Sachin Tendulkar-led India Legends emerged champions within the first version of the Road Safety World Series T20 after beating Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs within the remaining on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Sunday (March 21). In a repeat of the 2011 World Cup remaining which India gained below MS Dhoni, the hosts defeated Tillakaratne Dilshan’s Sri Lanka.
All-rounder Yusuf Pathan smashed an unbeaten 62 and picked 2/26 with the ball that restricted Lanka to 167/7 in 20 overs, chasing a goal of 182.
Earlier, Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf went on a rampage by slamming half-centuries to see India Legends put up a difficult whole of 181/4 in 20 overs.
Here is the complete listing of award winners and statistics from the event:
Winners – India Legends
Runners-up – Sri Lanka Legends
Cracking Player of the Match (FINAL) – Yuvraj Singh – $ 1000
Player of the Match (FINAL) – Yusuf Pathan – Rs 1.25 lakh
Player of the Tournament – Tillakaratne Dilshan – Rs 2 lakh.
Team Stats
Highest Total: India Legends – 218/3
Biggest Win Margin (by runs) – India Legends by 56 runs towards SA Legends
Biggest Win Margin (by wickets) – India Legends by 10 wickets in 10.1 overs towards Bangladesh
Highest match mixture:
India Legends vs West Indies Legends – 424 runs
Batting stats:
Most Runs – Tillakaratne Dilshan – 271 runs in 8 matches
Highest Score – Upul Tharanga 99 not out vs Bangladesh Legends
Highest Average – Upul Tharanga – 118.50
Most fifties – 2 by Sachin Tendulkar, Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Morne van Wyk, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Narsingh Deonarine, Irfan Pathan, Dwayne Smith.
Most Sixes – 17 by Yuvraj Singh
Most Sixes in an innings – 6 by Yuvraj Singh in 2 matches
Bowling Stats
Most Wickets – 12 by Tillakaratne Dilshan
Best Bowling Figures in an innings – 5/25 by Nuwan Kulasekara (SLL) vs SA Legends
Most Four-wickets in an innings – Kulasekara, Dilshan, Monty Panesar, Munaf Patel.
