7 march t20 road safety world series cricket teams | West Indies cricket team
Every year, more than 1.5-2 lakh people die on Indian roads due to vehicular accidents; one person dies every 4 minutes and 1,214 road accidents occur every day in the country. The Road Safety World Series matches will telecast live on Colors Cineplex, Colors Kannada Cinema, Voot, Jio TV, and Doordarshan. The series involving five teams will be played from 7th to 22nd March.
In the last five years, more than 65 lakh people were disabled completely. As cricket is the most followed sport in the country and cricketers are looked up to as idols, the Series aims to create awareness about road safety and change people’s mindset towards their behaviour on the roads.
“The response from the people has been phenomenal and I am glad that fans are showing so much interest to come to the stadium not only to watch the legends play and but also support the noble cause of road safety that this tournament is trying to propagate.” Ravi Gaikwad, RTO Chief of Thane (Konkan Range), who is supporting this tournament and the noble cause of creating awareness towards road safety said.
March 7th will see the inauguration ceremony of Unacademy Road Safety World Series. This will be a series of T20 cricket matches between five nations which will incluse some of the biggest name in the history of cricket from India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia and South Africa. The series has been given the green card by the Board of Control fro Cricket in India (BCCI). The commissioner of the tournament will be none other than former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar. The beginning of the tournament will be huge with a clash of two titans; Sachin Tendulkar’s India Legends versus West Indies Legends led by Brian Lara. The final will be held on March 22nd at Brabourne Stadium.
Live Entertainment Albert Almeida said, “BookMyShow is thrilled to have received a phenomenal response for the opening match of Road Safety World Series, as we continue to give cricket fans an unparalleled experience that starts with booking their tickets and ends with a seamless match experience at the venue. It will be exciting to see two of the greatest batsmen of all times pitted against each other, for a noble cause. Wishing India Legends and West Indies Legends good luck! May the best team win.”
Tickets for the opening match of the Unacademy Road Safety World Series to be played between Sachin Tendulkar-led India Legends and Brian Lara-led West Indies Legends at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 7th March were sold within six days of ticket sales going live.
India Legends: Sachin Tendulkar (C), Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Sanjay Bangar, Munaf Patel, Mohammad Kaif, Pragyan Ojha, Sairaj Bahutule, Sameer Dighe, Abey Kuruvilla, Zaheer Khan,.
Australia Legends: Brett Lee (C), Brad Hodge, Brett Geeves, , Ben Laughlin, Clint Mckay, Jason Krejza, Mark Cosgrove, Nathan Reardon, Shane Lee, Travis Birt, Xavier Doherty.
Sri Lanka Legends: Tillakaratne Dilshan (C), Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Marvan Atapattu, Muttiah Muralitharan, Rangana Herath, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sachithra Senanayake, Thilan Thushara, Malinda Warnapura, Upul Chandana, Chamara Kapugedera.
South Africa Legends: Jonty Rhodes (C), Andrew Hall, Jacques Rudolph, Albie Morkel, Johann van der Wath, Lance Klusener, Martin Van Jaarsveld, Morne van Wyk, Paul Harris, Ryan McLaren, Roger Telemachus, Herschelle Gibbs,Garnett Kruger.
West Indies Legends: Brian Lara (C), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Adam Sanford, Carl Hooper, Daren Ganga, Pedro Collins, Ricardo Powell, Ridley Jacobs, Samuel Badree, Suleiman Benn, Tino Best, Dinanath Ramnarine, Danza Hyatt.
The astonishing part is that the highest priced category was sold out first. BookMyShow the official ticketing partner of the league and overjoyed at the response that they have received. The tickets for the opening match which Is to be played between India Legends and West Indies Legends on 7th March was completely sold out within six days of the tickets going on sale. BookMyShow boasts of the fact that over 80% of the tickets were sold within 72 hours of them going live.
Tendulkar will be taking part in a competitive match for the first time since he announced his retirement on November 16, 2013. Lara announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket on April 19, 2007. But they still command a lot of love and respect from cricket fans all over the globe and it was evident in the way they responded to the opportunity to watch both these legends lock horns once again at a historic venue and that too, for a noble cause to save human lives.
