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Hrithik, Shahid, Anushka to perform at IPL opening ceremony
Kolkata, April 4
Bollywood stars Farhan Akhtar,
Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Pritam and Hrithik Roshan are all set to
light up the stage at the 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL) Opening
Ceremony at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Tuesday.
According to a
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) release, the entertainers
will come together to mark the start of the eighth season of the
cash-rich Twenty20 league with the evening’s proceedings being hosted by
actor Saif Ali Khan.
All eight team captains will be present to
take the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Spirit of Cricket pledge. Gautam
Gambhir, captain of defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders, will put
the trophy back in play, signalling the start of the 2015 season.
The
two-hour show will start at 7:30 p.m. and the gates of the venue will
open at 5:00 p.m. Tickets for the opening ceremony, which start at
Rs.200, can be purchased online at iplt20.com or from gate No.1 and 4 of
the Salt Lake Stadium.
The programme will be telecast live on Sony Max and Sony Six and will also be streamed on mobile app Hotstar.