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Now, cricket to promote road safety campaign

Mumbai [India], March 21 (ANI): In order to promote Maharashtra state government's no honking and road safety campaign, a cricket match will be organised at Mumbai's iconic Wankhede Stadium on March 24.

Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar also joined the campaign and met state transport minister Diwakar Raut for the same at the Vidhan bhavan.

Meanwhile, the cricketer announced that a match between Indian cricket players will be held to promote the campaign.

The two teams involved in the match are named 'Horn not Ok please' and 'Road

Safety'.

"Many former and current cricket players will be part of this match, including Yuvraj Singh, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Panth, Jasprit Bumrah and some Under-19 players among others," Gavaskar said. (ANI)


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