In the opening match of the second edition of the Road Safety World Series, India Legends beat South Africa Legends by 61 runs. The former completely dominated the game and were able to perform with the bat as well as the ball. On the other hand, South Africa Legends never looked to have control of the game.
Batting first, India Legends had a decent start, with Sachin Tendulkar and Naman Ojha playing positive cricket. The partnership, however, did not last long, as Tendulkar (16) was dismissed in the sixth over for a team score of 46. Ojha (21) also perished quickly after, but Suresh Raina and Stuart Binny formed a crucial alliance.
Both played attacking cricket and added 64 runs for the fourth-wicket partnership. Raina (33) was finally dismissed by Eddie Leie in the 13th over, but Binny did not stop there as he completed his half-century. After losing yet another wicket, Yusuf Pathan joined Binny in the middle.
The two wreaked havoc on the Jonty Rhodes-led team. Binny continued to hit the ball hard, and Pathan soon joined in. The two added a partnership of 88 runs, with Binny doing the bulk of the work. He scored 82 runs in just 42 balls, with five fours and six sixes in the innings. On the other hand, Pathan remained unbeaten on a score of 35 in 15 balls, with one four and four sixes. The two guided the team to a total of 217/4 in the first innings.
South Africa had a solid start in the chase, but it was all downhill for them after that. Andrew Puttick (23) and Morne van Wyk (26) added 43 runs in the powerplay but were quickly dismissed by spinners. Rahul Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, and Yuvraj Singh maintained their middle-over dominance and picked up a few more wickets.
The South African team finished with a score of 156/9. In the match, Sharma took three wickets, while Ojha and Munaf Patel each took two. Yuvraj and Irfan Pathan also got one wicket each. South Africa’s leading run-scorer was Jonty Rhodes with 38 runs in 27 balls.
Here is how Twitter reacted
What a great start to the series as the Men in Blue ๐ฎ๐ณ go head-on with the Proteas ๐ฟ๐ฆ beating them by 61 runs.
Congratulations to @indialegends for the win ๐ #RSWS #roadsafetyworldseries #indialegends #aapkacolors pic.twitter.com/ENS3m6xfg1
— Aapka Colors Canada (@AapkaColorsCAN) September 10, 2022
India Legends beat South Africa Legends by 61 runs in the first match of RSWS 2022.#IndiaLegends #LegendsLeagueCricket pic.twitter.com/kw3SMiNq6M
— Sports Trumpet (@Sportstrumpet) September 10, 2022
Road Safety T20 World Series 2022#IndiaLegends #RSWS #RryDigital pic.twitter.com/Yt6RRZzfyz
— RRY DIGITAL (@rrydigital) September 10, 2022
Suresh Raina ๐ฅบ๐๐๐ฅ
In side out ๐@SureshRainaFanC @trendRaina @rainabestshots @Chinnathala13@SureshRaina_fp #Raina #RSWS #StuartBinny #SachinTendulkar #ENGvsSA #ViratKohli #RohitSharma #YuvrajSingh pic.twitter.com/q4VJOLaVxz— เค เคพเคเฅเคฐ เคฎเฅเคนเคฟเคค เคธเคฟเคเคน เคจเฅเคเฅ ๐ฉ๐ (@5MohitSinghNegi) September 10, 2022
India Legends got their Road Safety World Series 2022 campaign off to a winning start as they defeated South Africa Legends by 61 runs in the opening match in Kanpur ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
๐ธ: Road Safety World Series #INDLvsSAL #RSWS #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/vSjeEU3j64
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) September 10, 2022
@India__Legends wins the first match of Season 2 against @SAfrica_legends ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ#Roadsafetyworldseries #RSWS #Legends #legendsareback #Roadsafetyawareness #awareness #Staytuned #sachintendulkar #yehjunghailegendary #playerofthematch pic.twitter.com/sy0ZpOn4jR
— Road Safety World Series (@RSWorldSeries) September 10, 2022
Stuart Binny was named the Player of the Match for his brilliant knock on his India Legends debut in Road Safety World Series 2022 ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
๐ธ Road Safety World Series #INDLvsSAL #RSWS #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/kEIecjSwdT
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) September 10, 2022
@IrfanPathan Bhai Jaan !! Kya bowled mara kal #RSWS match mein. Swing abhi bhi barkaraar hai ๐๐๐๐
— Abhinav Saurabh (@Abhinav_Saurabh) September 11, 2022
India Legends beat South Africa Legends by 61 runs in the first match of RSWS 2022.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 10, 2022
India Legends won by 61 runs against South Africa Legends in 1st Match of #RoadSafetyWorldSeries2022
For India: Stuart Binny 82*(42), Yusuf Pathan 35*(15), Suresh Raina 32, Rahul Sharma 3/17, Patel 2/24,Irfan 1/29, Ojha 2/32, Yuvraj 1/7 #CricketTwitter #RSWS
— Niche Sports (@Niche_Sports) September 10, 2022
