WPL: AP Dhillon, Kriti Sanon, Kiara Advani headline enthralling opening ceremony

A symphony of sounds – hoots, whistles and cheers – greeted the followers within the Women’s Premier League (WPL) opening ceremony as they grooved to the music of AP Dhillon.

The foot-stomping music, preceded by performances from Kriti Sanon and Kiara Advani, offered the proper setting for the opening ceremony of the inaugural version of the historic WPL, which was at least a Bollywood potboiler.

Bollywood actress Kiara Advani performs in the course of the opening ceremony of Women’s Premier League.
| Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI/The Hindu

There was motion, drama, fireworks on show on the DY Patil Stadium on Saturday night as a capability crowd was enthralled by the favored numbers of Dhillon, which included the smash-hit ‘ Brown Munde’.

As the tv cameras panned in the direction of the dugout throughout Dhillon’s efficiency, a few of the younger cricketers have been singing together with full enthusiasm.

While the police personnel had a tough time making certain that the followers have been seated and all issues went easily, the followers appeared to benefit from the second. And because the 5 workforce captains – Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy – walked into the pitch to unveil the trophy, the massive cheers by the spectators mentioned all of it – they have been loving it!

It was certainly a second of celebration for the cricketing fraternity as a number of former India ladies cricketers might be noticed in numerous roles, whereas Ivan and Lavita Rodrigues – mother and father of Jemimah Rodrigues – additionally made an look on tv to bask within the glory.

The two seemed emotional as they spoke about their daughter’s journey and have been elated with the way in which ladies’s cricket has come thus far. For the previous couple of years, the BCCI was eager on beginning the WPL, and on Saturday, because the league was formally launched within the presence of its office-bearers, the Board stored its promise.

It, certainly, was an electrifying ambiance!