2020–21 Road Safety World Series

The 2020–21 Road Safety World Series was the inaugural season of the Road Safety World Series, a Twenty20 cricket league featuring retired international cricketers. It was organised by the Road Safety World Series to raise awareness about road safety.[1][2] The 2020–21 edition of the series featured players from India, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa, Australia and Bangladesh.[3] Sunil Gavaskar, former India captain, was the commissioner of the series, while Sachin Tendulkar was its brand ambassador.[4]

2020–21 Road Safety World Series
Dates7 March 2020 – 21 March 2021
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Knock-out
Host(s)India
ChampionsIndia Legends (1st title)
Runners-upSri Lanka Legends
Participants7
Matches19
Player of the seriesTillakaratne Dilshan
Most runsTillakaratne Dilshan (271)
Most wicketsTillakaratne Dilshan (12)
Official websiteworldseriest20.com

Background

The Road Safety World Series was founded by Ravi Gaikwad and approved by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[5][6][7] The first edition of the tournament began in March 2020, with the tournament taking place at venues in Mumbai and Pune in India.[8] The tournament was to be played in a round-robin format with the top two finishers playing the final.[9]

Only four matches were played in 2020 and on 13 March, as a result of an advisory by Indian Government following the COVID-19 pandemic, the remaining seven matches were rescheduled to a later date.[10] Initially it was decided that the remaining matches would be played behind closed doors at DY Patil Stadium;[11] but the tournament was later indefinitely postponed.

Instead of starting afresh in 2021, the organisers opted to resume the previous edition. Bangladesh Legends and England Legends were added to the tournament after Australia Legends opted out due to COVID-19 restrictions making overseas travel impossible for Australians.[12][13]

Venues

The 11 matches were initially scheduled to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, and MCA Stadium in Pune with the final initially scheduled for 22 March 2020 in Pune.[14] In 2021 the remaining matches were held at Raipur.[15]

Squads

Squads
Australia Legends[16] Bangladesh Legends[17] England Legends[17] India Legends[17][18]

Players replaced:

Replacements:

South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies

Players replaced:

Replacements:

Players replaced:

Replacements:

Players replaced:

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Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 India Legends 6 5 1 0 20 1.733
2 Sri Lanka Legends 6 5 1 0 20 1.771
3 South Africa Legends 6 4 2 0 16 −0.349
4 West Indies Legends 6 3 3 0 12 −0.277
5 England Legends 6 3 3 0 12 −1.206
6 Bangladesh Legends 6 1 5 0 4 −2.159
7 Australia Legends 6 0 6 0 0 −0.350
  •   Qualified to the semi-finals
  •   Opted out of the tournament
    • Australia Legends played 1 match against Sri Lanka Legends and forfeited their remaining matches as they could not travel to India due to COVID-19 restrictions.[19]

Tie-break criteria

  1. Number of wins
  2. Head to head results
  3. Net run rate.

League stage

All times are in to Indian Standard Time (IST).

2020

7 March 2020
West Indies Legends
150/8 (20 overs)
v
India Legends
151/3 (18.2 overs)
India Legends won by 7 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 1

Scorecard
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (India Legends)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 61 (41)
Munaf Patel 2/24 (4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 74* (57)
Carl Hooper 2/19 (3.2 overs)
  • India Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India Legends 4, West Indies Legends 0
8 March 2020
Sri Lanka Legends
161/8 (20 overs)
v
Australia Legends
154 (19.5 overs)
Sri Lanka Legends won by 7 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 2

Scorecard
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka Legends)
Romesh Kaluwitharana 30 (26)
Brad Hodge 2/18 (2 overs)
Nathan Reardon 96 (53)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3/35 (3.5 overs)
  • Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka Legends 4, Australia Legends 0
10 March 2020
Sri Lanka Legends
138/8 (20 overs)
v
India Legends
139/5 (18.4 overs)
India Legends Won by 5 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 3

