Sachin Tendulkar to lead India legends in Road Safety World Series

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will lead defending champions India Legends in the second edition of the Road Safety World Series RSWS scheduled to be played from September 10 to October 1The tournament will be played in Kanpur Raipur Indore and Dehradun Kanpur will host the tournament opener and Raipur will host the two semifinals as well as finalNew Zealand Legends are the new team in this edition and they will join the Legends of India Australia Sri Lanka West Indies South Africa Bangladesh and England during the 22day event played primarily to create awareness towards road safety in the country and around the globeThe Road Safety World Series is a very good initiative to create awareness towards road safety through cricket We want every individual in this country to be aware and obey every rules and regulations while on the road and for that to happen we have to create awareness among the people I strongly believe that this series will be able to do and achieve the goal of saving lives on Indian roads said Nitin Gadkari Union Minister for Road Transport amp Highways Government of IndiaAlso Read MS Dhoni is the best guy to learn from Faf du PlessisThe Road Safety World Series RSWS is supported by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Information amp Technology and Youth Affairs amp Sports Government of India 27th Sports backed by USbased 27th Investments are the exclusive marketing rights holder of the league while Professional Management Group PMG is the event management partnerPlay Quiz What do you know about tennis superstar Serena WilliamsI am sure the Road Safety World Series will drive social change and work as an ideal platform to influence peoples mindset towards their behaviour on the road and road safety said Anurag Thakur Union Minister Information amp Technology and Youth Affairs amp Sports Government of IndiaThakur the former BCCI chief also said that he is extremely delighted to know that legends from eight countries ie Australia West Indies South Africa England New Zealand Bangladesh Sri Lanka and hosts India are going to participate in this tournamentThe upcoming season of Road Safety World Series will be broadcasted on Colors Cineplex Colors Cineplex Superhits and newly launched Sports18 Khel while it will be digitally streaming on Voot and JioThe aim of the Road Safety World Series is to drive social change in the country and change peoples outlook towards road safety As cricket is the most followed sport in the country and cricketers are looked upon as idols by many this League will work as an ideal platform to influence and change peoples mind set towards their behaviour on the roadsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever