Yusuf Pathan, R. Vinay Kumar to feature in Road Safety World Series

Former India international Naman Ojha has also been named in the Indian Legends team, which will be led by Sachin Tendulkar.

Published : Feb 27, 2021 15:39 IST

Yusuf Pathan announced his retirement on Friday.

A day after announcing retirement from all forms of cricket, Yusuf Pathan and R. Vinay Kumar were named in the India Legends team for the Unacademy Road Safety World Series, which begins in Raipur on March 5.

Another former India international Naman Ojha - who announced his retirement last week - has also been named in the side, which will be captained by Sachin Tendulkar.

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Sanath Jayasuriya - who served a two-year ICC suspension that ended last year - has been named in the Sri Lanka Legends team, which also features Russel Arnold and Upul Tharanga. The team will be led by Tillakaratne Dilshan.

India Legends will play its first match against Bangladesh Legends on March 5 and Sri Lanka Legends starts its campaign against West Indies Legends on March 6.

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THE SQUADS

India Legends : Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Pragyan Ojha, Noel David, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Manpreet Gony, Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha, S Badrinath  and Vinay Kumar

Sri Lanka Legends : Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Farveez Maharoof , Rangana Herath, Thilan Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Kapugedera, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Dhammika Prasad, Nuwan Kulasekara, Russel Arnold, Dulanjana Wijesinghe and Malinda warnapura

West Indies Legends : Brian Lara, Tino Best, Ridley Jacobs, Narsingh Deonarine, Sulieman Benn, Dinanath Ramnarine, Adam Sanford, Carl Hooper, Dwayne Smith, Ryan Austin, William Perkins and Mahendra Nagamootoo.

South Africa Legends : Jonty Rhodes Morné van Wyk, Garnett Kruger, Roger Telemachus, Justin Kemp, Alviro Petersen, Nantie Hayward, Andrew Puttick, Loots Bosman, Zander de Bruyn, Thandi Tshabalala, Monde Zondeki, Makhaya Ntini and Lloyd Norris-Jones

England Legends : Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Philip Mustard, Monty Panesar, Chris Tremlett, Kabir Ali, Gavin Hamilton, Paul Schofiel, Jonathan Trott, Ryan Sidebottom, Usman Afzaal, Matthew Hoggard, James Tredwell, James Tindall and Darren Maddy

Bangladesh Legends:  Khaled Mahmud, Nafees Iqbal, Mohd Rafique, Abdur Razzaq, Khalid Mashud, Hanan Sarkar, Javed Omar, Rajin Saleh, Mehrab Hossain, Aftab Ahmed, Alamgir Kabir. MD.Sharif Mushfiqur Rahman and Mamoon Rashid.