India Legends

At the start of the tournament in March 2020, India Legends squad consisted of Sachin Tendulkar as their captain, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Irfan Pathan, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Manpreet Gony, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Sameer Dighe, Abey Kuruvilla, Sanjay Bangar, Noel David, and Sairaj Bahutule, before the tournament was halted.

At the resumption of the tournament in March 2021, Subramaniam Badrinath, Naman Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Vinay Kumar, and Rajesh Pawar were added to squad to replace Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Sameer Dighe, Abey Kuruvilla, Sanjay Bangar, and Sairaj Bahutule.

India Legends finished top of Points Table, winning four out of five games against West Indies Legends, Sri Lanka Legends, Bangladesh Legends, and South Africa Legends. They lost their only match against England Legends and their match against Australia Legends was not played due to the unavailability of Australia Legends in the tournament. They faced West Indies Legends in the semi-final at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur winning by 12 runs.

Sri Lanka Legends

At the start of the tournament in March 2020, the Sri Lanka Legends squad consisted of Tillakaratne Dilshan as their captain, Chamara Kapugedera, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Marvan Atapattu, Muttiah Muralitharan, Rangana Herath, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sachithra Senanayake, Thilan Thushara, Malinda Warnapura, and Upul Chandana, before the tournament was halted.

At the resumption of the tournament in March 2021, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Upul Tharanga, Russel Arnold, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath and Chinthaka Jayasinghe were added to Sri Lanka Legends squad for the year 2021, replacing Marvan Atapattu, Malinda Warnapura, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sachithra Senanayake, Upul Chandana and Romesh Kaluwitharana.

Sri Lanka Legends finished second in Points Table, winning five games, against Australia Legends, West Indies Legends, South Africa Legends, Bangladesh Legends, and England Legends. They lost their only match against India Legends right before the tournament was called off due to COVID-19 pandemic. They faced South Africa Legends in the second semi-final at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur winning by 8 wickets.

Match officials

The match was umpired by India's Sudhir Asnani and Amiesh Saheba. Indian great Gundappa Vishwanath was the match referee, along with India's Umesh Dubey being the TV umpire and Sanjay Hazare as the fourth umpire.

Details

Sri Lanka Legends won the toss and chose to field first, with Rangana Herath opening the bowling. Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar started cautiously, with Sehwag getting dismissed to Herath for 10 runs after he had hit him for a six, the previous delivery. Subramanian Badrinath showed a promising start but was dismissed by Jayasuriya for 7 runs. Yuvraj Singh was joined by Tendulkar and had a partnership of 43 runs before Tendulkar was dismissed for 30 runs by Farveez Maharoof. After Tendulkar's dismissal, Yuvraj Singh, who was playing cautiously, switched his gears and attacked Sri Lankan bowlers all over the park with his hitting. He was well supported by Yusuf Pathan, who went berserk after the bowlers with his clean hitting. They shared a partnership of 85 runs, with both batsmen scoring half-centuries. In the 18th over, Yuvraj Singh was dismissed for well-made 60 runs, with Irfan Pathan joining his elder brother, who played a 3-ball cameo for his 8 runs which included a six off the last ball of the innings, while Yusuf Pathan remained unbeaten on 62*. India Legends reached 181/4 at the end of their innings.

Sri Lanka Legends, in reply, made a good start, with Jayasuriya and Dilshan scoring 62 runs during the powerplay, with both openers going after the Indian bowlers. Dilshan was the first to be dismissed by Yusuf Pathan, who was in good form throughout the tournament. Jayasuriya, batting with an injury, struggled to run between the wickets but was hitting boundaries timely. Eventually, after Jaysauriya's dismissal, a mini-collapse occurred, with Sri Lankan Legends being reduced to 91/4 in the 13th over, with Silva and Tharanga also getting dismissed cheaply. After Chinthakha Jayasinghe and Kaushalya Weeraratne started hammering the Indian bowlers and had a good partnership of 64 runs, the match was slightly in favor of the Sri Lankans, with 30 runs required in the last 2 overs. After Weeraratne's dismissal, all hopes were lost. Eventually, Sri Lanka Legends reached 167/7 at the end of their innings, with India Legends winning by 14 runs to win the inaugural Road Safety World Series.

Scorecard

1st innings

Fall of wickets: 1–19 (Sehwag, 2.5 ov), 2–35 (Badrinath, 4.2 ov), 3–78 (Tendulkar, 10.3 ov), 4–163 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.2 ov)

2nd innings

Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7.2 ov), 2-65 (Chamara Silva, 8.1 ov), 3-83 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 11.1 ov), 4-91 (Upul Tharanga, 12.5 ov), 5-155 (Kaushalya Weeraratne, 18.4 ov), 6-167 (Chinthaka Jayasinghe, 19.5 ov), 7-167 (Farveez Maharoof, 19.6 ov)