An Olympic style opening ceremony will mark the start of the IPL at the Chinnaswamy Stadiumin Bangalore tomorrow. The ceremony will take place before the opening match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and the Kolkata Knight Riders. Fellow Indian captains Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly will make the toss to start what has been billed as a turning point in International cricket – The IPL.
The ceremony will include stilt walkers, fireworks, cheerleaders and some speeches by Lalit Modi and Ray Mali. The toss will be held under floodlights and a pledge will be read out by the captains, reaffirming the IPL’s faith in the spirit of cricket.
This is an example of how far cricket has come since the days of W.G.Grace and top hatted gentlemen bowling underarm. Whether this Twenty20 is a good thing for the game or not, only time will tell.
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