IPL 2022 Final: AR Rahman and performers rehearse ahead of closing ceremony

Xtra Time Web Desk: Oscar-winning music composer and singer AR Rahman and Bollywood superstar Ranveer Singh will be the star attraction at the glittering closing ceremony of IPL 2022 on Sunday night at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The 45 minute closing ceremony will be held prior to the final between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals. The closing ceremony in IPL will be back after three years. It will start at 6:30 pm IST.

What will be happening at the closing ceremony?

The theme of the Closing Ceremony will be to celebrate India’s 75-year of independence and 15 successful years of IPL. Oscar winning musician AR Rahman will be dedicating the concert to celebrate India’s cricket through seven decades. Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh will be performing live with dance artists.

Folk dancers from different states of India will also be performing at the event including famous Chhau dancers from Jharkhand. Former captains of Team India have also been invited and will be felicitated during the ceremony.

As many as 700 performers will be performing at the closing ceremony, making it one of the biggest in any sporting event in the country in recent times. It will for the first time ever, the IPL Closing Ceremony will be broadcast in augmented reality. The closing ceremony is expected to held in front of a gathering of 1 lakh spectators.