Indian captain Virat Kohli is all set to lead the All Heart FC for their match against All Stars FC in the Celebrity Clasico friendly football match at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai on October 15.
In 2016, Virat Kohli’s Foundation collaborated with actor Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘Playing for Humanity’ to organize a charity match which will also feature the stars players like MS Dhoni and the rest of the team. Ranbir Kapoor will also take the field among other celebrities. Last year, there was not a clear winner as both the sides ended up at 2-2.
Th news was confirmed after Star Sports tweeted a video clip on their official site, “You have seen @ImVKohli ruling the cricket field, now get set to watch him lead All Heart FC against All Stars FC in the Celebrity Clasico!”
The match was a huge hit last years as many people tuned in to their television set while people around the city watched the match in the stadium in huge numbers.
Son after the 2nd T20I between India and Australia in Guwahati, Kohli appeared on Star Sports for a chat with Jatin Sapru about the upcoming ‘Celebrity Clasico 2017‘. When asked about which team member in the current squad has the best football skills, Virat’s answer was ‘Manish Pandey’, who is also known to have topped the recent ‘Yo-Yo’ Test conducted by the team management.
Squads:
All Stars FC:
Abhishek Bachchan (C),Ranbir Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapur, Arjun Kapoor, Dino Morea, Shoojit Sircar, Kartik Aaryan, Armaan Jain, Shabir Ahluwalia, Sachiin Joshi, Nishant Mehra, Aparshakti Khurana, Jim Sarbh, Vivian Dsena, Karan Veer Mehra, Raj Kundra, Aadar Jain, Vikram Thapa, Rohan Shrestha, Marc Robinson, Harpreet Baweja Shashank Khaitan, Jonty Rhodes, Umesh Yadav.
All Heart FC:
Virat Kohli (C), MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, PR Sreejesh, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rohan Bopanna, Anup Sridhar, Yuzvendra Chahal, B. Mangaldas, Anirudh Srikanth, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kedar Jadhav, S. Badrinath, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Pawan Negi, Digvijay, Rohit Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra.
