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.
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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 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.
Manish Pandey was one of the better players for the AHFCFour superstars! (AHFC coach Sunil Chhetri in the background)Jonty Rhodes and Ranbir Kapoor (Who knew we'd see them together on a FOOTBALL PITCH!)Thala weaving his magic!Hockey India's very own PR Sreejesh rocking the goalkeeper gloves and El Capitano Kohli making a clearanceMore of Thala's trickeryGabbar's left-footers are a thing now!And here receiving the man of the match award from Zaheer bhai for all of itASFC players with Basketball star Satnam SinghThey 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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