by seven runs in the second game of the league phase. The last fixture before the tournament was postponed indefinitely witnessed the South Africa Legends thrashing West Indies Legends by six wickets.
Four teams – India Legends, Sri Lanka Legends, South Africa Legends, and West Indies Legends – will resume action in 2021, whereas England Legends and Bangladesh Legends will replace the Brett Lee-led Australia Legends, who are set to miss due to their inability to travel to India owing to the strict COVID-19 restrictions in Australia.
The tournament will commence with Indian Legends taking on Bangladesh Legends on March 5, while the latest entrants – England Legends and Bangladesh Legends – will commence their proceedings facing each other on March 7. After the conclusion of the league stage, the top four teams will play two semifinals, scheduled on March 17 and 18, followed by the final on March 21.
Former India cricketers Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha, and Vinay Kumar, who all recently announced their retirements, will feature in the India Legends team alongside veterans such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, and Irfan Pathan. Other notable foreign players include the likes of Tillakaratne Dilshan, Muttiah Muralitharan, Rangana Hearth, Chaminda Vaas, Brian Lara, Carl Hooper, Herschelle Gibbs, Jonty Rhodes, and Albie Morkel.
Road Safety World Series T20 Squads
India Legends
Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Pragyan Ojha, Noel David, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Manpreet Gony, Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha, S Badrinath, and Vinay Kumar.
Sri Lanka Legends
Thilakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Farveez Maharoof, Rangana Herath, Thilan Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Kapugedera, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Dhammika Prasad, Nuwan Kulasekara, Russel Arnold, Dulanjana Wijesinghe and Malinda Warnapura.
Bangladesh Legends
Khaled Mahmud, Mohammed Sharif, Mushfiqur Rahman, A N M Mamun Ur Rashed, Nafees Iqbal, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Khaled Mashud, Hannan Sarker, Javed Omar, Rajin Saleh, Mehrab Hossain, Aftab Ahmed, Alamgir Kabir.
England Legends
Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Philip Mustard, Monty Panesar, Nick Compton, Kabir Ali, Usman Afzaal, Matthew Hoggard, James Tindall, Chris Tremlett, Sajid Mahmood, James Tredwell, Chris Schoefield, Johnathan Trott, Ryan Sidebottom.
South Africa Legends
Jonty Rhodes, Morne van Wyk, Garnett Kruger, Roger Telemachus, Justin Kemp, Alviro Petersen, Nantie Hayward, Andrew Puttick, Loots Bosman, Zander de Bruyn, Thandi Tshabalala, Monde Zondeki, Makhaya Ntini, and Lloyd Norris-Jones.
West Indies Legends
Brian Lara, Tino Best, Ridley Jacobs, Narsingh Deonarine, Sulieman Benn, Dinanath Ramnarine, Adam Sanford, Carl Hooper, Dwayne Smith, Ryan Austin, William Perkins, and Mahendra Nagamootoo.
Road Safety World Series T20 Schedule
March 5, India Legends v Bangladesh Legends
March 6, Sri Lanka Legends v West Indies Legends
March 7, England Legends v Bangladesh Legends
March 8, South Africa Legends v Sri Lanka Legends
March 9, India Legends v England Legends
March 10, Bangladesh Legends v Sri Lanka Legends
March 11, England Legends v South Africa Legends
March 12, Bangladesh Legends v West Indies Legends
March 13, India Legends v South Africa Legends
March 14, Sri Lanka Legends v England Legends
March 15, South Africa Legends v Bangladesh Legends
March 16, England Legends v West Indies Legends
March 17, TBD, Semifinal 1
March 18, TBD, Semifinal 2
March 21, TBD, Final
Broadcast Details
Match timings – 7 PM IST
TV – COLORS Cineplex, COLORS Kannada Cinema, FTA channel Rishtey Cineplex
Live Streaming – Voot, Jio (app and websites).
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