Cricketers who invested in Start-ups

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MSD invested an undiscolsed amount in Cars24, a platform to buy and sell cars in 2019.

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Sachin Tendulkar - Unacademy

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Virat Kohli - Wrogn

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Shikhar Dhawan - Upstox

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KL Rahul - XYXX

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Smriti Mandhana - Neem Ayu

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Mayank Agarwal - Fullife

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Anil Kumble - Insurity

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Hardik Pandya - Yu

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