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Friday, Jan 28, 2005

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Srinath, Balaji to play in charity match

MUMBAI, JAN. 27 . Javagal Srinath and Laxmipathy Balaji are among two achievers from different generations playing alongside for Kapil Dev XI vs Aamir Khan XI in a cricket charity game for tsunami relief at the Wankhede stadium on January 28.

Sri Lankans Aravinda de Silva, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Salil Ankola, Mohd Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajit Agarkar are others representing Kapil Dev XI, led by the legendary World Cup winning captain.

Former all-England champion P Gopichand and racing ace Narain Karthikeyan will also play the match, alongwith commentators Harsha Bhogle, Charu Sharma.

Sachin Tendulkar will not play, though would be present to cheer the teams as Airtel brand ambassador for the Airtel Hope Cup. Aamir Khan XI will be a combination of sports and film personalities.

According to a press release, Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid, Virendra Sehwag, Mohd. Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Parthiv Patel from the Indian squad will team up with likes of Suniel Shetty, Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani and Rahul Dev.

The charity game will be telecast live from 4.30 p.m. onwards on various private channels, apart from DD Sports.

All proceeds will be donated to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for relief and rehabilitation of tsunami victims, according to the release. — Our Special Correspondent

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