The second edition of the Road Safety World Series 2022 is all set to kick off on Saturday, September 10, in Kanpur and will see the defending champions India Legends take on the South African Legends in the first match of the tournament. The tournament, which will be bigger than the previous season, will have eight teams this year.
In addition to the India Legends and South Africa Legends, England Legends, Australia Legends, West Indies Legends, New Zealand Legends, Sri Lanka Legends and Bangladesh Legends will all battle it out for the eventual prize. Of these eight, four will make it to the semifinals to be held on September 28 and 29 respectively, with the final to be held on October 1. The Road Safety World Series 2022 India Squad is given below
The first set of road safety world series 2022 matches will take place at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur before the teams move to the Holkar Stadium in Indore. After the third set of matches takes place in Dehradun, the teams move to Raipur for the final two league stage matches, the semifinals and the final.
Here is the full schedule of 2022 Road Safety World Series:
| Date | Road safety world series 2022 matches list | Time | Venue |
| September 10 | India Legends vs South Africa Legends | 7:30 PM | Kanpur |
| September 11 | Bangladesh Legends vs West Indies | 3:30 PM | Kanpur |
| September 11 | Australia Legends vs Sri Lanka legends | 7:30 PM | Kanpur |
| September 12 | New Zealand Legends vs South Africa Legends | 7:30 PM | Kanpur |
| September 13 | England Legends vs Sri Lanka Legends | 7:30 PM | Kanpur |
| September 14 | India Legends vs West Indies Legends | 7:30 PM | Kanpur |
| September 15 | Bangladesh Legends vs New Zealand Legends | 7:30 PM | Kanpur |
| September 17 | England Legends vs West IndiesLegends | 3:30 PM | Indore |
| September 17 | South Africa Legends vs Sri LankaLegends | 7:30 PM | Indore |
| September 18 | Australia Legends vs Bangladesh Legends | 3:30 PM | Indore |
| September 18 | India Legends vs New Zealand Legends | 7:30 PM | Indore |
| September 19 | England Legends vs South Africa Legends | 7:30 PM | Indore |
| September 21 | India Legends vs Bangladesh Legends | 7:30 PM | Dehradun |
| September 22 | West Indies Legends vs New Zealand Legends | 7:30 PM | Dehradun |
| September 23 | Australia Legends vs South Africa Legends | 7:30 PM | Dehradun |
| September 24 | India Legends vs England Legends | 7:30 PM | Dehradun |
| September 25 | Sri Lanka Legends vs New Zealand Legends | 7:30 PM | Dehradun |
| September 25 | Australia Legends vs West Indies Legends | 7:30 PM | Dehradun |
| September 27 | Sri Lanka Legends vs Bangladesh Legends | 3:30 PM | Raipur |
| September 27 | England Legends vs Australia Legends | 7:30 PM | Raipur |
| September 28 | Semi-final 1 | 7:30 PM | Raipur |
| September 29 | Semi-final 2 | 7:30 PM | Raipur |
| October 1 | Final | 7:30 PM | Raipur |
With the squads for the teams already announced, some of the big names that will be involved are — Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Jonty Rhodes, Brian Lara, Brett Lee, TM Dilshan, Ross Taylor, Ian Bell, Shane Watson, Dwayne Smith, among others.
Here are the eight squads of Road Safety World Series 2022
India Legends: Sachin Tendulkar (C), Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Subramaniam Badrinath, Stuart Binny, Naman Ojha, Manpreet Gony, Pragyan Ojha, Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Rajesh Pawar, and Rahul Sharma.
New Zealand Legends: Ross Taylor (C), Jacob Oram, Jamie How, Jason Spice, Kyle Mills, Scott Styris, Shane Bond, Dean Brownlie, Bruce Martin, Neil Broom, Aaron Redmond, Anton Devcich, Craig McMillan, Gareth Hopkins, and Hamish Bennett.
Australia Legends: Shane Watson (C), Alex Doolan, Ben Dunk, Brad Hodge, Brad Haddin, Stuart Clark, Brett Lee, Bryce McGain, Callum Ferguson, Cameron White, George Horlin, Jason Krejza, John Hastings, Dirk Nannes, Nathan Reardon, and Chadd Sayers.
West Indies Legends: Brian Lara (C), Danza Hyatt, Devendra Bishoo, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor, Kirk Edwards, Marlon Ian Black, Narsingh Deonarine, Sulieman Benn, Daren Powell, William Perkins, Darion Barthley, Dave Mohammed, and Krishmar Santokie.
England Legends: Ian Bell (Captain), Nicholas Compton, Phil Mustard, Chris Tremlett, Darren Maddy, Darren Stevens, James Tindall, Rikki Clarke, Stephen Parry, Tim Ambrose, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Chris Schofield, Jade Dernback, Mal Loye.
Sri Lanka Legends: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Captain), Kaushalya Weeraratne, Mahela Udawatte, Rumesh Silva, Asela Gunaratne, Chamara Silva, Isuru Udana, Chamara Kapugedera, Chaminda Vaas, Chaturanga De Silva, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Dhammika Prasad, Dilruwan Perera, Dilshan Munaweera, Ishan Jayaratne, Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan Kulsekara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Thisara Perera.
South Africa Legends: Jonty Rhodes (Captain), Alviro Petersen, Andrew Puttick, Eddie Leie, Garnett Kruger, Henry Davids, Jacques Rudolph, Johan Botha, J Van de Wath, Lance Klusener, L Norris Jones, Makhaya Ntini, Morne Van Wyk, T Tshabalala, Vernon Philander, Zander de Bruyn.
Bangladesh Legends: Shahadat Hossain (Captain), Abdur Razzak, Alamgir Kabir, Aftab Ahmed, Alok Kapali, Mamun-ur-Rashed, Nazmus Sadat, Dhiman Ghosh, Dolar Mahmud, Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Sharif, Mehrab Hossain, Elias Sunny, Mohammed Nazimuddin, Abul Hasan, Tushar Imran.
Format explained
Format of the Road Safety World Series 2022 competition:
All eight teams will only play five matches each. This means that India will not play Sri Lanka and Australia. Meanwhile, there will be four rest days in between the matches.
When and where to watch the Road Safety World Series 2022?
Most matches (18) will kick off at 7:30 PM IST, and the remaining five league stage matches will start at 3:30 PM IST. The top four teams will qualify for the semifinals, which will be played in Raipur on September 28 and 29, respectively. The winners will advance to the final scheduled for October 1 at the same venue, as mentioned above.
All matches are available for live streaming on Voot and Jio TV app and will be telecast live exclusively on Sports18.
