The wait is over as IPL 2024 began with a bang. The opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 was held at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on Friday evening.
It was indeed a star-studded night as Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, AR Rahman and Sonu Nigam, Neeti Mohan performed live in front of the crowd.
IPL 2024 Opening Ceremony: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff dance on various tracks, AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam and others serenade with their performance
The ceremony began with Tiger Shroff's electrifying performance Akshay Kumar made a grand entry as he held the Indian national flag in his hand. Seeing him perform a high-octane stunt, the crowd reverbed with chants of RCB and CSK.
you can love dhoni but you cannot love dhoni like kohli loves dhoni ???❤ pic.twitter.com/bcYX4DzG2r
— ً (@manmarziiyaan) March 22, 2024
Akshay danced to Desi Boyz's title track which is from his film as well as the title track of Bhool Bhulaiyaa.
Jai Jai Shiv Shankar, Main Tera Hero, Hare Ram Hare Krishna, and Mast Malang!
Tiger and Akshay Kumar danced to Bade Miyan Chote Miyan songs.
RCB is RCBing like it used to RCB
— Stutii (@Sam0kayy) March 22, 2024
A R Rahman and Sonu Nigam sang Vande Mataram. Rahman sang a rendition of Taal Se Taal Mila with a host of singers beside him on stage.
A R Rahman concluded his performance with a fantastic rendition of his Oscar-winning song Jai Ho!
There were fireworks in the sky with loud cheers from the audience before the match began.
Fans lauded Akshay's fitness level as he danced with high-voltage energy.
Kohli and Dhoni hugged and laughed
The match between RCB and CSK is underway. A picture from the field that has wowed the fans is a warm friendly side hug between Virat and Dhoni.
The picture of the duo sharing a laugh has gone viral on social media within minutes.
Milestone unlocked ?
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 22, 2024
Virat Kohli has now completed 1000 IPL runs against the formidable #CSK ? ?
Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/4j6FaLF15Y #TATAIPL | #CSKvRCB | @imVkohli | @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/HTciu3qZHW
Fans were in awe seeing Virat and Dhoni's on-field chemistry.
Take a look at the comments
Virat Kohli with MS Dhoni.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 22, 2024
- Moment of the day. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/k4ADSMSkaw
Virat Kohli became the first Indian to score 12,000 T20 runs during the IPL 2024 opener between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Chepauk on Friday.
CSK will be defending their fifth IPL title this year under new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. Dhoni, who won all 5 trophies as captain, stepped down from the top position just a day ahead of IPL 2024.
