New Delhi: Debutants Gujarat Titans are taking on inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) final at World's largest cricket stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) arranged an IPL Closing Ceremony after a long gap of three years. The closing ceremony was hosted by former head coach Ravi Shastri.
As the ceremony began, Shastri invited BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Secretary Jay Shah, IPL Governing Council President Brijesh Patel, and Guinness Book World representative on stage to unveil the 'world's largest jersey' and celebrate its official entry in the Guinness book of world records ahead of the start of the summit clash.
On this jersey, logo of all 10 teams is etched, and number 15 is written on it, which denotes that the IPL has successfully completed its 15 seasons. Talking about its dimensions, the length of this jersey is 66X42 meters (66-meters long and 42 meters wide), which has become the record for the largest jersey in the Guinness Book of World Records.
After this Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh started the closing ceremony with his dance performance and was seen grooving to the songs of not only Bollywood movies but also Tollywood movies.
After Ranveer's performance, legendary composer AR Rahman won the hearts of everyone with his performance as even the players present on the field were also seen grooving to his music and singing, especially on 'Maa Tujhe Salam'.