We Care – Xtratime at a Noble Initiative

Alip Chakraborty's Wife & Bapi Maji

A Charity Auction that United the Sports Fraternity

A match of football makes your adrenaline run sublime to its zenith. Few of us really understand the ups and downs that the players face in reality. The main component that makes the players popular are the trail of fan following. If you are a bong you know the excitement of sitting in the stadium or in front of the television sets for a football match between East Bengal and Mohan Bagan.

Footballers are famous and so are their die-hard fans; the ardent lovers of Mohan Bagan and East Bengal never fail to cheer for their supporting teams. Therefore, Xtratime took a noble initiative with the concerned #Sportsforfans towards helping two ardent fans Bapi Maji and Alip Chakraborty; the former a Mohan Bagan fan and latter an East Bengal Fan. WE CARE as the name of the auction goes, arranged by Xtratime to help the families of cancer patient Bapi and late Alip so that they could be helped in their hour of need.

Insight to the Auction Program:

Mohun Bagan Footballers with Bapi Maji

Mohun Bagan Footballers with Bapi Maji

Dated 11th June, 2016 WE CARE an initiative of Xtratime was a sports auction arranged in the Hotel Aauris. This was a star embedded night with guest panel of all famous personalities. If you are a football fan and looking for latest sports news here we go with the list of guests for WE CARE auction event:

  • Manoj Tiwari (Bengal Captain),
  • Utpal Ganguly (Secretary IFA),
  • Subrata Dutta (President IFA),
  • Sourasish Lahiri (Ex Bengal Cricketer),
  • Dipendu Biswas (Ex-Footballer, MLA),
  • Sambaran Banerjee (Ex-Cricketer, Ex-National Selector),
  • Saradindu Mukherjee  (Ex Cricketer),
  • Sanjoy Sen ( Mohun Bagan Coach),
  • Pranay Halder, (Mohun Bagan Footballer),
  • Pritam Kotal, (Mohun Bagan Footballer),
  • Souvik Ghosh, (Mohun Bagan Footballer),
  • Shilton Paul (Mohun Bagan Footballer),
  • Arindom Chatterjee (Music Composer),
  • Ash King (Singer)

Philanthropic Approach with a Dignified Cause:

Football Signed by Pele

Football Signed by Pele

Leander's Racket

Leander’s Racket

Sony Norde's Jersey

Sony Norde’s Jersey

Sourav Ganguly's Cricket All Star Jersey

Sourav Ganguly’s Cricket All Star Jersey

Since all the fans are interested in the sports update, this initiative will be alluring with its noble cause behind. Not only did the stars appear at the auction there were sellers who provided the best bid for items. The philanthropic approach from the buyers was the heart of the event since they created a history. Provided below are several items that were auctioned and the name of the sellers who supported #Sportsforfans:

                                          Items Buyer Sold Price
Signed Brazilian jersey by Pele Srinjoy Bose 1,00,000
Signed football by Pele N Bagoria 1,10,000
Atletico de Kolkata jersey signed by Pele Malay Mukherjee 50,000
Wicket-keeping gloves of MS Dhoni Suresh Sethiya 1,00,000
Wicket-keeping pads of MS Dhoni Malay Mukherjee 50,000
All Stars T20 League jersey signed by Sourav Ganguly Utpal Ganguly 1,25,000
Tennis racquet signed by Leander – 2015 Wimbledon mixed doubles Manoj Tiwari 1,50,000
Indian ODI jersey of Rahane Subrata talukdar ( on behalf of Sanjeev Goenka) 25,000
Signed Atletico de Kolkata jersey of Iain Hume Kaushik Chatterjee 25,000
Signed Atletico de Kolkata jersey of Helder Postiga Chirag Paul 25,000
Indian football team jersey signed by national players Prithijeet Das 75,000
Mohun Bagan jersey signed by Sony Norde Tanmoy Bannerjee 35,000
Indian team jersey signed by Sunil Chhetri East Bengal Club 95000
Gloves of Shakib al Hasan Anurag Chirimar 25,000
Laxmi Ratan Shukla’s jersey (Vijay Hazare winning jersey) Mayank Joshi 50,000
Signed Sunrisers Hyderabad jersey of VVS Laxman Ash King 21,000
Mohun Bagan jersey signed by Debjit Majumder Anilava Chatterjee 10,000
World T20 jersey of Ashoke Dinda Aniruddha Guha Roy 10,000
Wicket-Keeping gloves of Wriddhiman Saha Arindom Chatterjee 10,000
Signed Mohun Bagan jersey by Sanjay Sen Arunava Kar 55,000
Match Ball signed by Ashoke Dinda Kaushik Chatterjee 10,000
Indian test jumper of Pragyan Ojha Mayank Joshi 10,000
Batting gloves of Wriddhiman Saha (scored his 2nd test fifty) Sunando Bannerjee 20,000
KKR jersey of Manish Pandey B. Dasgupta 10,000
Football boots of Ranty Martins Manoj Tiwari 10,000
Signed bat of Manoj Tiwary Meghdut Sur 75,000
Tie worn by former ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya Utpal Ganguly 20,000

With a lump sum amount of 13 lakhs and 66 thousand as after the event, WE CARE successfully fulfilled its purpose. Well this event might be a step towards all the future initiative that Xtratime takes to help the fans in need. An appraoch to save mankind, this strives to increase the count of days that Bapi will live and help Alik’s family face the crisis.