India Legends vs South Africa Legends Road Safety World Series Highlights: IND L thrash SA L by 61 runs in Kanpur

The end of an entertaining innings from Suresh Raina. Looking to go big again but he ends up holing out at long-on. It means that Yuvraj Singh now enters the fray. 

Raina c van der Wath b Leie 33 (22), India Legends 116/3 in 12.3 overs

India 99/2 in 11 overs. Binny first hits one over extra cover. He is then denied a four by a brilliant effort from the 53-year-old Jhonty Rhodes and looks pretty angry with himself. Binny then sends the last ball of the over above long-on into the stands. 

Smashed! Raina sends Botha flying over long-on. That is the first six of the day and probably many more to come, considering the likes of Yusuf Pathan and Yuvraj Singh are yet to come. 

Raina has made 19 in 13 balls, Binny is on 9 off 8. This has been good going from India, Raina has hit maybe one loose shot so far. Looking almost infallible at the moment.

Eddie Leie strays down the leg side and Raina just swats it behind for his third boundary. 

Straight into the hands of Rhodes at cover. Johan van der Wath gets India's dangerous opener. 

Ojha c Rhodes b van der Wath 21 (18), India 52/2 in 6.1 overs

Raina smacks the second delivery he faced to sweeper cover and he is off. Raina has only been retired officially for less than a week, although it has been a while since he played any kind of competitive cricket. 

Silence around the Green Park stadium before a wave of applause for the master. It is Makhaya Ntini who gets the wicket, Johan Botha takes the catch. It means Suresh Raina enters the crease. 

Tendulkar c Botha b Ntini 16 (15), India 46/1 in 5.2 overs

The fifth ball of the over and Tendulkar sends it flying. Andrew Puttick is at mid-on, misjudged the trajectory of the ball it seems and he puts in a last second dive. Misses the ball completely and ends up face down on the ground. 

This time over long off. He picked the length early and put that in the emptiest patch of the field. Four more for the great. 

Tendulkar dances down the track to Ntini and sends him flying over long-on. One bounce for four. A wonderful shot and he is off. India are 38/0 in 4 overs. 

390 Test wickets, 266 ODI wickets, 6 wickets in T20Is, front on action. We have a true blue South African legend getting ready to steam in. 

Ojha seems the only one who is not rusty on the field at the moment. A booming cover drive for his third boundary of the innings. 

It hasn't been pretty viewing so far but who cares when you get to watch Tendulkar bat again. Botha had sent the second ball of the over way down the leg side and that went for five wides after which Tendulkar tucked one to cover point to take a single. 

The over ends with a second boundary. This time Ojha hits it through midwicket. The first over has produced 9 runs, with the first delivery going wide. Johan Botha bowls the next over and it will be Sachin Tendulkar on strike. 

Short from Kruger, Ojha pulls it away and it goes to the boundary. First runs for Ojha and India. 

It's Sachin Tendulkar, wearing the India Legends helmet, walking out amid fireworks with former India wicketkeeper Naman Ojha. Cue the loud cheers from Kanpur. 

National anthems of both nations playing out in Kanpur. They are all players that we have seen before, only a few extra wrinkles on their faces and some more weight around their torsos. But here they are, ready to rev up the old engines once again.

Henry Davids, Morne van Wyk (wicketkeeper), Alviro Petersen, Jacques Rudolph, Jonty Rhodes (captain), Johan Botha, Eddie Leie, Johan van der Wath, Garnett Kruger, Makhaya Ntini, Andrew Puttick

Sachin Tendulkar(c), Naman Ojha(w), Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny, Manpreet Gony, Munaf Patel, Rahul Sharma, Pragyan Ojha

India Legends have won the toss and chosen to bat. 

New Zealand were not represented in any way in the first season of this tournament. They will be led by Ross Taylor, who ended his illustrious playing career earlier this year. 

It was India who had won last year's tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 14 runs in Raipur to take the title. Tillakaratne Dilshan was the player of the tournament, finishing as highest scorer with 271 runs and highest wicket taker with 12 wickets. Talk about an all-round performance!

One of the names who did not feature in last year's tournament is Suresh Raina. The former India batter announced his retirement from all forms of cricket earlier this week and confirmed his partiticipation. 

The Road Safety World Series (RSWS) is supported by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Information & Technology and Youth Affairs & Sports Government of India. 27th Sports, backed by US-based 27th Investments, are the exclusive marketing rights holder of the league while Professional Management Group (PMG) is the event management partner.