IPL 2018 will start on April 7 with a glittering opening ceremony. The Indian Premier League has seen many star-studded opening ceremonies in the past. However, there has been a lot of confusion over the opening ceremony of 11th edition of IPL 2018.

Earlier, it was being said that there will no opening ceremony this year. However, now it is becoming clear that IPL 2018 opening ceremony will also be as glamourous as the earlier ones. 

There are many Bollywood stars expected to perform at the opening ceremony including Hrithik Roshan, Parineeti Chopra, Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez. Ranveer Singh was also supposed to perform but he had to miss the event due to an injury.

"Yes, I can officially confirm that I will be performing for the opening ceremony of IPL. I have already started rehearsing for it. It will be fun to perform in front of a live audience once again," said Hrithik Roshan confirming his appearance. 

Hrithik will be seen performing to a medley of some of his hit songs. The lineup of songs includes 'Dhoom Machale', 'Ek Pal Ka Jeena', 'Baware Baware' and 'Senorita'.

Here's all you need to know about IPL 2018 Opening Ceremony: 

# The IPL 2018 Opening Ceremony is expected to start at around 6 pm in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. 

# Hrithik Roshan, Parineeti Chopra, Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez are supposed to perform in the opening ceremony.

# The event will last just before the toss for the opening game of IPL 2018.

# Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni and Mumbai Indian captain Rohit Sharma will attend the ceremony. The two teams will later clash in the first match of IPL 2018.

# Other captains Virat Kohli (RCB), Ajinkya Rahane (RR), Kane Williamson (SRH), Gautam Gambhir (DD), Dinesh Karthik (KKR), R Ashwin (KXIP) will not attend the ceremony.

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