Kohli, Dhoni to play charity match against Bollywood stars

The Virat Kohli Foundation has joined hands with Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘Playing for Humanity’ to hold a charity football match which will also feature limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and actor Ranbir Kapoor.

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli will be part of the same team and the match is slated to be played on Saturday in Mumbai.

The Virat Kohli Foundation has joined hands with Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘Playing for Humanity’ to hold a charity football match which will also feature limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and actor Ranbir Kapoor.

The match, termed as ‘Celebrity Clico 2016’, will take place at the Mumbai Football Arena, Andheri Sports Complex, on Saturday, with an objective to generate funds for the foundation's charitable initiatives.

Kohli will lead the All Heart Football Club (a property of The Virat Kohli Foundation) and Bachchan is set to lead All Stars Football Club (run by Playing for Humanity).

Apart from Kohli and Dhoni, some of the country’s top cricketers such as Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane will also be playing in this match.

Other prominent Bollywood A Listers include Arjun Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapoor and celebrated director Shoojit Sircar.