Road Safety World Series: Sehwag leads India Legends to 7 wicket win over WI Legends

Mumbai: Riding on the blistering knock of Virender Sehwag, India Legends beat West Indies Legends by 7 wickets in the opening match of the Road Safety World Series at the Wankhede Stadium, here.

India Legends won the toss and decided to field against the West Indies Legends who scored 150-8 in their 20 overs.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (61) and Daren Ganga (32) were the main run getters for West Indies.

Munaf Patel 2-24, Pragyan Ojha 2-27 and Zaheer Khan 2-30 took two wickets apiece for the India Legends.

In reply, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag registered a superb partnership of 83 runs for the opening stand to help India take a massive advantage over the Brian Lara-led outfit.

Tendulkar got out after scoring 36 runs. However, Virender Sehwag remained not out on 74 from 57 balls and Yuvraj Singh 10 not out, led India to victory with 10 balls to spare.

Carl Hooper took two wickets for the West Indies Legends. (UNI)