New Delhi:
Big news is coming regarding the World Cup 2023 which has almost started. According to reports, the opening ceremony to be held before the opening match has been canceled this time. Initially there were reports that after the “Captain Day” event, an opening ceremony would be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium before the inaugural match to be played between Australia and New Zealand on October 5, but according to the reports, now it is not so. will be. Let us tell you that Bollywood star actors and singers were to participate in the opening ceremony. Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Arijit Singh, Tamannaah Bhatia, Shreya Ghoshal and Asha Bhosle were to participate in it. But according to the report, now only the captain’s meet will be held on Wednesday.
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Captains of all ten teams will participate in this event and answer questions. A laser show can be organized after the captains’ program. But after the opening ceremony was cancelled, BCCI has prepared Plan B. Under this, the board is planning to organize more grand functions.
According to the information, BCCI can organize this big function on the day of India-Pakistan match. And this can be organized before the timing of the match i.e. before 2 o’clock. At the same time, under the alternative plan, the closing ceremony can also be organized at Narendra Modi Stadium on the day of the final to be played on 19th November. According to reports, the presentation of this alternative plan has been shown to top BCCI officials.
While most of the warm-up matches before the World Cup have been washed out, the main round matches will start from October 5. During this period, 48 matches will be played at 10 venues. Of these, 43 matches will start at 2 pm, while 5 matches will be played at 10:30 am. India last organized the World Cup in the year 2011. And Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were also participants in this. The year 1987 World Cup was jointly organized by India-Pakistan, while the 1996 World Cup was jointly organized by India-Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This is the first time that India itself is going to host the mega tournament in its entirety.