Scorecard
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (India Legends)
Chamara Kapugedera 23 (17)
Munaf Patel 4/19 (4 overs)
Irfan Pathan 57* (31)
Chaminda Vaas 2/5 (3 overs)
  • India Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India Legends 4, Sri Lanka Legends 0
11 March 2020
West Indies Legends
143/8 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Legends
146/4 (18.3 overs)
South Africa Legends won by 6 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 4

Scorecard
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Albie Morkel (South Africa Legends)
Daren Ganga 31 (32)
Paul Harris 3/21 (4 overs)
Albie Morkel 54* (30)
Tino Best 2/12 (4 overs)
  • South Africa Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: South Africa Legends 4, West Indies Legends 0

2021

The remaining six group matches were rescheduled to 2021. With Australia unable to play their matches, all matches involving the side were ruled as walkovers, with the opposing side gaining four points. With the expansion of the tournament the number of group-stage matches increased.

5 March 2021
Bangladesh Legends
109 (19.4 overs)
v
India Legends
114/0 (10.1 overs)
India Legends won by 10 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 5

Scorecard
  • Bangladesh Legends won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Legends 4, Bangladesh Legends 0
6 March 2021
West Indies Legends
157/4 (20 overs)
v
Sri Lanka Legends
160/5 (19 overs)
Sri Lanka Legends won by 5 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 6

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind)
Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka Legends)
Brian Lara 53* (49)
Chinthaka Jayasinghe 1/8 (1 over)
Upul Tharanga 53* (35)
Sulieman Benn 2/19 (4 overs)
  • Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sri Lanka Legends 4, West Indies Legends 0
7 March 2021
Bangladesh Legends
113/5 (20 overs)
v
England Legends
117/3 (14 overs)
England Legends win by 7 Wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 7

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind)
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (England Legends)
Khaled Mashud 31 (39)
Chris Tremlett 2/10 (2 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 42 (17)
Mohammad Rafique 2/31 (4 overs)
  • England Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: England Legends 4, Bangladesh Legends 0
8 March 2021
South Africa Legends
89 (18.5 overs)
v
Sri Lanka Legends
92/1 (13.2 overs)
Sri Lanka Legends won by 9 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 8

Scorecard
Andrew Puttick 39 (46)
Rangana Herath 2/11 (4 overs)
  • Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sri Lanka Legends 4, South Africa Legends 0
9 March 2021
England Legends
188/7 (20 overs)
v
India Legends
182/7 (20 overs)
England Legends won by 6 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 9

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Sanjay Hazare (Ind)
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (England Legends)
Kevin Pietersen 75 (37)
Yusuf Pathan 3/28 (3 overs)
Irfan Pathan 61* (34)
Monty Panesar 3/15 (4 overs)
  • India Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: England Legends 4, India Legends 0
10 March 2021
Sri Lanka Legends
180/6 (20 overs)
v
Bangladesh Legends
138/6 (20 overs)
Sri Lanka Legends won by 42 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 10

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind)
Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka Legends)
Upul Tharanga 99* (47)
Mohammad Rafique 1/24 (4 overs)
Nazimuddin 54 (41)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3/21 (4 overs)
  • Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka Legends 4, Bangladesh Legends 0
11 March 2021
England Legends
121 (18.1 overs)
v
South Africa Legends
125/2 (13 overs)
South Africa Legends won by 8 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 11

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind)
Player of the match: Thandi Tshabalala (South Africa Legends)
Darren Maddy 25 (23)
Thandi Tshabalala 3/26 (4 overs)
Morné van Wyk 46 (31)
James Tredwell 1/21 (3 overs)
  • South Africa Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: South Africa Legends 4, England Legends 0
12 March 2021
Bangladesh Legends
169/7 (20 overs)
v
West Indies Legends
173/5 (18.5 overs)
West Indies Legends won by 5 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 12

