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Bollywood stars including Abhishek Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Fardeen Khan and Zayed Khan along with TV presenter Nick Knowles, former cricketers Kapil Dev and Ajay Jadeja and singer Jay Sean will participate in a celebrity cricket match which will take place at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds for IIFA.

Renowned umpire Dickie Bird will make a welcomed comeback from retirement to umpire the match.

Other stars Shilpa Shetty and Salman Khan will open the match with the Toss-up, while fellow stars Preity Zinta, Urmila Matondkar, Chunky Pandey and Boman Irani will provide commentary for the match.