India Legends defeated Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs to win the final of the Road Safety World Series on Sunday. Yusuf Pathan was adjudged player of the match for his all-around performance which helped INia to clinch the title. He played an unbeaten knock of 62 followed by scalping a couple of wickets in the four-over spell to help his side win the inaugural Road Safety World Series T20 tournament.

India Legends captain, Sachin Tendulkar finished the tournament as the third-highest run-getter with 233 runs from seven matches. In the final, after being sent in to bat, Sachin Tendulkar and his men put on a huge total of 181 for four from their allotted 20 overs. Yuvraj Singh made the most of his good form with the bat and scored 60 runs off just 41 balls, he smashed four sixes and four boundaries.

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Farveez Maharoof was the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka Legends as he finished the game with the figures of one for 16 from his four-over spell. Rangana Herath, Sanath Jayasuriya, and Kaushalya Weeraratne also picked up one wicket each. During the chase, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Jayasuriya got their side off to a good start. The duo put on a 62-run opening stand.

Yusuf broke the opening stand by dismissing Dilshan and soon also got the prized scalp of Jayasuriya to bring India Legends back in the contest. Sri Lanka Legends never managed to get back in the game after that as they kept on losing wickets in the middle overs and despite a cameo from Weeraratne (38 off 15), they fell 14 runs short of the target.

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Dilshan, being the highest-run-scorer for leading the chart with 271 runs from eight matches, was adjudged player of the series.