IPL enters into the second decade as the chairman Rajiv Shukla declared it open at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
The opening ceremony started with a bang as Bollywood stars set the stage on fire. The audience was left enthralled by the dance performances and it was a “one-time” experience for them.
It all started with Rohit Sharma, the captain of defending champions Mumbai Indians, placing the trophy on the bias for which the eight teams will be contesting in the next 51 days.
Then started the dance performances from stars Varun Dhawan and Indian “MJ” Prabhudeva. The crowd who gathered to witness the opening match between MI and CSK termed this performance as a “prolific” one as they danced to some southern numbers too.
Performances from Jacqueline Fernandes and Tamanna Bhatia made the audience go crazy.
Hrithik Roshan”s performance has been the talk of the town. The 44-year-old exhibited his skills on the dial as he made sure to give a “visual treat” to the people with his extraordinary stamina.
Mika Singh, with his live performance, also sang few Bollywood songs to put curtains on the opening ceremony.
Here are few tweets that are trending right now :
We're ready. Are you? #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/aQnUHTuGqi
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 7, 2018
#IPL #OpeningCeremony Would've Been More Interesting Than The Actual Match If They Could Invite Kangana Ranaut As Well. 😉#MIvsCSK #MIvCSK #IPL2018 #IPL11 pic.twitter.com/92gFoPEvZA
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/makworld1990/status/982619493238272000?s=20
Spotless opening ceremony rehearsal last evening. Millennial vocab would say – Wankhede will be LIT tonight.. show starts 5pm.. ceremony at 6pm @StarSportsIndia @IPL #VIVOIPL #BESTvsBEST #KentCricketLIVE pic.twitter.com/fZM8jLOESM
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) April 7, 2018
Throwback: Exactly 3 years back Hrithik saved a rain affected boring IPL opening ceremony and he started it off with Bang Bang 😎😎
HRITHIK IPL PERFORMANCE
— IPL VV (@IPLVV) April 7, 2018
#OpeningCeremony once again, Hrithik sir has proved ,why he is called as a king of dance😎
Truly electrifying 🔥🔥🔥
He always dance with extra zeal😍
HRITHIK IPL PERFORMANCE— Ashutosh (@IANANDASHU) April 7, 2018
WOW superb performance @iHrithik!!! 😍You are the best dancer in the world!!! I love u so much!!!💖🌈Lots of love from Argentina!!!💖#IPLOpeningCeremony #IPL2018
— Lorena♡🇦🇷 (@EliMaldonado02) April 7, 2018
So Jacqueline Fernandez is first overseas player who performs in this IPL season.. #OpeningCeremony
— Paresh Rawal fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) April 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/Payalk311/status/982616550925516801
https://twitter.com/r3hansajid/status/982657630966632448
Opening ceremonies that we want:
– All players available at the arena
– Some host like SRK giving hard time to all the captains, thodi chugalpanti etc
– Couple of dances, Songs, Instruments etcA nice 2 hour long ceremony just a day before the games begin.#IPLOpeningCeremony
— Devvrat Unadkat (@DevvratUnadkat) April 7, 2018
Varun Dhawan ji dancing on 'Badri Ki Dulhaniya' song at IPL #OpeningCeremony has to be the lowest point in the History of entire IPL. #IPL11 #IPL
— Paresh Rawal fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) April 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/shraddha_x/status/982588125523337216
Mushfiqur's naagin dance was more entertaining than this #OpeningCeremony .
— HITMAN (@GaikarRoopam) April 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/AjaySuper30/status/982615630074515458
https://twitter.com/Mahika_04/status/982613138410422272
https://twitter.com/Shawmannu_007/status/982605765679562752
Hrithik was awesome , he is amazing dancer #OpeningCeremony
— Chinmoy Sharma (@imChinmoy18) April 7, 2018