IPL opening ceremony on April 18 in South Africa

South Africa will host the second season of Indian Premier League to start from April 18. The agreement was sealed by IPL commissioner Lalit Modi met with Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola on Tuesday afternoon and South Africa agreed to give its full support to the IPL.

The opening ceremony of the extravagant Indian Premier League to be held at the Oval and the closing ceremony of the Lords. South Africa will host this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL). The universally popular Twenty20 tournament, which is in its second year, will feature 59 games will be played over six Location over 36 days and will now start a week later than originally planned, with the inauguration set for April 18 and the final plan for 24 May.

Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth will be the venues for the second season of the IPL in South Africa. The opening ceremony will be held in Cape Town, and that the defending champions Rajasthan Royals will play the first game.

The ECB Chairman, Giles Clarke, said they would want the opening ceremony to be at the Kensington Oval stadium and the closing ceremony at the Lords, which is also known as the home of cricket.

The grand opening ceremony to the new form of cricket that is Indian Premier League, it has been decided that only the captains of the eight teams will be present in the Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 18.