Sports
30,000 tickets released for IPL opening jamboree
Kolkata, April 4
Around 30,000 tickets have
been released in the nearly one lakh capacity Salt Lake stadium for the
Indian Premier League opening ceremony April 7, an official said here on
Saturday.
The figure of 30,000 includes the tickets for the
hospitality box as also the complimentary tickets being distributed by
the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said IPL governing council
member and Cricket Association of Bengal joint secretary Subir Ganguly.
He said gallieries in a large part of the stadium have to be closed to the people because of the performances on stage.
Bollywood
stars Farhan Akhtar, Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Pritam and Hrithik
Roshan are all set to light up the ceremony, which is taking place in
Kolkata after a gap of two years.
All eight team captains will be
present to take the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Spirit of Cricket
pledge. Gautam Gambhir, captain of defending champions KKR, will put the
trophy back in play, signaling the start of the 2015 season.