ICC Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony

Newsletter - Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:42:34 AM



This evening all eyes are going to be glued on Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka—and on the newly refurbished 25,000-seater Bangabandhu National Stadium, to be precise—where the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will kick off at 5:30 p.m. IST with a grand ceremony that is going to feature about 4,000 performers.
 
The tournament is taking place in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, but Dhaka gets to play host first.
 
The ceremony is divided in three segments, with each segment categorically representing each of the host nations,” said Mohammad Ali Ahsan, the ICC tournament director for Bangladesh. “The performances would showcase the socio-cultural glimpses of each country.”
 
Bangla composer Ibrar Tipu will start things off by belting out, “Welcome to Bangladesh,” accompanied by other young singers. They’ll then cede the stage to Indian Bollywood singer Sonu Niigaam who will greet the 14 participating cricket teams’ captains with his self-composed work, “Rise for Glory.”

A team from Indian event management firm- Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. has been designated to organize the show. The firm previously put together the spectacular opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi in October last year.

Bollywood composers Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa, who came up with the  World Cup’s theme song, “De Ghumma Ke”, will be performing it in three different languages – Hindi, Bangla and Sinhalese.
  

 


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