TATA WPL 2023 Opening Ceremony Highlights at DY.Patil stadium

The DY Patil Sports Academy was treated to some Bollywood style entertainment. Once the dancing and singing were done, BCCI president Roger Binny, secretary Jay Shah, and a host of other board officials were called up on the stage. The office-bearers were followed by the captains of the five franchises — Delhi Capitals’ Meg Lanning, Mooney, Smriti Mandhana of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Alyssa Healy of the Warriorz and Harmanpreet. That was followed by the unveiling of the first-ever WPL trophy.

The inaugural game will have a rescheduled start and will commence at 08.00 PM IST

The sale of WPL’s five franchises and media rights alone fetched nearly $690 million and the Indian cricket board has lined up an impressive array of sponsors for the 22-match tournament.

The five captains of the WPL unveil the Trophy of the tournament.

Mandira Bedi welcomes all to the DY Patil Stadium as the historic Opening Ceremony begins.

Bollywood actress Kiara Advani takes the centre stage to kick-start the ceremony

APART FROM KIARA ,AP DHILLON AND KRITI SANON BLAST THE PERFORMANCE

Punjabi-Canadian rapper and youth sensation AP Dhillon. WPL anthem- Ye to Bas Shuruaat hai has been composed by music legend Shankar Mahadevan and it is going to be a major attraction at the ceremony as well

WPL 2023 opening ceremony tickets

The tickets for all the matches of the league have been made free for women. But to avail of this offer, they must also book the tickets from the booking partner Bookmyshow website. They would have to select the category women at the time of booking and thus the cost of the ticket will become zero eventually at the time of checkout. Without registration on the website or the app of Bookmyshow, no admission will be granted into the stadium.

WPL 2023 opening ceremony live streaming

The opening ceremony of the WPL 2023 as well as all the live matches will be broadcast live and exclusively on the Sports 18 and Sports 18 HD networks. The same game can also be live-streamed for free on the Jio Cinema website and mobile application.