IIFA - Host Special Charity Cricket Match Review

As a part of Videocon weekend, IIFA conducted a special charity match at SSC grounds in Colombo, Srilanka from 3^rd June to 5^th June. The match was played between the Indian Cine stars and The Srilankan cricketers. The Indian actors playing the match include Sharukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh. The Srilankan cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya, Muthaiah Muraldharan, Jayavardhane, Aravind D Silva and Kumara Sangakara also take part. The toss for this celebrity match was done by Bipasha Basu and Sanjay Dutt to add glamour to the match and Chunky Pandey and Javed Jaffrey hosted the match.
Muralidharan commented that playing such a match is an unique opportunity to make friends with the film fraternity of India. Hrithik Roshan and Suniel Shetty captained two bollywood teams and Kumar Sangakara captained the Srilankan cricket team.

Hrithik Roshan’s team emerged as the winner of Oscar IIFA challenge foundation charity match. Suniel Shetty was named the The Videocon Man of The Match (celebrity) and Kumar Sangakara was selected as the Micromax Man of The Match (cricketer). Sonu Sood became the Western Union Reliable Player and the Best Catch went to Upal Chandana. The players were not cared for winning the match as it was played for a noble cause.

The financial resources will be contributed to the ‘Cricket for children’ project where the former child soldiers and vulnerable children are under rehabilitation. This effort is made by the Srilankan Cricket Board, IIFA and UNICEF. Through this the children will be trained as Cricket peer leaders and will be given chance to participate in the celebrity cricket match. Salman Khan, who is the ambassador for IIFA’s charity initiative will contribute 100,000 dollars to rebuild 1,000 homes. 

Te recent war and suppression of Tamils in Srilanka have strained the relation between India and srilanka. This match is expected to build a strong relationship between India and the host country.