Celebrities at IPL 2012

IPL 2012 saw a few celebrities coming to the stadium to watch the IPL matches and supporting local IPL teams..

Here are a few pictures of celebrities who came to watch IPL 2012 edition matches..

 

Sahara Force India drivers Nico Hulkenburg and Paul di Resta with the owners Vijay Mallya and Subrata Roy, and Sri Lankan spin wizard Muralitharan

 

 

Subrata Roy brings tennis star Sania Mirza and her husband cricketer Shoaib Malik to watch his Pune Warriors' team take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on April 17th

 

IPL 2012 - Indian tennis star Sania Mirza cheering for Pune Warriors in Bangalore against the RCB team

 

Bollywood heroine Priyanka Chopra danced at the IPL 2012 Pune stadium inauguration

 

Bollywood star Bipasha Basu dances at the IPL 2012 edition during the Pune stadium opening

 

Kings XI Punjab owner Priety Zinta dances at the IPL 2012 edition

 

Bollywood celebrity Saif Ali Khan watches IPL 2012 match

 

Kolkata Knight Riders' owner Shah Rukh Khan at the stadium watching his team playing in the IPL 2012 edition

Pics courtesy: APPhotos and pics from the internet..

Katy Perry at IPL 5 Opening Ceremony

International Pop Diva Katy Perry of US came to India to perform at the IPL season 5 inauguration ceremony held at the YMCA stadium in Chennai on April 3rd.

Here are some of the pictures of the pop diva Katy Perry performing at the IPL 5 opening ceremony.

 

US Pop singer Katy Perry sings at the IPL 5 opening nite event in Chennai

US pop singer Katy Perry dressed up in Bollywood clobber as she took to the stage to launch the Indian Premier League. She dazzled with a power packed performance on her super-hits like ‘Fireworks’ and ‘California Girls’.

 

Doug Bollinger of Australia teaches some batting skills to US pop singer Katy Perry at the IPL 5 opening ceremony in Chennai

 

Katy looked a little unsure when Australian cricketer Doug Bollinger cuddled up to her to perfect her batting technique

 

Katy Perry meets IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla

 

International pop singer Katy Perry poses for press before her IPL inaguration night performance in Chennai

 

Katy Perry strikes a pretty pose besides a Nataraj idol in Chennai

 

A stunning Katy Perry, international pop sensation, at the DLF IPL 2012 Opening Nite event held in Chennai on April 3rd

Pics courtesy: BCCI and AP Photos

Moving over to the IPL 2012 season 5 matches.... May the best team win :)

IPL 5 Opening Ceremony Pictures

 April 3rd was a big day for the city of Chennai as the IPL 5 got off to a great start with a star-studded opening ceremony.
Here are some of the pictures from the opening ceremony of IPL season 5 which was held at the YMCA stadium in Chennai. The star lists included - US Pop Diva Katy Perry, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Prabhu Deva, Kareena Kapoor.

The evening began with Amitabh Bachchan’s rendition of a poem ‘If I were to be born again’, written by renowned lyricist Prasoon Joshi, with the creative dance performance choreographed by Shiamak Davar at the background.

 

Amitabh Bachchan reciting a poem at the IPL season 5 opening ceremony

Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor danced to some of their popular numbers and impressed the audiences.

 

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra performing at the opening ceremony of IPL season 5 in Chennai 

 

Bollywood sexy actress Kareena Kapoor grooving at the IPL season 5 opening ceremony

Then came the Bollywood star Salman Khan who gave a wonderful performance to wow everyone.

 

Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan performing at the opening ceremony of IPL season 5

The oath taking ceremony was held with all the skippers of the nine teams signing the MCC Spirit of Cricket Pledge.

 

Captains of the 9 IPL teams taking the MCC Spirit of Cricket pledge at the IPL season 5 opening nite event held in Chennai on April 3rd night

 

Priyanka Chopra quizzing Dhoni and Ashwin of Chennai Super Kings

US pop diva Katy Pery, a greatinternational pop sensation, dazzled with a power packed performance on her super-hits like ‘Fireworks’ and ‘California Girls’.

 

International Pop Sensation Katy Perry of US performing at the IPL season 5 opening ceremony in Chennai

All pics courtesy: BCCI and AP Photos

The stunning night ended with a sparkling and glittering fireworks in the sky to signal the start of the season 5 of IPL.

The IPL 2012 season 5 will feature 76 games across 12 venues in India starting April 4. Lets hope we get to see some wonderful matches in the next one month.. hope the audience wouldn't be bored (76 games!!!) by the end of the IPL like last year... :) 

Politicians and leaders watching Cricket World Cup 2011

Another post on World Cup 2011 :)  its raining world cup special pictures.... this time the list of political leaders, ministers, politicians acting as cricket's new (or old) fans... also coming together for peace from across the border....

 

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi watches the ICC World Cup semifinal cricket match between India and Pakistan in Mohali on March 30, 2011

 

ICC President Sharad Pawar presents a momento to Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh applauds

 

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa with Indian President Pratibha Patil watching the World Cup Cricket 2011 finals between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai

 

Indian Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi attends the Cricket World Cup semifinal match between India and Pakistan in Mohali on March 30th 2011...

 

MP Shashi Tharoor with wife Sunanda Pushkar watching the World Cup..

 

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India applaud the players prior to the start of the semifinals of World Cup 2011 beween India and Pakistan in Mohali on 30th March, 2011

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi watching cricket... cheering and celebrating India's win over Pakistan at the World Cup semifinals in Mohali...

More pictures of world cup coming up... the bollywood celebrity brigade acting as cricket fans and watching India win the World Cup :)