Road Safety World Series

Road Safety World Series is a T20 cricket league, which features former international cricket players from various nations.[1] Road Safety World Series is founded by Ravi Gaikwad, the chief road traffic officer of Thane in collaboration with the BCCI.[2]

For another T20 cricket league featuring former international cricketers, see Legends League Cricket.
Road Safety World Series
AdministratorRoad Safety World Series (RSWS)
Majestic Legends Sports Private Limited
FormatTwenty20
First edition2020–21
Latest edition2022
Next edition2023
Tournament formatRound robin and Knock-out
Number of teams8 (2022 season onwards)
Current champion India Legends (2nd title)
Most successful India Legends (2 titles)
Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan (463)
Most wickets Nuwan Kulasekara (20)
TV Sports 18, Voot app, Colors Cineplex, Sports 18 Khel, Colors Cineplex Superhits
2022 Road Safety World Series
Websiteworldseriest20.com

Every year this league is organized by the Road Safety World Series organization to raise awareness about road safety. The series features players from India, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh.[3] Sunil Gavaskar, former India captain, is the commissioner of the series, while Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador.[4] New Zealand Legends are the new entrants in this series from 2022. [5][6] [7]

The Road Safety World Series is supported by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India.[8]

Results
Edition Year Host(s) Final venue Final Teams
Winner Runner-up Margin
1 2020–21  India Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur India Legends

181/4 (20 overs)

 Sri Lanka Legends

167/7 (20 overs)

 14 runs
Scorecard		 7
2 2022  India Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur India Legends

195/4 (20 overs)

 Sri Lanka Legends

162 (18.5 overs)

 33 runs
Scorecard		 8

Team performance

Correct as of the final of the 2020–21 Road Safety World Series. Teams are ordered by best result, then by winning percentage, then alphabetically:

Team Appearances Best result Statistics[9]
Total First Latest Played Won Lost Tie NR Win%
India Legends 2 2020–21 2022 Champions (2020–21, 2022) 13 9 1 0 3 90.00
Sri Lanka Legends 2 2020–21 2022 Runners-up (2020–21, 2022) 13 10 2 0 1 83.33
West Indies Legends 2 2020–21 2022 Semi-finals (2020–21, 2022) 12 5 5 0 2 50.00
Australia Legends 2 2020–21† 2022 Semi-finals (2022) 11 3 7 0 1 30.00
South Africa Legends 2 2020–21 2022 Semi-finals (2020–21) 12 6 4 0 2 60.00
New Zealand Legends 1 2022 2022 Group Stage (2022) 5 1 1 0 3 50.00
England Legends 2 2020–21 2022 Group Stage (2020–21, 2022) 11 3 7 0 1 30.00
Bangladesh Legends 2 2020–21 2022 Group Stage (2020–21, 2022) 11 1 9 0 1 10.00
  • † - Australia Legends played 1 match against Sri Lanka Legends and forfeited their remaining matches as they could not travel to India due to COVID-19 restrictions.[10]

Teams
Main article: 2022 Road Safety World Series squads

Team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year.

Year Debutants Total
2020–21 Australia Legends, Bangladesh Legends, England Legends, India Legends, South Africa Legends

Sri Lanka Legends and West Indies Legends

 7
2022 New Zealand Legends 1
Total 8

Team results by tournament
RSWS TROPHY
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • SF – Semi-finalist
  • R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
  • Q – Qualified
  • × – Qualified but withdrew
Team
2020–21
(7)
2022
(8)		 Apps.
Australia Legends R1† SF 2
Bangladesh Legends R1 R1 2
England Legends R1 R1 2
India Legends 1st 1st 2
New Zealand Legends — R1 1
South Africa Legends SF R1 2
Sri Lanka Legends 2nd 2nd 2
West Indies Legends SF SF 2
  • † - Australia Legends played 1 match against Sri Lanka Legends and forfeited their remaining matches as they could not travel to India due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Broadcasters

As Viacom 18 have the broadcasting rights of the tournaments, you can watch the matches on the dedicated sports channel Sports18, Colors Cineplex, and Colors Cineplex Superhits.

See also

References
  1. https://www.worldseriest20.com/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Rise of Gaikwad In Cricket". India Today. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. "Road Safety World Series 2020: Sachin Tendulkar's India Legends Announces Squad". New Nation. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. "Tendulkar, Lara to face each other in Road Safety World Series opening match". ANI. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  5. "Road Safety World Series 2022: Full squads, dates and venues list". Sportskeeda. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. "Tendulkar to lead India legends in Road Safety World Series". ESPN Cricinfo. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  7. "Road Safety World Series 2022: Complete Schedule, Teams, Venue, Time Table, Live Streaming & Player Details". Cricangel. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. "Sachin Tendulkar to lead Indian Legends in Road Safety World Series Season 2". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  9. "Road Safety World Series 2019/20-2020/21 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for Road Safety World Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  10. "Australia pull out, Bangladesh and England join Road Safety World Series T20 tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
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