BCCI plans big for IPL 2025: Grand opening ceremonies, cultural programs across India

West Bengal: There are just a few days remaining for the IPL to begin. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made a big move to make it special. Opening ceremonies will take place at all venues this season. That is, there will be a big opening ceremony prior to the match at all 13 venues except Kolkata. Such ceremonies will run throughout the season of IPL. The BCCI has also made arrangements to hold cultural programmes at all venues where national and local artists will perform.

It is the 18th season of IPL

The IPL 2025 will be launched on March 22 with a game between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This time it is the 18th season of IPL. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken a big step to make it special. Opening ceremonies will be held at every venue this season.

There will be a grand opening ceremony

That is, apart from Kolkata, there will be a grand opening ceremony before the match at all 13 venues, in which many artists will make the atmosphere more exciting with their performances. In the inaugural ceremony to be organised on March 22 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Bollywood's popular celebrities and music industry bigwigs will get the crowd rolling for 30 minutes with their performance.

This will then be the going-on pattern of such ceremonies during the IPL season. The BCCI has also decided to hold cultural programs at all venues where national and local artists will perform.

Cultural programs in all venues

Sources informed that the BCCI is looking to make the IPL more appealing, so that the audience of each city can also get to experience the opening ceremony to the fullest. On this day, Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal and actress Disha Patani along with ICC Chairman and former BCCI Secretary Jay Shah will also be present in Kolkata. Negotiations are taking place with numerous well-known artists in other venues as well, so that marvelous programs may be organized everywhere. The BCCI and the state associations are mutually cooperating in order to arrange this event without breaking the matches.