Kiara Advani Lights Up WPL 2023 Opening Ceremony: The inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 got underway in a stunning style on Saturday evening at the DY Patil Stadium with Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians taking on Beth Mooney’s Gujarat Giants.
Prior to the kick-off of the first WPL 2023 match, the BCCI hosted a cheerful, entertaining opening ceremony with celebrities from the Bollywood world and the singing industry performing in front of a jam-packed crowd that had assembled to witness this historic evening and be part of a tale to tell.
Among the renowned performers was also the famous bollywood diva, the super-stylish and beautiful Kiara Advani. Draped in a fashionable red dress, Kiara Advani danced on the tunes to a couple of her songs and got a rousing reception from the crowd.
The charming-faced Kiara Advani has already been a very loved actress and her sparkling live performance today got her more adoration from her growing fan following. Such was her delightful dance that even some of the players sitting by the boundary line shook their legs and enjoyed.
Watch: Kiara Advani’s captivating performance in WPL 2023 opening ceremony:
The #TATAWPL kicks off in style! 🙌
Kiara Advani's entertaining performance gets the crowd going! 👌👌 pic.twitter.com/cKfuGOCpEC
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 4, 2023
Other artists in this opening ceremony included Punjabi singer AP Dhillon, another Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon after Mandira Bedi kick-started the evening as the host.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Giants skipper Beth Mooney won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Teams:
Mumbai Indians Women (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque
Gujarat Giants (Playing XI): Beth Mooney(w/c), Sabbhineni Meghana, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Dayalan Hemalatha, Georgia Wareham, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Monica Patel, Mansi Joshi
Both the captains spoke glowingly of this landmark day.
Harmanpreet Kaur – It’s a special day for all of us, want to enjoy this moment. This is a good wicket to bat on, but there will be something in it for the bowlers as well. We have some young players who’ll be featuring today and we’re looking forward to seeing how they play.
Beth Mooney – We will bowl. Looks pretty even with the grass, it’s a hard and flat surface, plenty of runs here. Absolutely thrilled to be part of (WPL), a big crowd and I’m loving it. We have an entertaining group, we speak a lot about cricket. We have had the experience of playing in front of a big crowd, we can pass it on to the younger members. Three seamers and four spinners in our playing XI today, looking at taking some early wickets.
