IPL opening ceremony cancelled as entire funds will go to Pulwama martyrs’ families

The 2019 season of Indian Premier League (IPL) will not host an opening ceremony as the Committee of Administrators (CoA), on Friday decided to donate the entire money to the Pulwama martyrs’ families.

Usually, the opening ceremonies of the iconic T20 league are spiced up by Bollywood stars who steal the spotlight in a bid to entertain the fans. However, as a token of respect to the martyred soldiers, it has been decided to cancel the ceremony for the event’s 12th edition starting from March 23 onwards.

“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 that is running the Indian cricket decided in a meeting on Friday.

IPL 2019 Schedule for opening 2 weeks:

DateDayTimeMatchVenue
March 23SaturdayEveningCSK vs RCBChennai
March 24SundayAfternoonKKR vs SRHKolkata
March 24SundayEveningMI vs DCMumbai
March 25MondayEveningRR vs KXIPJaipur
March 26TuesdayEveningDC vs CSKDelhi
March 27WednesdayEveningKKR vs KXIPKolkata
March 28ThursdayEveningRCB vs MIBengaluru
March 29FridayEveningSRH vs RRHyderabad
March 30SaturdayAfternoonKXIP vs MIMohali
March 30SaturdayEveningDC vs KKRDelhi
March 31SundayAfternoonSRH vs RCBHyderabad
March 31SundayEveningCSK vs RRChennai
April 1MondayEveningKXIP vs DCMohali
April 2TuesdayEveningRR vs RCBJaipur
April 3WednesdayEveningMI vs CSKMumbai
April 4ThursdayEveningDC vs SRHDelhi
April 5FridayEveningRCB vs KKRBengaluru

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