The Indian Premier League’s (IPL) 16th edition will begin on Friday with a grand opening ceremony at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Actress Rashmika Mandanna will be performing at the opening ceremony.
Actress Tamannah Bhatia will also doing a dance performance at the ceremony.
Bollywood singer Arijit Singh will perform live at the ceremony.
The opening ceremony will start at 6 pm on March 31.
The first match will be played between four-time champions Chennai Super Kings & last year's winner Gujarat Titans.
The 2023 opening ceremony of IPL will take place after 2018.
BCCI in 2019 cancelled the ceremony as a tribute to the troops who lost their lives in the Pulwama attack.
The opening ceremony events were cancelled in the 2020 and 2022 editions of IPL due to Covid-19 restrictions.