Cricket
India Legends defeating Sri Lanka Legends was like a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final which India had won.
Updated : Mar 22, 2021, 11:23 AM IST | Edited by : Karen Noronha
India Legends defeated Sri Lanka Legends in the final by 14 runs to clinch the Road Safety World Series 2021 title at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Sunday (March 21).
It was a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final which India had won under MS Dhoni and the hosts had defeated Tillakaratne Dilshan's, Sri Lanka.
All-rounder Yusuf Pathan smashed an unbeaten 62 and picked 2/26 with the ball. Yuvraj Singh too slammed his half-century to see India Legends put up a challenging total of 181/4 in 20 overs.
With the event coming to an end, a look at the full list of award winners and statistics from the tournament:
Winners - India Legends
Runners-up - Sri Lanka Legends
Cracking Player of the Match (FINAL) - Yuvraj Singh - $ 1000
Player of the Match (FINAL) - Yusuf Pathan - Rs 1.25 lakh
Player of the Tournament - Tillakaratne Dilshan - Rs 2 lakh.
Highest Total: India Legends - 218/3
Biggest Win Margin (by runs) - India Legends by 56 runs against SA Legends
Biggest Win Margin (by wickets) - India Legends by 10 wickets in 10.1 overs against Bangladesh
Highest match aggregate:
India Legends vs West Indies Legends - 424 runs
Batting stats:
Most Runs - Tillakaratne Dilshan - 271 runs in 8 matches
Highest Score - Upul Tharanga 99 not out vs Bangladesh Legends
Highest Average - Upul Tharanga - 118.50
Most fifties - 2 by Sachin Tendulkar, Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Morne van Wyk, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Narsingh Deonarine, Irfan Pathan, Dwayne Smith.
Most Sixes - 17 by Yuvraj Singh
Most Sixes in an innings - 6 by Yuvraj Singh in 2 matches
Bowling Stats:
Most Wickets - 12 by Tillakaratne Dilshan
Best Bowling Figures in an innings - 5/25 by Nuwan Kulasekara (SLL) vs SA Legends
Most Four-wickets in an innings - Kulasekara, Dilshan, Monty Panesar, Munaf Patel.