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PIX: Abhishek, Ranbir, Yuvraj play football

Last updated on: April 1, 2013 17:02 IST
Ranbir Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor joined quite a few Bollywood actors and star cricketers for a charity football match over the weekend at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.

Bachchan's team comprised of actors Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Dino Morea, Sachin Joshi, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Karan Wahi, Amit Sadh, entrepreneaur Raj Kundra, model coordinator Marc Robinson, choreographer Caesar Gonsalves, squash champion Ritwik Bhattacharya and tennis player Leander Paes among others.

The cricketer team, led by Virat Kohli, comprised of MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Harbajan Singh, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Jadeja, S Dawan, Murali Vijay, Ishant Sharma, P Ojha, Ajinka Rahane, RP Singh, Harmeet Singh, Manoj Tiwary, Munaf Patel and Ashish Nehra.

PIX: Abhishek, Ranbir, Yuvraj play football

Last updated on: April 1, 2013 17:02 IST
Abhishek Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Dino Morea, Varun Dhawan, Sachin Joshi

Abhishek's team lost the game to Virat's team, with the final score at 4-3.

PIX: Abhishek, Ranbir, Yuvraj play football

Last updated on: April 1, 2013 17:02 IST
Abhishek Bachchan and Yuvraj Singh

Abhishek later tweeted, 'A tough loss 4:3. But the spirit was amazing. Congratulations to the All Hearts Foundation team for a great match,'

All Hearts Foundation was the name given to the cricketers' team.

PIX: Abhishek, Ranbir, Yuvraj play football

Last updated on: April 1, 2013 17:02 IST
Abhishek Bachchan and Virat Kohli

Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, who was in Abhishek's team, tweeted, 'We played like champions unfortunately lost 4-3 not bad for actors vs sports stars. @AllstarsFC_PFH wudnt mind a rematch! Raised 4 charity!'

PIX: Abhishek, Ranbir, Yuvraj play football

Last updated on: April 1, 2013 17:02 IST
Abhishek Bachchan and Sachin Joshi

Abhishek thanked Delhi and its 'beautiful people' for watching the match, and supporting a great cause.

PIX: Abhishek, Ranbir, Yuvraj play football

Last updated on: April 1, 2013 17:02 IST
Abhishek Bachchan, Virat Kohli, Caesar Golsalves, Yuvraj Singh

The Bollywood team was trained by former football champion Bhaichung Bhutia.

PIX: Abhishek, Ranbir, Yuvraj play football

Last updated on: April 1, 2013 17:02 IST
The entire Bollywood team

Ranbir scored two goals out of three.

At the end of the match, the actors posed for the cameras.