Shah Rukh Khan concluded the opening ceremony and asked the fans at Eden Gardens to stand up for the national anthem ahead of the toss.
The opening ceremony concluded with the national anthem. The highlight of the grand show is Shah Rukh Khan dancing with Rinku Singh and Virat Kohli on ‘Lut-Put Gaya’ and ‘Jhoome Jo Pathan’, respectively. Karan Aujla and Disha Patani brought infectious energy to the stage with their power-pack performances.
Shreya Ghoshal owned the stage with her soulful voice as the Eden Garden all charged up for the big night. Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan kickstarted the show in style. The Indian Premier League, throughout its near two decades of existence, has been closely tied to the glitz and glamour that the Indian entertainment industry always promises.
From superstar celebrity owners to the biggest names in Bollywood in regular attendance, the IPL has always been synonymous with star power and the extra colour that it has been able to provide to this T20 league.
In some ways, there is no IPL without this connect to cricket-crazed India’s other obsession. And in any season, this is never truer than in the grand opening ceremony for every IPL season, where star names light up the night right before the players prepare to do the same in the season curtain raiser.
