Pakistan to function in Road Safety World Series for the primary time
The Road Safety World Series, a T20 league involving former worldwide stars, is about to function a staff from Pakistan for the primary time, when the third season will likely be performed in September this 12 months. The league has been performed in India to this point however the coming season will likely be held in England and ESPNcricinfo has learnt it’s got the approval from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
The league began in March 2020 and has had two seasons to this point, each in India.
The dates for the third season are nonetheless being finalised and it’s learnt the league will likely be performed from early September for shut to 3 weeks. Nine groups are set to take part within the coming version of the league as in comparison with eight final 12 months.
The first season was performed throughout 2020 and 2021, break up due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the second in 2022. But due to strained relations between the governments of India and Pakistan lately and the 2 seasons having being performed in India, there was no staff from Pakistan till now.
The first season – launched in March 2020 – had groups from India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies and Australia however the competitors was reduce quick after simply 4 video games due to the pandemic. When the remaining video games resumed in March 2021 in Raipur, Australia pulled out due to Covid-19 associated journey restrictions and have been changed by Bangladesh, together with the addition of England.
The second season was performed in Dehradun and Raipur in September 2022 and noticed an eighth staff – New Zealand – be part of together with the return of Australia. Both editions of the match noticed the India Legends staff beat Sri Lanka Legends within the closing in Raipur.
The match has seen some former ODI and T20 World Cup champions resembling Sachin Tendulkar, Kevin Pietersen, Sanath Jayasuriya, Shane Watson, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Yuvraj Singh, together with Brian Lara, Jonty Rhodes, Shane Bond and plenty of others.