Star singer Arijit Singh and well-known actress Tamannah Bhatia thrilled followers with their performances on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 opening ceremony on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday. The crowd was left spellbound as Arijit carried out blockbusters like “Ae Wataan” from the movie “Raazi”, “Lehda Do” from the film “83” and “Kesariya” from “Brahmastra”. Tamannah additionally joined the present with an exhilarating efficiency on songs like “Tum Tum” and “Oo Antava” from “Pushpa: The Rise”. Rashmika Mandanna was the opposite star attraction of the occasion.

Tamannah Bhatia efficiency. pic.twitter.com/e9ua9BMcju

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Defending champions Gujarat Titans will tackle four-time winners Chennai Super Kings within the opening match of IPL 2023. The match will probably be a battle between two generations of Indian cricket. At one aspect will probably be CSK skipper MS Dhoni, who took Indian cricket to new heights of success within the late 2000s to early 2010s by clinching the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup (2007), ICC Cricket World Cup (2011) and ICC Champions Trophy (2013) and have become the one skipper to win three main titles.

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How about that for a efficiency to kick off the proceedings 🎶🎶@arijitsingh begins the #TATAIPL 2023 Opening Ceremony in some fashion 👌👌 pic.twitter.com/1ro3KWMUSW

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Dhoni replicated this success in IPL, main the crew to the title on 4 events. On the opposite aspect is GT skipper Hardik Pandya, who was pushed into superstardom after main GT to the title of their debut season. Pandya has additionally led India to some wins on the worldwide degree within the shorter format and is making a case for himself as a future white-ball skipper.

Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans will probably be going through an enormous weight of expectations after clinching the title of their debut season. To show that their title win was not a fluke, they must begin this season properly towards the four-time champions Chennai Super Kings.

Gujarat Titans squad:Abhinav Manohar, Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya(c), Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade(w), Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudharsan, Urvil Patel, Vijay Shankar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma and Pradeep Sangwan.

Chennai Super Kings squad: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwaine Pretorius, Deepak Chahar, Simarjeet Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner, Bhagath Varma, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki and Akash Singh.

(With ANI inputs)