IPL 7 grand opening ceremony will be held at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi with grand masti dose of fun and frolic.
Indian Premier League season 7 ceremony will begin with a welcome speech by H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Culture, Youth & Community Development in UAE. There will be a light and sound show which depicted traditions and cultures of the UAE and India and merged them together to bring out a seamless bond between the two nations.
After wel come note, host Ravi Shastri will call all IPL franchies captains to share the stage to express their allegiance to maintain the integrity of cricket by signing the MCC Spirit of Cricket plaque. BCCI and IPL interim President Sunil Gavaskar also delivered a speech about how he and his colleagues at the BCCI intend to take every possible measure to eradicate the very shadow of corruption from the sport.
IPL is most popular events around the world, Bollywood stars also perform after the serious business. There will be the time for some Bollywood style masti as the gorgeous Indian actress, Deepika Padukone sizzled the stage with a sassy number that mesmerized the audience. Bollywood Super star and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shahrukh Khan also take the stage at the end and preform in his own style. He invited cricketers on the stage – Shane Watson played the guitar and sang a song, Virat Kohli had banter with Khan and MS Dhoni regaled his fans with his boyish charm.
The glorious evening come to a glorious end with the most brilliant and beautiful fireworks that brightened the moods of the beholders, thereby declaring Pepsi IPL 2014 open.
