Celebrity Clasico 2017, Virat Kohli XI vs Ranbir Kapoor XI: In pictures

Virat Kohli-led All-Heart FC thrashed Ranbir Kapoor's All-Stars FC 6-3 in the Celebrity Clasico, which was played at the Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai. Former captain and legend MS Dhoni opened the scoring for AHFC as early as in the seventh minute through a deflected shot from outside the box. Soon after, the wicketkeeper-batsman doubled the scoring from a well-placed free-kick. Anniruddha Srikanth then headed in a Kohli cross to triple the lead, however, Shabir Ahluwalia added one for ASFC before the half-time.

The second-half then saw Srikanth convert from the spot before Ranbir Kapoor scored a solo goal to reduce the deficit. The last few minutes were pretty frantic as three goals were scored within 10 minutes, two from AHFC - Jadhav (85') and Kohli (92') and one by ASFC - Aadhar Jain (89').

Here are the best images from the high-profile charity match.

The Virat — The Kohli-led All Heart FC with Akshay Kumar before the start of the match

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, Ajinkya Rahane, Pawan Negi, Digvijay, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Jonty Rhodes and Umesh Yadav.

All Stars FC: Abhishek Bachchan (C), Ranbir Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapur, Arjun Kapoor, Dino Morea, Shoojit Sircar, Kartik Aaryan, Armaan Jin, 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 and Shashank Khaitan.

Manish Pandey was one of the better players for the AHFC

Four superstars! (AHFC coach Sunil Chhetri in the background)

Jonty Rhodes and Ranbir Kapoor (Who knew we'd see them together on a FOOTBALL PITCH!)

Hockey India's very own PR Sreejesh rocking the goalkeeper gloves and El Capitano Kohli making a clearance

And here receiving the man of the match award from Zaheer bhai for all of it

ASFC players with Basketball star Satnam Singh

They were not even close to our cricketers!

Perhaps a yo-yo test for all the All Stars players, before they take the field against AHFC again next year, would do good.

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