The Road Safety World Series concluded with fans at the stadium echoing the name of Yuvraj Singh. The southpaw was quick to respond with his bat and scored a quick half-century to take India legends to a respectable score against Sri Lanka Legends.
Sachin Tendulkar-led side, after being sent in to bat first put up a mammoth total of 181 runs. All-rounder Yusuf Pathan starred in the team’s victory with an unbeaten 62 and two wickets for 26 that restricted Lanka to 167/7 in 20 overs.
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Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf went on a rampage by slamming half-centuries to see India Legends put up a fighting total.
Yuvraj got an entertaining 60 off 41 balls with four boundaries and as many sixes while Yusuf remained entertained the crowd with four hits to the ropes and five sixes.
Other than the two big men, captain Tendulkar got a classy 30 which included five boundaries. For Lankans, none of the bowlers were impressive as Rangana Herath, Sanath Jayasuriya, Farveez Maharoof, and Kaushalya Weeraratne took one wicket each.
Gracious as always, Tillakaratne Dilshan thanks the team, the crowds, and especially the home crowd.
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In the second essay, Sri Lanka got off to a flying start with both the openers Dilshan and Jayasuriya putting up a 62-run partnership. However, Indian bowlers were quick to fill the gaps leading to a middle-order collapse for Sri Lanka. Weeraratne tried to accelerate the innings by scoring 38 runs off 15 balls but the visitors fell 14 runs short of the target.
WOW 🤩 …. ECSTATIC… Over the Moon!
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— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 21, 2021