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Fans witnessed an exciting battle between India's Test skipper Virat Kohli-led cricket stars and Abhishek Bachchan-led Bollywood celebrities in a charity football match on Saturday. The match, termed as "Celebrity Classico 2016", took place at the Mumbai Football Arena, Andheri Sports Complex, to generate funds for charitable initiatives in which Kohli and Bachchan are involved. Bachchan didn't play in the match due to back injury and his team was led by Ranbir Kapoor. (Source: Photo by PTI)
Virat led the All Heart Football Club, a property of The Virat Kohli Foundation. Apart from Kohli and India's limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, some of the country's top cricketers like Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, R. Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane also played in the match. (Source: Photo by PTI)
Abhishek Bachchan's team included the likes of movie stars Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapoor and celebrated director Shoojit Sircar, among others. Sircar set the tone of the match as he sent a Dino More cross into the net with a flying header. (Source: Photo by PTI)
Yuvraj Singh opened the scoring for Virat Kohli's team. (Source: Photo by PTI)
Harbhajan Singh also came up for the good cause and played for Virat Kohli's team. (Source: Photo by PTI)
Virat Kohli was at his aggressive best in the contest made opportunity for his team throughout the contest. The Delhi Dasher was worked up after some rough challenges, and showed his disappointment animatedly to the referee. He didn't score any of the two goals scored by his side, but made plenty of chances. (Source: Photo by PTI)
In the end, there was nothing separating the two teams as the scoreline remained locked at 2-2. Yuvraj Singh and KL Rahul scored the equalising goals for Kohli's XI. (Source: Photo by PTI)
MS Dhoni is always been a football enthusiast and this was the occasion where he could have shown his football skills. Though, India's former Test skipper didn't score a goal but looked strong throughout the time he spent on the field. (Source: Photo by PTI)
Hardik Pandya also occupied a space in Virat Kohli's team. (Source: Photo by PTI)
Though, they were opponents on the field but Virat Kohli, Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan had a quality session outside the field. (Source: Photo by PTI)
