6 players who were in red-hot form even after the age of 40 in Road Safety World Series 2022

The 2022 edition of the Road Safety World Series has ended with India Legends as the champions for the second consecutive time. They defeated the Sri Lanka Legends in the title clash of the tournament by 33 runs to lift the trophy once again. Notably, India and Sri Lanka were also the finalists in the first edition of the tournament.

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Cricket fans have seen the tournament where some players who played in the tournament are only in their 30s. But the maximum number of players were aged more than 40 and in exceptional cases, some are 50 years in terms of age.

So, here we’ll have a look at six players who are in age more than 40 and they were also in red-hot form in the Road Safety World Series.

Nuwan Kulasekara – Leading wicket-taker of the tournament.

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The 40-year-old former veteran Sri Lankan played his last international match for his national team five years back in the year 2017. He made his first international appearance for Sri Lanka 19 years back in 2003. Nuwan Kulasekara played 21 Tests and 184 ODIs alongside 58 T20Is for Sri Lanka at the highest level of the game.

He showed his sensational form in the recently-concluded Road Safety World Series by scalping more than 10 wickets in the tournament. Kulasekara also won the ‘player of the match award for his amazing bowling performance against West Indies Legends in the second semi-final of the tournament.

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Shane Watson – Ended up in the top run-scorers of the tournament

Shane Watson (Image source: Twitter)

The veteran Queenslander played in the Road Safety World Series as the skipper of the Australia Legends. He had also a handsome and illustrious international career to his name while playing for the national side of Australia. The veteran all-rounder featured in 307 international matches across all formats for the Australian team.

Speaking of his form in the Road Safety World Series, then the 41-year-old ended up in the list of top run-scorers of the tournament. He amassed more than almost 250 runs in the tournament while playing for the Australia Legends.

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya (Image Credit: Twitter)

One of the lethal openers of his time, Sanath Jayasuriya is famously known for his amazing and sensational batting skills. He alongside Hasan Tillakaratne completely changed the dimensions of batting in the powerplay overs when they displayed some exceptional batting performances in the ODI World Cup 1996.

The former veteran all-rounder ended up on the list of top wicket-takers of the tournament. He picked up seven wickets in four matches having a remarkable spell of four wickets by conceding just three runs against England Legends.

Bryce McGain

The Victoria-born leggie could play only one Test for the Australian team in international cricket. In that match, he failed to scalp any wicket. Bryce McGain played the only Test of his career 13 years back in 2009.

Although, he was in very good form with the ball in the recently-concluded Road Safety World Series. McGain scalped six wickets in four matches before the final match against India. It was looking like Indian conditions were quite a bit suitable for him.

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Tillakratne Dilshan (Image Credit : Twitter)

The former sensational Sri Lankan opener played for 17 years in international cricket for his national team. Dilshan featured in 87 Tests, 330 ODIs, and 80 T20Is for Sri Lanka. In these matches, he smashed more than 15,000 international runs with 39 international centuries to his name.

Even after six years of bidding adieu to international cricket, the 45-year-old Dilshan was in exceptional form in the recently-concluded Road Safety World Series. He amassed 181 runs in five matches for Sri Lanka before the final against India.

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar (Source: Twitter)

The all-time greatest cricketer and veteran of 100 international centuries served Indian cricket for more than two decades after making his debut 33 years back in 1989. Sachin Tendulkar played his last international match against West Indies nine years back in 2013.

Even after nine years of retirement, Sachin showed his class and elegance in the 2022 edition of the Road Safety World Series. He scored runs in the tournament with a strike rate of more than 140.