Road Safety World Series: Sri Lanka Legends and South Africa Legends to vie for final berth? Watch match here…
Spinners have also extracted quite a bit of assistance from the surface but the scale bends towards the one who bats first since it’s a must-win game
New Delhi: As India Legends has cemented its place in the final of Road Safety World Series which is on Sunday, 21 March. Now it’s time to find their opponent from the second semi-final between Sri Lanka Legends and South Africa Legends. The game will be played on Friday, March 19 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Stadium in Raipur. It goes without saying, an exciting game seems to be on the cards.
The Lankans have had an amazing campaign so far, winning five out of six matches. Their skipper, TM Dilshan, has been exceptional, to say the least.
The South Africans, on the other hand, ended third in the points table. They defeated the Bangladesh Legends by 10 wickets in their previous game should keep them in good stead.
In the league stage, South Africans lost to Lanka by nine wickets.
Pitch and Conditions
The pitch in Raipur has been extremely good for batting in recent times, but spinners have also extracted quite a bit of assistance from the surface. The scale bends towards the one who bats first since it’s a must-win game. The temperature is expected to be around 32 degrees Celsius with no chance of rains.
Broadcast Details
Match Timings: 07:00 PM IST
TV and Live Streaming: Colors Cineplex, Rishtey Cineplex, Colours Kannada Cinema, and also on Voot.
Probable Playing XI
Sri Lanka Legends
Tillakaratne Dilshan (C), Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga (WK), Chamara Silva, Farveez Maharoof, Dulanjana Wijesinghe, Russel Arnold, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Thilan Thushara, Malinda Warnapura
Bench: Kaushalya Weeraratne, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Chamara Kapugedera, Ajantha Mendis
South Africa Legends
Andrew Puttick, Morne van Wyk (wk), Alviro Peterson, Jonty Rhodes (C), Zander de Bruyn, Loots Bosman, Roger Telemachus, Makhaya Ntini, Garnett Kruger
Bench: Nicky Boje, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Rudolph, Andrew Hall, Albie Morkel, Johan van der Wath, Paul Harris, Ryan McLaren, Justin Kemp, Lance Klusener, Nantie Hayward, Martin van Jaarsveld, Lloyd Norris Jones