Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Brian Lara set to return to cricket field in February 2020

An array of cricket stars including Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Brian Lara, Brett Lee, Tilakratne Dilshan and Jonty Rhodes are expected to come together to take part in the Road Safety World Series scheduled to be held in India early 2020.

Tendulkar is currently the world's leading scorer in tests and one-day internationals, amassing more than 34,000 runs and 100 centuries in a 24-year career that ended in 2013.

In the year 2008, Tendulkar crossed Lara's record for most test runs with the West Indies left-hander having made 11,953 in the longest format of the game before retiring from international cricket in 2007.

Lara holds the record for the highest individual test score, his 400 not out against England in Antigua in 2004.

The Road safety World Series will be an annual T20 cricket tournament between legends of five cricket playing nations — Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and host India. The cricketers are expected to spread the message of road safety during this League.

The tournament will be played from February 2 to 16, 2020, and will be hosted across premier venues in India.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued a No-Objection Certificate to the organisers to promote the T20 cricket league as an annual event titled Road Safety World Series.

The League is promoted by Swach Bharat Surakshit Bharat, a trust working closely with the RTO department of Maharashtra and it is conceptualized by the Professional Management Group (PMG).

Tendulkar is the Brand Ambassador of the League and Viacom 18 are the broadcast partners. Jio and Voot are the digital partners of the League.

With IANS inputs