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{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
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{{Infobox cricket tournament 
| name=Road Safety World Series
| image = Road Safety World Series logo.jpg
| country={{flagcountry|IND}}
| host = {{flag|India}}
| cricket format= [[Twenty20]]
(contracted; show full)quad-254303.html Road Safety World Series 2020] 02-18-2020</ref> Former India captain [[Sunil Gavaskar]] was the commissioner of the series, while Sachin Tendulkar was the brand ambassador.<ref>[https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/tendulkar-lara-to-face-each-other-in-road-safety-world-series-opening-match20200213193641/ Tendulkar, Lara to face each other in Road Safety World Series opening match] 02-13-2020</ref> On 13 March 2020, as a result of Government Advisory following the [[
2019–20 coronavirusCOVID-19 pandemic|global coronavirus pandemic]], the remaining seven matches were rescheduled to a later date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldseriest20.com/news/in-the-interest-of-public-safety-security-and-support-to-the-government-road-safety-world-series-rescheduled|title=In the interest of public safety & security and support to the Government, Road Safety World Series rescheduled, new dates to be announced later|date=2020-03-13|website=Road Safety World Series|language=en|access-date=2020-03-13}(contracted; show full)

The Road Safety World series was approved by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI).<ref>[https://www.crictracker.com/road-safety-world-series-2020-fixtures-schedule-venues-squads-match-timings-and-live-streaming-details/ world series approved] 02-19-2020</ref> The first edition of the tournament begun in March 2020, with the tournament set to take place across venues in [[Mumbai]], and [[Pune]]. [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (India Legends), [[Brian
_Lara | Brian Lara]] (West Indies Legends) [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] (Sri Lanka Legends), [[Brett Lee]] (Australia Legends) and [[Jonty Rhodes]] (South Africa Legends) were the captains of their respective teams.<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/spreading-road-safety-through-cricket-769135.html] 02-19-2020</ref> The tournament was to be played in a[[Round-robin_  tournament | |round-robin format]] with the top two finishers playing the final.<ref>[https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/road-safety-world-series-full-schedule-venue-squads-as-legends-set-for-return-on-cricket-field/553553 Road Safety World Series: Full schedule, venue, squads as legends set for return on cricket field] 02-14-2020</ref>

== Format ==
The first edition of the Road Safety World Series Twenty 20 tournament was to be played in a round-robin format with the top two finishers playing the final.<ref>[https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/road-safety-world-series-full-schedule-venue-squads-as-legends-set-for-return-on-cricket-field/553553 ROAD SAFETY WORLD SERIES FORMAT] 02-14-2020</ref>

== Schedule ==
The Road Safety World Series commenced from 7 March 2020 and a total of eleven matches were scheduled to be held in the league. All the games were slated played in Mumbai and Pune. Both the [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] and the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] have issued a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to conduct the tournament.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/series/19801/season/2020/road-safety-world-series Road Safety World Series 2020 - Fixtures and Results] 02-26-2020</ref>
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=== Points Table ===
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!Team <ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/19801/season/2020/road-safety-world-series Road Safety World Series 2020 - Point tabl] 03-07-2020</ref>
!{{Abbr|Pld|Played}}
!{{Abbr|W|Won}}
!{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
!{{Abbr|T|Tied}}
!{{Abbr|NR|No result}}
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== Squads ==
A total of 110 retired cricket players have agreed to participate in the tournament.<ref>[https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/tendulkar-lara-among-stars-to-feature-in-road-safety-world-series/article29725290.ece Road Safety World Series players] 02-21-2020</ref> The five captains of the five teams were present at the mega launch event of the tournament at Mumbai.
  

{| class="wikitable"
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! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|India}} India Legends
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|SL}} Sri Lanka Legends
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|SA}} South Africa Legends
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|WIN}} West Indies Legends
(contracted; show full)* [[Brett Geeves]]
* [[Clint McKay]]
* [[Jason Krejza]]
* [[Xavier Doherty]]
* [[Shane Lee]]
* [[Brett Lee]]
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== Live streaming & broadcast details ==
[[Viacom 18]] was the official broadcasting partner of the tournament.
<ref>[https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/viacom18s-colors-cineplex-is-the-broadcast-partner-of-road-safety-world-series-100243.html Viacom18’s Colors Cineplex is broadcast partner of Road Safety World Series] 10-18-2019</ref>  [[Colors Cineplex]] broadcast all the games of the tournament, and live streaming was available on [[Voot]] and [[Jio|Jio TV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.crictracker.com/road-safety-world-series-fixtures-schedule-squads-broadcast-live-streaming-details/|title=Road Safety World Series – Fixtures, Schedule, Squads, Broadcast & Live Streaming Details|work=Crictracker|accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref>

<!--== Predictions ==
Criclines was the official prediction partner of the tournament.-->

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Road safety campaigns]]
[[Category:Twenty20 cricket matches]]
[[Category:Sports events curtailed due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic|Road Safety World Series]]