The first home game of this season for the Kolkata Knight Riders against Kings XI Punjab kicked off with the customary opening ceremony. The penultimate opening ceremony of this year’s Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens got underway with songs sung by the band ‘Shillong Chamber Choir’.
The band churned out different Bollywood songs as well as Rabindra Sangeet before the centre-stage was taken by playback singer Monali Thakur.
Monali’s performance was followed by an audio visual which took the fans down memory lane showing a glimpse of the past nine seasons of the Indian Premier League.
After that, captain of both the teams Gautam Gambhir and Glenn Maxwell took a lap of honour before the home captain handed over a token of appreciation to his Kings XI counterpart. Another audio visual showed the fans how the decade has been for their team in which they have won the title in 2012 and 2014 under Gambhir. The ceremony concluded with Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor dancing to her songs.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the opening ceremony:
Mukesh Ambani : isse zyada paise to maine apne bete Anant ke weight loss success party mei kharch kiye the. #IPLOpeningCeremony
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) April 5, 2017
People in the stadium are like! #IPL #IPL2017 #IPLOpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/JAOQ8Z3EVm
— Vishal S S Mehra (@weshalltalkcric) April 7, 2017
Artists I have never heard about are performing on stage at #IPLOpeningCeremony #IPL #IPL2017 such a wow.
— Vishal S S Mehra (@weshalltalkcric) April 7, 2017
You watch #IPLOpeningCeremony for few minutes… and even RGV ki Aag feels like a classical film & most entertaining thing on the earth.
— Paresh Rawal fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) April 5, 2017
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Different opening ceremonies at different venues more than a week after the opening game is the stupidest idea IPL has ever had. #KKRvKXIP
— ₿hargav (@ThatIndianGuy) April 13, 2017
Agar shraddha ki aisi dancing ko dance kehte hain to ashok dinda bahot behtar bowler hua iss logic se #KKRvKXIP
— Atif Jameel (@atifjameel_aj) April 13, 2017
#KKRvKXIP worst opening ceremony again???
— Arpan Rajendrabhai Patel (@iArpanPatel) April 13, 2017
Look like all opening ceremony are done in half preparation #KKRvKXIP
— Madhur Gupta (@madhurgupta121) April 13, 2017