To help needy children, Indian batsman KL Rahul and his wife Athiya Shetty organized a charity auction on Friday, 23 August. Here, autographed items of Indian cricketers were auctioned. During this, the highest bid of Rs 40 lakh was made for Virat Kohli’s signed jersey. This auction was conducted for the Vipla Foundation in the name of ‘Cricket for Charity’. In this, autographed items of star players like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were auctioned. A total of Rs 1.93 crore was collected for this auction. Through this money, work will be done for the education of disabled children. Virat Kohli’s things were sold the most expensive
In this charity auction, the things of star cricketer Virat Kohli were sold the most expensive. Apart from his signed jersey, a bid of Rs 28 lakh was made for his batting gloves. Apart from this, Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s bat was sold for Rs 24 lakh and batting gloves for Rs 7.5 lakh. Former Indian captain MS Dhoni’s bat was bid for Rs 13 lakh, while former head coach Rahul Dravid’s bat was sold for Rs 11 lakh. KL Rahul’s Test jersey was also bought for Rs 11 lakh. Meanwhile, Rahul’s bat was bid for Rs 7 lakh and helmet for Rs 4.20 lakh. Indian team’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s jersey was bought for Rs 8 lakh. Rishabh Pant’s bat was bid for Rs 7.5 lakh and wicketkeeping gloves for Rs 3.5 lakh. While veteran spinner R Ashwin’s Test jersey was sold for Rs 4.20 lakh. MS Dhoni’s gloves were bought for Rs 3.50 lakh, Shreyas Iyer’s bat for Rs 2.80 lakh, Ravindra Jadeja’s jersey for Rs 2.40 lakh, Quinton de Kock’s jersey for Rs 1.10 lakh, Sanju Samson and Yuzvendra Chahal’s jerseys were bought for Rs 50-50 thousand. What did Rahul-Athiya say about the auction
About this charity auction, Athiya Shetty said, ‘Rahul and I are thrilled to announce our first charity auction, ‘Cricket for a Cause’, to benefit the Vipla Foundation.’ While Rahul said, ‘The money raised from this auction will help Vipla Foundation provide support to special schools for hearing impaired and intellectually disabled children. This is a cause that is very close to my heart.’
