India Legends thrashed Bangladesh Legends by 10 wickets as the Road Safety World Series kickstarted. After the Indian bowlers made a dominant comeback, Indian legends Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar ended the game in a blockbuster style.
After winning the toss, Bangladesh legends skipper Mohammad Rafique chose to bat first. Despite giving a good start to their innings, the debutant side could only manage to post a score of 109 runs before losing all wickets in 19.4 overs. The Indian legends displayed a stunning performance and chased down the target of 110 runs in just 10.1 overs without losing any wicket.
Legendary Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar made everyone nostalgic displayed a powerful performance as they chased down in the familiar fashion. While Sehwag was seen in his trademark form, on the other hand, Tendulkar gave a decent performance.
Both the cricketers started smashing the bowlers from the word go. Sehwag completed his half-century in only 20 balls. Sehwag remained unbeaten at 80 runs off 35 balls, where he smashed 10 fours and 5 sixes as he finished the game with a sixer to Khaled Mahmud. On the other hand, Sachin Tendulkar scored 33 not out off 26 balls, where he smashed 5 boundaries.
Meanwhile, the fans on the internet were delighted with the partnership of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag as it made everyone nostalgic. From cricketers, cricket experts to fans, everyone took to their social media and applauded the performances of both the legendary Indian cricketers.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
Sehwag you’re so awesome but also can you please let Sachin have a hit ?
#IndiaLegends
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) March 5, 2021
India Legends beat Bangladesh Legends by 10 wickets, chase down 110 runs in just 10.1 overs with Virender Sehwag 80*(35) and Sachin Tendulkar 33*(26). pic.twitter.com/aUXLvzB7V8
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 5, 2021
#RoadSafetyWorldSeries2021
Every 90s kid after today’s innings of Sachin-Sehwag pic.twitter.com/J0dCP6twj0— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) March 5, 2021
Raining boundaries for the India Legends. Also: what a trip tweeting about Sehwag and Sachin in an opening batting partnership together. How cool. ? #IndiaLegends
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) March 5, 2021
I would pay to watch sehwag and sachin bat together no matter how old they are. #Justa90skid #Sheerjoy
— Abhinav mukund (@mukundabhinav) March 5, 2021
Virender Sehwag – 1st ball boundary.
Sachin Tendulkar – 1st ball boundary.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 5, 2021
Hundred runs partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag from just 8.5 overs.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 5, 2021
sachin-sehwag opening the innings for indian side, tearing apart the whole bowling attack and this is being live tweeted in 2021! crazy time-travel! #RoadSafetyWorldSeries2021
— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) March 5, 2021
Sachin – Sehwag opening combo in ODI wins: 50+ average and 100+ strike rate. pic.twitter.com/9CSYMGQZVN
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 5, 2021
19 runs from the first over by Sehwag – 4,4,6,0,4,1 – Still continues to dominate bowlers from word go in 2021.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 5, 2021
Tendulkar will make you laugh out loud ???
Look at Sehwag ?Dada – ‘over ki samapti’ ??#RoadSafetyWorldSeriespic.twitter.com/QHNWpjvKXI
— Cricketopia (@Cricketopia_) March 5, 2021
Earlier, the Indian bowlers displayed a dominating comeback. While Pragyan Ojha (2/12), Yuvraj Singh (2/15) and Vinay Kumar (2/25) got two wickets each, on the other hand, Manpreet Gony (1/19) and Yusuf Pathan (1/3) bagged one wicket each.
