Live Coverage: IPL 6 Opening Ceremony

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-- Ceremony ends

-- Stadium now swings to the beats of Gangan style.

-- And now, "Mr Pitbull" on stage, performing for the first time in India #IPL6

-- Usha Uthup and Bhappi Lahiri spice up things for the Kolkata audience #IPL6

-- SRK welcomed everyone to the City of Joy, thanks Mamata Banerjee and N Srinivasan #IPL6

-- Shah Rukh Khan on stage to the Don theme and addresses the audience as the Ambassador of Kolkata and owner of Kolkata Knight Riders

-- Deepika Padukone grooves to Angreezi beat de by Honey Singh. She shakes a leg to Honey Singh mash up ft. Main hu hi nahi iss duniya ki #IPL6

-- Katrina Kaif, dressed like an empress, comes to the stage on a throne with SRK's voiceover reciting a verse from Jab Tak Hai Jaan

-- Gaurav Kapur, Samir Kochhar, Yudhistar Urs, Archana Vijaya, Shibani Dandekar are the presenters for the night

-- A montage of clips take us back to the last five IPLs

-- India's Bollywood and political who's who spotted in the audience eagerly awaiting the exciting line up of performances

-- The nine team captains sign a pledge to "uphold the spirit of IPL" started by Indian Captain M S Dhoni

-- N. Srinivasan, BCCI president & MD India Cements and Rajiv Shukla, IPL President on stage

-- Nine team captains on stage

-- Halogen balloons representing each team brought onto the stage with to the tune of a voilin #IPL6

-- 50,000 people in the Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata. The city promises a gala event

-- Mamata Banerjee inaugurates the IPL 6 opening ceremony

Live Coverage: IPL 6 Opening Ceremony