Road Safety World Series is back; India to play Bangladesh on March 5th

Road Safety World Series is back; India to play Bangladesh on March 5th

Road Safety World Series

Road Safety World Series
Road Safety World Series

The Road Safety World Series is back finally. After being disrupted by the pandemic last year, the legends of the game will be back in action next month. The tournament will begin on the 5th of March. The 2020 edition unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but now, the 2021 edition is set to go on as per schedule.

The series will be hosted in Raipur. The World Series is an initiative by the Road Safety Cell of Maharashtra. It is organized in association with Professional Management Group (PMG) spearheaded by Sunil Gavaskar, the Commissioner of the Series. Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of the initiative.

The first edition of the series was called off after four games last year due to the pandemic. The organizers on Tuesday announced that all the remaining matches will be played. It will be hosted at the newly-built Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur.

The series is set to see stars like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Brian Lara, Bret Lee, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Muttiah Muralitharan and many more.

Full squads of each team

The series will see legends from six nations taking part – India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, West Indies, South Africa and England. Here are the squads of each team.

South Africa Legends: Morne Van Wyk, Garnett Kruger, Roger Telemachus, Jonty Rhodes, Justin Kemp, Makhaya Ntini, Nicky Boje, Andrew Puttick, Monde Zondeki, Alviro Petersen, Loots Bosman, Llyod Norris Jones, Zander de Bruyn, Thandi Tshabalala,

West Indies Legends: Brian Lara, Pedro Collins, William Perkins, Adam Sanford, Ridley Jacobs, Tino Best, Sulieman Benn, Narsingh Deonarine, Dinanath Ramnarine, Dwayne Smith, Carl Hooper, Ryan Austin, Mahendra Nagamootoo

Sri Lanka Legends: Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva, Manjula Prasad, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Dammika Prasad, Chamara Kapugedra, Tillakratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Rangana Herath, Dulanjana Wijesinghe, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Farveez Maharoof, Sanath Jayasuriya, Ajantha Mendis, Malinda Warnapura

Bangladesh Legends: Khaled Mahmud, Nafees Iqbal, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Khaled Mashud, Hannan Sarker, Javed Omar, Rajin Saleh, Mehrab Hossain, Aftab Ahmed, Alamgir Kabir, Mohammed Sharif, Mushfiqur Rahman, A N M Mamun Ur Rashed

India Legends: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Noel David, Mohammed Kaif, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Manpreet Gony, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha

England Legends: Kevin Pietersen, Philip Mustard, Owais Shah, Monty Panesar, Nick Compton, Kabir Ali, Chris Schoefield, Sajid Mahmood, James Tredwell, Matthew Hoggard, Jonathan Trott, Ryan Sidebottom, Usman Afzaal, Chris Tremlett, James Tindall

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