Stars of Indian cinema and Sri Lankan cricketers will play a celebrity cricket match Friday to raise funds for reintegrating former child soldiers into their communities. Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan and Sunil Shetty are set for a celebrity cricket match involving Kumar Sangakkara's Sri Lankan lineup that will be one of the key features of the International Indian Film Awards scheduled to be held this weekend in Colombo. Part of the proceeds from the match will be donated to “Cricket for Children,” an initiative of the Sri Lanka Cricket authority and UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund. Among stars to play cricket are Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Shipa Shetty, Lara Dutta, Ajay Jadeja, Irfan Khan. Sangakkara said cricket could be used as a force for change, bringing hope and healing to vulnerable children. Sri Lanka test cricket stars Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan will also play in the match. Sri Lanka hopes the event, with an estimated 600 million viewers in India and televised in 110 countries, will promote the island as an attractive tourist destination.
