The charity match is done and dusted and it's time for some serious action. India's first ODI against New Zealand will take place in Mumbai on September 22 and we will be back with the live commentary for the game.
Till then, this is Vignesh Ananthasubramanian signing off from Bangalore.
Virat, who was desperate to score the whole match, asks, what's the point of playing Football without a goal. He also thanks for making it to the venue in spite of the rain. He also praises his coach Sunil Chhetri for the way he managed the team.
All Stars FC's Abhishek Bachchan receives the runner-up trophy.
He praises the Indian cricketers for their performances and thanks them for making it to the match. He goes on to appreciate the effort put in by his teammates in spite them being non-athletes. He concludes by thanking the fans for helping them raise money for the charity.
Virat Kohli-led All-Heart FC thrashed Ranbir Kapoor's All-Stars FC 7-3 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 four goals were scored within 10 minutes, three from AHFC - Jadhav (85'), Kohli (92') and Dhawan (97') and one by ASFC - Aadhar Jain (89').
92' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!! Finally, skipper Virat Kohli scores one for his team. He ran through the right flank and chips the ball over the keeper's head to regain the three-goal advantage.
85' GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! This time there was no question of an offside as Virat Kohli's shot is blocked by Robinson and the ball went straight to Kedar Jadhav, who tapped in to make it 5-2.
84' GOOOOOOOOOOOFFSIDE!!!! A brilliant piece of teamwork by Pandey and Rahul. In the final third, Manish was just a bit late in passing the ball to Rahul, who put the ball to the back of the net but was in an offside position.
84' Yet again Sreejesh saves his team as Shoojit takes a powerful shot and the ball hit Sreejesh's legs and goes out for a corner. The cross is calmly cleared by Bhuvi.
81' Shabir almost made it 4-3 for AS FC as he tried to sneak the ball past Sreejesh but the Indian Hockey goalie keeps his calm and collects the ball in a clumsy manner before holding on to it once again.
78' A rare AH FC attack resulted in Kohli having a ball just outside the box with no one marking him. He goes for glory and completely mishits for a goalkick.
74' A brilliant ball from the defence to the last man up, KL Rahul, who collects the ball and runs towards the goals. As the goalkeeper was coming out of his position, Rahul tried to go around him and his touch was too heavy for the ball to go out of play.
70' A brilliant ball by MS Dhoni into the D-box where Rahul ran to hit the ball into the back of the net but Marc Robinson outpaced the Indian batsman and clears the threat.
68' An attack out of nowhere for AH FC and Rahul gets a slight touch and tries to put the ball in. Marc Robinson dives and stops the ball from going in and injures his shoulder in the process.
57' GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL! Ranbir just ran through the right wing and takes a shot that went into the top right corner like a tracer bullet after hitting the crossbar. It was a good shot by the AS FC skipper but Sreejest could have done well to stop the ball from going in.
53' corner for Ranbir and it was well taken. Unfortunately for him, Dhawan gets the ball and starts a counter. Runs all the way till his D-box by showcasing his skills and passed the ball Negi who gave it to Dhoni and the former Indian skipper makes a mess of it.
51' GOAAAAAAAALL!!!! Aniruddha Srikanth converts from the spot and gives his team a 4-1 lead. The celebration after the goal which included a dab with skipper Kohli was a treat to watch.
50' PENALTY for AH FC. Manish Pandey dribbles past the last defender, Rohan Shrestha and goes down. The referee signals a penalty but it wasn't one. Poor call by the referee. Rohan gets a yellow for that and gets into an argument with Dhawan.
A decent half of Football by both the teams with MS Dhoni making a big difference for his team. He was all over the ground and is toying around with the opposition. Apart from him, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Aniruddha Srikanth, Bhuvi and Shreyas Iyer were quite good for Kohli's men. Unfortunately, the skipper has been kept at bay by the AS FC defenders despite outpacing them on many occasions.
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