betvisa loginRoad Safety World Series: India Legends beat West Indies Legends in a thrilling contest to reach the final

India Legends stormed into the final of the inaugural Road Safety World Series after defeating West Indies Legends by 12 runs at the Shaheed Veer Na🌄r🌺ayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur on Wednesday.

After put in to bat first, it was India captain and crowd favourite Sachin Tendulkar (65 of 42) who led the way with his stylish half-century. Another opener, Virender Sehwag, played an entertaining cameo – 35 off 17 balls.

Yuvraj Singh continued from w🍷here he left and hit six sixes in his 20-ball unbeaten 49.

Chasing 219 to win, the Men in Maroon werꦺe restricted to 🐼206/6 in 20 overs.

Defending 24 in the last two overs, Indian seamers R Vinay Kumar and Irfan Pathan bowled their heart out to help the Men in Blue win the match, which was once going in the opposition’s way.

Vinay Kumar first cleaned up Brian Lara (46 off 28) and then removed Tino Best (2) on the last ball 🅘of the 18th over, bringing the home team back into the game.

The twin half-centuries from Dwayne Smith (63 off 36) and Narsingh Deonarine (59 off 44) went in v💝ain as West Indies Legends were knocked out of the tournament.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

India Legends reaches the final of Road Safety World Series. What a cracker game, one of the finest performance by both the teams. West Indies Legends pretty much had the game in their bank, but Manpreet Gony and Vinay Kumar's over changed the game. Top class work.
— Nishant Sharma (@IamNishantSh)

Three legends of the West Indies Legends team managed to push the ga🐬me harder for a win but in𒁏 vain
Opener Dw👍ayne Smith scored 63 off just 36 with Narsingh scoring a 59 off 44 and the Captain himself Brian Lara smashed 46 off 28❤️😊
— Jamaica Tallawahs (@JAMTallawahs)

The GAME CHANGING moment for us!
Whatever the maestro – said to , it worked! It gave us the important wicket of .
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— India Legends (@India__Legends)