Check out: IPL 8 opening ceremony is trending for all the wrong reasons
Mumbai: With the Bollywood stars such as Hrithik Roshan, Anushka Sharma, Shahid Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar and Saif Ali Khan being a part of the opening ceremony, the Indian Premier League season 8 was expected to start on a bright note on Tuesday.
But instead it turned out to be, a complete dud and social media wasted hardly any time bashing the event, mocking the bigwigs of Bollywood’s show at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.
Would rather watch Suryavansham tbh.
— Sychlops (@Sychlops) April 7, 2015
Pic1 : Before watching #IPLOpeningCeremony Pic2 : After watching #IPLOpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/xIV07GtMQd
— Sachinn Sachinn (@cricketsagar) April 7, 2015When asked about the #IPLOpeningCeremony Kohli: Nice ;) Dhoni: Well it was good Shakib: It was good but yaar that wasn't a noball
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) April 7, 2015#IPLOpeningCeremony so dull that SET Max becomes UPSET Max
— This guy, zabardasti (@AskThePankazzzz) April 7, 201515 minutes of Rock On? What is this? Filmfare awards 2008?
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 7, 2015IPL. Where they still can't fix the opening ceremony. #IPLOpeningCeremony
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 7, 2015Forget BBC documentary, we need to stop telecast of #IPLOpeningCeremony to save India's image. India has better singers than this!
— cricBC (@cricBC) April 7, 2015IPL opening Ceremony: IPL 1: IPL 2: IPL 3: IPL 4: IPL 5: IPL 6: IPL 7: IPL 8: Next Year: Please
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 7, 2015And criticisim of those who were aghanst by the IPL opening ceremony was not misplaced as the event, barring the below-par performances, involved many faux-pas. First Saif Ali Khan, who hosted the event started off on a slippery note.Then, Shahid Kapoor tripped twice during his performance.
Even Hrithik Roshan was not spared from criticism.Hrithik Roshan's hair will be later used as one of the cheerleader's pompom
— Priyanka Lahiri (@lahirip) April 7, 2015