The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which will host the ICC World Cup 2023 Closing Ceremony, which will take place prior to the India vs. Australia match, BCCI has confirmed the musicians that will take part in the closing ceremony.
The match will be held in the Narendra Modi Arena in Ahmedabad, which is now the largest cricket venue in the world. On the last night of the tournament, Dua Lipa will most likely perform, a Star Sports tweet states. Her name isn’t present on the BCCI schedule, though.
At the 2023 World Cup closing ceremony, four different artists will perform. the pregame programme, which begins at 1:35 p.m. Following the toss, the Suryakiran Indian Air Force Airshow will take place at Indian Standard Time (IST). At 1:50 p.m., each team will play their national anthem, and at 2:00 p.m., the first ball will be bowled to cap off the festivities.
During the first innings break, Aditya Gadhvi, who produced the music for the Coke Studio India song Khalasi, will perform. During the extended entertainment that takes place during the innings break, musicians like Pritam Chakraborty and singers like Jonita Gandhi, Nakash Aziz, Amit Mishra, Akasa Singh, and Tushar Joshi will perform. In between the second and third innings, the stadium will host a laser and light show.
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The opening match of the tournament, which took place in Ahmedabad on October 5 without an opening ceremony, featured England versus New Zealand. The details of the championship award ceremony were also disclosed the day before the competition began. Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Australia, and Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, or one of their representatives, were likely to attend the final game at the stadium.
World Cup-winning captains
According to an alternate version of events, the International Cricket Council (ICC) extended honorary invites to all the captains of World Cup-winning teams to attend the World Cup final. Ricky Ponting, Clive Lloyd, Allan Border, and the leaders of the Indian team that won the World Cup, MS Dhoni and Kapil Dev, are expected to attend the celebration. Under the captaincy of Dhoni and Dev, India won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Eoin Morgan, who captained England during the previous World Cup, is already in India as a member of the broadcast team.
| Year | Team | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | West Indies | Clive Lloyd |
| 1979 | West Indies | Clive Lloyd |
| 1983 | India | Kapil Dev |
| 1987 | Australia | Alan Border |
| 1992 | Pakistan | Imran Khan |
| 1996 | Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga |
| 1999 | Australia | Steve Waugh |
| 2003 | Australia | Ricky Ponting |
| 2007 | Australia | Ricky Ponting |
| 2011 | India | MS Dhoni |
| 2015 | Australia | Michael Clarke |
| 2019 | England | Eoin Morgan |
More than 1,30,000 people are expected to watch the game inside the venue. They’ll have a great time, and the event will definitely remain in their memories. All eyes, however, will be on Australia and Team India as they compete for the chance to bolster their World Cup titles.
ICC World Cup 2023 Closing Ceremony: Date, Time, and Venue
On Sunday, November 19, Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium will host a closing ceremony to mark the end of the 2023 ODI World Cup. At 1:30 p.m., the programme will start.
Live streaming of the 2023 ICC World Cup closing ceremony
The Star Sports Network will broadcast the closing ceremony live on television, and Disney+ Hotstar will live stream it.
Before the Game: Acrobatics
The Indian Air Force will perform an acrobatic air show to kick off the inaugural event at 12:30 p.m. The Suryakiran Acrobatic Team, consisting of nine hawks, will perform a musical 10-minute display for the audience under the direction of flight commander Sidesh Kartik.
Halftime: The Parade of Champions and a musical performance
Nearly all of the past World Cup-winning captains will participate in a 15-minute “Champions Parade” to kick off the halftime performance at 5:30 p.m. The procession will feature a number of celebrities, including Sir Clive Lloyd, Michael Clarke, Eoin Morgan, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Arjuna Ranatunga, Allen Border, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
A 20-second film featuring the captains will be shown in addition to images showing the progression of the trophy from the Prudential Trophy to the World Cup, Wills Cup, Benson & Hedges Trophy, and Reliance Cup. For the parade, BCCI will give personalised blazers to every captain participating.
Following the captains’ march, music director Pritam and his group of over 500 dancers will perform live.
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