Former cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag among others will be back in action for the ‘Unacademy Road Safety World Series T20′ which gets underway in Raipur from March 2 to 21.
The first edition of the series was called off after four games on March 11 last year due to COVID-19 pandemic.
On Monday, the organizers announced that the match will be played in the newly-built 65,000 capacity Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur.
“An array of stars including Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Brian Lara, Bret Lee, Tilakratne Dilshan, Muttiah Muralitharan and many more legends of five cricket playing nations – Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and India — will be back in the field to recreate the magic of old in the annual T20 cricket tournament, organized to create awareness towards road safety in the country. As cricket is the most followed sport in the country and cricketers are looked upon as idols, this League aims to influence and change people’s mindset towards their behaviour on the roads ” a media release said.
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