Sachin Tendulkar-led India Legends emerged champions in the first edition of the Road Safety World Series T20 after beating Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs in the final at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Sunday (March 21). In a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final which India won under MS Dhoni, the hosts defeated Tillakaratne Dilshan’s Sri Lanka.  


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All-rounder Yusuf Pathan smashed an unbeaten 62 and picked 2/26 with the ball that restricted Lanka to 167/7 in 20 overs, chasing a target of 182.  


Earlier, Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf went on a rampage by slamming half-centuries to see India Legends put up a challenging total of 181/4 in 20 overs.  


Here is the full list of award winners and statistics from the tournament:  


Winners - India Legends  


Runners-up - Sri Lanka Legends  


Cracking Player of the Match (FINAL) - Yuvraj Singh - $ 1000  


Player of the Match (FINAL) - Yusuf Pathan - Rs 1.25 lakh  


Player of the Tournament - Tillakaratne Dilshan - Rs 2 lakh.  


Team Stats  


Highest Total: India Legends - 218/3  


Biggest Win Margin (by runs) - India Legends by 56 runs against SA Legends  


Biggest Win Margin (by wickets) - India Legends by 10 wickets in 10.1 overs against Bangladesh  


Highest match aggregate:  


India Legends vs West Indies Legends - 424 runs  


Batting stats:  


Most Runs - Tillakaratne Dilshan - 271 runs in 8 matches  


Highest Score - Upul Tharanga 99 not out vs Bangladesh Legends  


Highest Average - Upul Tharanga - 118.50  


Most fifties - 2 by Sachin Tendulkar, Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Morne van Wyk, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Narsingh Deonarine, Irfan Pathan, Dwayne Smith.  


Most Sixes - 17 by Yuvraj Singh  


Most Sixes in an innings - 6 by Yuvraj Singh in 2 matches 


Bowling Stats  


Most Wickets - 12 by Tillakaratne Dilshan  


Best Bowling Figures in an innings - 5/25 by Nuwan Kulasekara (SLL) vs SA Legends  


Most Four-wickets in an innings - Kulasekara, Dilshan, Monty Panesar, Munaf Patel.