Virat Kohli’s Team India Jersey, Gloves Among Top Gainers At KL Rahul-Athiya Shetty’s Charity Auction – Full Details

New Delhi: Virat Kohli’s signed Team India jersey fetched a whopping Rs 40 lakh in a cricket auction ‘Cricket for a cause’ by Indian cricketer KL Rahul and his wife Athiya Shetty to help needy children. The auction, which took place in Mumbai on Friday, had memorabilia from some of the top Indian and overseas cricketers, the proceeds of which will go to help the hearing-impaired and intellectually challenged children through Vipla Foundation.

Besides Kohli’s Team India jersey, the former India captain’s batting gloves also fetched Rs 28 lakh. Apart from Kohli, Rohit Sharma’s bat got Rs 24 lakh, T20 World Cup-winning former India coach Rahul Dravid’s bat got Rs 11 lakh while two-time World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni’s bat went for Rs 13 lakh. Rahul’s jersey was sold for Rs 11 lakh. In total, Rahul-Shetty raised Rs 1.93 crore for the cause.