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IPL 2018 opening ceremony: These Bollywood celebrities to set stage on fire

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 21 January 2018, 19:12 IST
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The IPL-2015 is going to be started from April. For this, the teams have retaken the players on January 4. Players' auction will now be held on January 27-28. This time Bollywood star Aamir Khan will also shine his glow. IPL sponsor Vivo has contracted with Aamir Khan for the promotion of Season 11 this time. Earlier, Vivo had a contract with Ranveer Singh, but after 20 months it has been decided to abolish it.

IPL has made its special place in the hearts of the cricket fans in the last 10 seasons. In April, the channel has also collected TRPs through it. Now it is necessary to see how far Amir Khan, called Bollywood's Mr. Perfectionist, will take this event forward.

Sanjay Gupta, managing director of Star India, the new broadcaster of the Indian Premier League (IPL), said that his goal is to reach 70 million people through its TV and digital platform in the upcoming season of the professional Twenty20 cricket league. Star India wants to build more audience than previous season through many exciting initiatives in the coming season. The last season of the IPL was seen by 53.5 million viewers. Star India will broadcast the matches of IPL in Hindi, English, Bangla, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.


This upcoming season, more than 1000 players had registered for the auction, but BCCI cut it down to 578 players. Players have been placed in eight slabs based on their profile. The slab for the players is Rs 2 crore, Rs 1.5 crore, Rs 1 crore, Rs 75 lakh and Rs 50 lakh, respectively, while the base price of the uncapped players is Rs 40 lakhs, Rs 30 lakhs and Rs 20 lakhs respectively.

First published: 21 January 2018, 19:12 IST