India Legends lifted the second edition of the Road Safety World Series defeating Sri Lanka Legends by 33 runs in the final of the tournament played last Saturday (1) at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur.
Indian Legends Skipper Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and opted to bat first. Nuwan Kulasekara opened the bowling and got Sri Lanka Legends off to a terrific start with the ball, removing Tendulkar and Suresh Raina inside the powerplay.
India then sent in Vinay Kumar at No. 4 as the pinch hitter and together with Naman Ojha, revived the innings with a 90-run partnership for the third wicket.
Sri Lankan bowlers managed to take a few wickets but Ojha pushed on and scored a brilliant century for India Legends. He remained unbeaten on 108 runs off 71 balls with 15 fours and two sixes. For Sri Lanka, Nuwan Kulasekara and Isuru Udana shared five wickets between them.
Sri Lanka got off to a horrid start, losing the first six wickets for 85 runs. However, Ishan Jayaratne and Mahela Udawatte fought back as they added 63 runs off 31 balls for the sixth wicket.
But both batters were dismissed in consecutive overs and Sri Lanka lost all hopes of salvaging the game.
Brief scores
India Legends 195/6 (20)
(Naman Ojha 108*, Vinay Kumar 36; Nuwan Kulasekara 3/29, Isuru Udana 2/34)
Sri Lanka Legends 162 (18.5)
(Ishan Jayaratne 51, Mahela Udawatte 26, Jeevan Mendis 20; Vinay Kumar 3/38, Abhimanyu Mithun 2/27)
India Legends won by 33 runs
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