Kolkata Siblings take England Cricket Legends to India.

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Miss Vidushree Joshi and Mr. Vikram Joshi were recently unveiled as the owners of the England Legends Team to be lead by none other than Kevin Pietersen in the upcoming Road Safety World Series scheduled to start at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur from March 5. The Road Safety World Series is an initiative by the Road Safety Cell of Maharashtra in association with the Professional Management Group (PMG) and Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of the league.

“It is such an exciting prospect, it makes us so proud”, Miss Vidushree Joshi told when asked about her association with the England Legends Team. “ Yes, thanks to Road Safety World Series and Mr. Ravi Gaikwak, I’m going to India”, she said. Mr. Ravi Gaikwad is the founder of the Road Safety World Series, who integrated the concept of Road Safety with sports to save lives on Indian roads and across the globe. Putting together a league of this breadth, with the involvement of top stars, even retired ones, from around the world, is no easy task and the man who has been supporting the cause of Road Safety is Mr. Ravi Gaikwad, Senior Member of Road Safety Cell, Government of Maharashtra.

Residing in London for the past 20 years, both siblings were born and brought up in India in the family of Mr. Joshi. Miss Vidushree Joshi studied at Modern High School whereas Mr. Vikram Joshi studied at St. Lawrence High School.

“It’s like a dream come true”, said Mr. Vikram Joshi when asked about his reaction to being the owner of the England Legends Team. “ Being an avid sports and cricket lover, things couldn’t have panned out better for me “ he said.

Both the siblings had moved to England to study at Cambridge. Since then it has been a long journey for them to stay away from home but England accepted them with open arms and they fell in love with the country. Today the Joshi Family are proud owners of the England Legends Team and although both of them hail from Kolkata, India they say “ England Legends is a team of England, by England and for England”.