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Sudhir Asnani (Ind)
Player of the match: Sulieman Benn (West Indies Legends)
Mehrab Hossain 44 (45)
Sulieman Benn 3/17 (4 overs)
Kirk Edwards 46 (28)
Abdur Razzak 2/34 (3.5 overs)
  • West Indies Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: West Indies Legends 4, Bangladesh Legends 0
13 March 2021
India Legends
204/3 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Legends
148/7 (20 overs)
India Legends won by 56 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 13

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (India Legends)
Sachin Tendulkar 60 (37)
Monde Zondeki 2/35 (3 overs)
Morné van Wyk 48 (35)
Yusuf Pathan 3/34 (4 overs)
  • South Africa Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India Legends 4, South Africa Legends 0
14 March 2021
England Legends
78/9 (20 overs)
v
Sri Lanka Legends
81/4 (7.3 overs)
Sri Lanka Legends won by 6 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 14

Scorecard
Tillakaratne Dilshan 61* (26)
Monty Panesar 4/26 (4 overs)
  • Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sri Lanka Legends 4, England Legends 0
15 March 2021
Bangladesh Legends
160/9 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Legends
161/0 (19.2 overs)
South Africa Legends won by 10 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 15

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind)
Player of the match: Andrew Puttick (South Africa Legends)
Aftab Ahmed 39 (24)
Makhaya Ntini 2/26 (3 overs)
  • South Africa Legends won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: South Africa Legends 4, Bangladesh Legends 0
16 March 2021
England Legends
186/3 (20 overs)
v
West Indies Legends
187/5 (20 overs)
West Indies Legends won by 5 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 16

Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind)
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (West Indies Legends)
Phil Mustard 57 (41)
Dwayne Smith 2/31 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 58 (31)
Chris Tremlett 2/37 (4 overs)
  • West Indies Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: West Indies Legends 4, England Legends 0

Knockout stage

The knockout stage started with semi-finals at Raipur, the winners of each progressing to the final at Raipur. If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner.[20] If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, the winner would be determined by another Super Over and continues, until the team wins the Super Over.[21]

On 10 March 2021, Sri Lanka Legends became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after beating Bangladesh Legends at Raipur.[22] Three days later, saw tournament hosts India Legends, the second team to qualify after they defeated South Africa Legends at Raipur on 13 March 2021.[23] The following day after, South Africa Legends became the third team to qualify after they beat Bangladesh Legends at Raipur on 15 March 2021.[24] The following day, in the final match of the league stage, West Indies Legends and England Legends played for the final spot in the semifinals. Eventually, West Indies Legends became the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals after they beat England Legends in a virtual quarterfinal match.[25]

The first semi-final was played between India Legends and West Indies Legends at Raipur,[26] while the second semi-final was played between Sri Lanka Legends and South Africa Legends at the same venue again.[27]

Semi-finals Final
      
1 India Legends 218/3 (20 overs)
4 West Indies Legends 206/6 (20 overs)
1 India Legends 181/4 (20 overs)
2 Sri Lanka Legends 167/7 (20 overs)
3 South Africa Legends 125 (20 overs)
2 Sri Lanka Legends 129/2 (17.2 overs)

Semi-finals

The first semi-final between India Legends and West Indies Legends was played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur on 17 March 2021.[28]

Batting first, India Legends got off to a fantastic start, but lost opener Virender Sehwag, after he gave Indians the perfect start, having scored 35 runs. However, the Indians continued their high scoring rate, as Sachin Tendulkar combined with Mohammad Kaif and Yusuf Pathan for partnerships of 53 and a quick 31 respectively. Tendulkar scored 65 runs before he was the third man out in the 14th over. After his dismissal, Yuvraj Singh combined with Yusuf Pathan for an unbeaten partnership of 78 runs, also scoring a quickfire unbeaten 49* from just 20 deliveries, which included 6 sixes, out of which 4 came in 18th over bowled by Mahendra Nagamootoo. The Indian Legends finished with a score of 218/3, after a fantastic display of batting at the end of their 20 overs.

