Yuzvendra Chahal will tackle former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand in a charity match to elevate funds for COVID-19.
The Indian grandmaster might be enjoying a collection of matches against a number of the well-known celebrities on June 13 for this noble trigger.
The checklist of contributors embody Chahal, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Aamir Khan, Arijit Singh, Ananya Birla and Manu Kumar Jain.
Chahal’s spouse Dhanashree Verma took to Instagram to share this information.
Anand additionally shared a video for his followers on Twitter. “Looking forward to playing some exciting chess,” wrote the grandmaster.
Looking ahead to enjoying some thrilling chess with:
Aamir Khan@riteishd@NGEMovies@arijitsingh@ananya_birla@nikhilkamathcio@manukumarjain@yuzi_chahal@KicchaSudeepSee you all this Sunday, June thirteenth at 5 pm to #CheckmateCovid with @AkshayaPatra, @chesscom_in & @Prachura1 pic.twitter.com/wSEZuckFB0
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) June 12, 2021
Chahal is former chess participant and has participated in nationwide tournaments throughout his faculty days. The leg-spinner has additionally represented India on the World Youth Chess Championship.
The 30-year-old is called in India’s white-ball squad for the upcoming limited-over collection against Sri Lanka, ranging from July 13.
The collection comes as an awesome alternative for each him and Kuldeep Yadav to redeem themselves within the absence of Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja is at present with the 20-man Indian contingent in England and might be pefroming his nationwide duties in red-ball cricket.
