IPL 10 Opening Ceremony in Delhi: Yami Gautam, Guru Randhawa mesmerise crowd at Ferozshah Kotla

IPL 10: Yami Gautam performed on some of the hits like Nachange Saari Raat, Rum Rum from her debut movie Vicky Donor, besides grooving to Gala Goodiya and Soniya

By: Karan Nanda |
April 15, 2017 9:41 pm

Bollywood diva Yami Gautam, who was last seen in Kaabil alongside Hrithik Roshan, performed at the 8^th and the last ceremony of the Indian Premier League season 10 at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi on April 15.

Yami performed on some of the hits like Nachange Saari Raat, Rum Rum from her debut movie Vicky Donor, besides grooving to Gala Goodiya and Soniya.

Known for her performances in films like Vicky Donor , Badlapur and Sanam Re among others, Yami will be next seen in Ram Gopal Varma directorial Sarkar 3. This would be the third installment of the Sarkar film series. The film also features Amitabh Bachchan and Manoj Bajpayee in the lead.

Yami Gautam perfourmed during match 15 of Indian Premier League between the Delhi Daredevils and the Kings XI Punjab held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi (PIC iplt20.com)

This is for the first time in the history of IPL that the organisers have decided to provide some entertainment quotient to the crowd at the start of first match at every venue. Earlier, actress Parineeti Chopra backed out from the event due to her prior commitments.

Punjabi Singer Guru Randhawa too joined Yami with his famous song “Tenu Suit suit karda” in the brief 20-minute ceremony.

Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa performed during match 15 of Indian Premier League between the Delhi Daredevils and the Kings XI Punjab held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi (PIC iplt20.com)

Besides Yami, rapper Raftaar too performed at the IPL ceremony. Raftaar enthralled the crowd, present to witness the encounter between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab, with his song Dhakkad from the film Dangal.

Raftaar performed during match 15 of Indian Premier League between the Delhi Daredevils and the Kings XI Punjab held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi (PIC iplt20.com)

Later, Delhi Daredevils skipper Zaheer Khan presented the Spirit of Cricket token to his opposite number and Kings XI Punjab’s Glenn Maxwell.

Squads:

Delhi Daredevils: Aditya Tare, Sam Billings, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant(w), Corey Anderson, Chris Morris, Karun Nair, Pat Cummins, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Zaheer Khan(c), Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Shashank Singh, Angelo Mathews, Kagiso Rabada, Ankit Bawne, Mohammed Shami, Jayant Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Carlos Brathwaite, Chama Milind, Khaleel Ahmed, Pratyush Singh, Ben Hilfenhaus

Kings XI Punjab: Hashim Amla, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell(c), David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron, Sandeep Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Anureet Singh, Shaun Marsh, Nikhil Naik, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Eoin Morgan, Matt Henry, Rahul Tewatia, Martin Guptill, Darren Sammy, Rinku Singh, T Natarajan