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No IPL opening ceremony this year
The IPL will not have an opening ceremony this year after the Committee of Administrators CoA running Indian cricket on Friday decided to allocate the money set aside for it to the families of the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack The opening ceremonies of the cashrich T20 league are a heady mix glitz and glamour with performances by Bollywood stars being the highlight
New Delhi: The IPL will not have an opening ceremony this year after the Committee of Administrators (CoA) running Indian cricket on Friday decided to allocate the money set aside for it to the families of the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack. The opening ceremonies of the cash-rich T20 league are a heady mix glitz and glamour with performances by Bollywood stars being the highlight.
However, as a mark of respect to the slain CRPF men, it has been decided to scrap the ceremony for the event's 12th edition beginning March 23. “We will not have any inaugural function for the IPL and the money budgeted for that goes to the martyrs’ families,” said Committee of Administrators chairman Vinod Rai. The CoA took the call at a meeting here on Friday. It was BCCI acting president CK Khanna, who had officially made the proposal to donate at least Rs 5 crore for the martyr’s families.
“I am very happy that COA has taken a good call to donate the money for martyrs’ families. Since the entire budget allocated for the IPL opening ceremony is being donated for a noble cause. the amount of is expected to be significantly more than Rs 5 crore,” Khanna told PTI. It is learnt that 2018 IPL opening ceremony's budget was in the tune of Rs 15 crore and something similar to that amount will be donated. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL opener on March 23.