The West Indies Legends saw William Perkins fell to Manpreet Gony in the second over, but the West Indians scored 71/1 in the first six overs, with Dwayne Smith combining with Narsingh Deonarine going berserk after the Indian bowlers. After a partnership of 99 runs for the second wicket between Dwayne Smith and Narsingh Deonarine, Smith was dismissed for 63. After Kirk Edwards was stumped by Naman Ojha off Pragyan Ojha’s bowling, falling for a first-ball duck, Brian Lara was joined by Narsingh Deonarine for a partnership of 80 runs for the fourth wicket that left West Indies Legends needing 32 runs from the final three overs; however, after the dismissal of Brian Lara and Narsingh Deonarine, within a span of 4 runs and good tight bowling by Vinay Kumar, Manpreet Gony and Irfan Pathan, Indians managed to stop West Indies Legends at 206/6, entering into finals of Road Safety World Series.[29]

17 March 2021
India Legends
218/3 (20 overs)
v
West Indies Legends
206/6 (20 overs)
India Legends won by 12 runs
 
 
19:00
Scorecard
Sachin Tendulkar 65 (42)
Tino Best 2/25 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 63 (36)
Vinay Kumar 2/26 (3 overs)
  • West Indies Legends won the toss and elected to field.

The second semi-final saw Sri Lanka Legends take on South Africa Legends at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur on 19 March 2021.[30]

Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and chose to field first. South Africa Legends made a steady start to their innings but lost Andrew Puttick in the third over. Alviro Petersen was joined by Morné van Wyk and combined for a 53 runs partnership. Apart from these batsmen, no other batsman could significantly contribute towards the total as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Nuwan Kulasekara ran through the South African batting lineup and took 5 wickets. Somehow, the South African Legends managed to score 125, with Morné van Wyk top-scoring with 53.

Sri Lanka Legends took their time to get going in the run chase but were soon making progress before Tillakaratne Dilshan was dismissed by Makhaya Ntini for the first wicket. Quick-hitting Sanath Jayasuriya with Upul Tharanga had a small partnership of 39 runs before Petersen dismissed Jayasuriya for 18 runs. Chinthaka Jayasinghe promoted up the order, started to smash bowlers all over the park, while Tharanga played the anchor's role in the chase. The Sri Lankan Legends successfully chased the target with more than two overs to spare and saw them entering the finals against India Legends, to be played on 21 March 2021.[31]

19 March 2021
South Africa Legends
125 (20 overs)
v
Sri Lanka Legends
129/2 (17.2 overs)
Sri Lanka Legends won by 8 wickets
 
 
19:00
Scorecard
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Umesh Dubey (Ind)
Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka Legends)
Morné van Wyk 53 (47)
Nuwan Kulasekara 5/25 (4 overs)
  • Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and elected to field.

Final

21 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India Legends
181/4 (20 overs)
v
Sri Lanka Legends
167/7 (20 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 62* (36)
Farveez Maharoof 1/16 (4 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 43 (35)
Yusuf Pathan 2/26 (4 overs)
India Legends won by 14 runs
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Sudhir Asnani (Ind)
Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (India Legends)
  • Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and elected to field.
  • India Legends became the winners of Road Safety World Series 2020–21.

Statistics

The top 5 players in each category are listed.

Most runs

PlayerTeam Matches Runs High score
Tillakaratne DilshanSri Lanka Legends827161 not out
Upul TharangaSri Lanka Legends623799 not out
Sachin TendulkarIndia Legends723365
Morné van WykSouth Africa Legends622869 not out
Virender SehwagIndia Legends721480 not out

Most wickets

PlayerTeam Matches Wickets Best bowling
Tillakaratne DilshanSri Lanka Legends8124/6
Yusuf PathanIndia Legends593/28
Munaf PatelIndia Legends794/19
Monty PanesarEngland Legends684/26
Rangana HerathSri Lanka Legends782/5

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