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Road Safety World Series All You Need To Know

Road Safety World Series: All you need to know

The Road Safety World Series will be played in Raipur between March 5 to 21. The first edition of the tournament was called off just after four matches due to the COVID-19 outburst back in 2020.

The tournament this year will be played in the newly-built Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur. The stadium has a seating capacity of 65,000. The series is being played to spread awareness towards road safety in the country.

Teams:

Australia Legends side has pulled out of the T20 series but they are well covered by the two new additions this season from England and Bangladesh.

India Legends
Sri Lanka Legends
West Indies Legends
South Africa Legends
Bangladesh Legends
England Legends

Where can I get the tickets for the tournament?

The tickets of the Road Safety World Series can be bought from Bookmyshow.

Schedule

Which channels will telecast the tournament?

The Road Safety World Series will be LIVE telecast on COLORS Cineplex, COLORS Kannada Cinema, FTA channel Rishtey Cineplex from 7 pm IST onwards from March 4, 2021.

How to live stream the Road Safety World Series?

The LIVE streaming of the Road Safety T20 matches will be on Voot and Jio apps and websites.

Full Squads of the teams:

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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