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Punjab Kings have reached the IPL final after 11 years and Royal Challengers Bangalore after 9 years. Before the match, there was a photoshoot of the captains of both teams.
The IPL final will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. There will be a closing ceremony before the match of Punjab Kings and Royals Challengers Bangalore. Whose theme is ‘Operation Sindoor’.
The heads of the three armies have been invited to the program. However, their involvement has not been confirmed yet. The entire stadium will be decorated with a tricolor light and during this time will be a live concert of singer Shankar Mahadevan.

The audience has a capacity of 1.32 lakh at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Of these, 25,000 seats have been reserved for Indian Arm Force and Team Management. The rest of the tickets have been sold.
Shankar Mahadevan will perform
The famous singer Shankar Mahadevan will pay tribute to the Indian Armed Force, famous in the closing ceremony. On Tuesday, Shankar will perform with his sons Siddharth Mahadevan and Shivam Mahadevan. Shankar’s performance operation will honor the brave soldiers involved in the vermilion and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Pahalgam attack.

IPL posted on X and gave information about Shankar Mahadevan’s performance.
Learn about the closing ceremony in 3 questions below …
1. Venue? The closing ceremony will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The stadium spread over 63 acres has a seating capacity of one lakh 32 thousand people.
2. What time will it start? The closing ceremony will start from 6 pm. Apart from Shankar Mahadevan, local artists will perform.
3. Where will the telecast be? The Closing Ceremony will have LIVE telecast on Star Sports Network Channel. Online live stream will be on Jio Hotstar app and website.
BCCI Secretary Secretary Devjit Saikia said-

To celebrate the success of Operation Sindoor, we have made Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, Naval Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, along with other army chiefs, officers and jawans have been invited to watch the IPL final match in Ahmedabad.

On May 18, during the Chennai-Kolkata IPL match, there was a national anthem in honor of Operation Sindoor.

Punjab-Delhi match was being held on 8 May at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. The match was 10.1 overs when the match was canceled due to security reasons. Blackout was done in the stadium.
Saikia said- closing ceremony dedicated to our soldiers BCCI salutes the bravery, courage and selfless service of the country’s armed forces. As a symbol of gratitude to the army, we decided to dedicate the closing ceremony to the Armed Forces. Our heroes will also be honored in this. Even though cricket has been a national passion, there is nothing more than the sovereignty, integrity and security of our nation.
IPL was stopped for a week

Pakistan attacked drones and missiles in India’s border areas on the night of 8 May.
On May 8, the Punjab-Delhi match in Dharamshala was stopped in the middle due to Pakistan’s drone attack. The next day BCCI adjourned the IPL for a week. Following the ceasefire announcement, BCCI announced the remaining 16 matches of IPL and the tournament resumed from 17 May.
The national anthem was played in most matches after Operation Sindoor
- BCCI has shown solidarity with the armed forces continuously since Operation Sindoor. After Operation Sindoor, 16 IPL matches were played. The national anthem was played in most matches. Also, ‘Thank you, armed force’ message was also shown on the huge screen inside the stadium. The national anthem was not played in the first IPL.
- There has been a demand to play the national anthem in IPL matches too long ago. The IPL team co-owner Ness Wadia also raised this demand in 2019. Not only this, he also wrote a letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in this regard.

The picture is of Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. On May 18, the Indian Army was saluted on the screen during the Rajasthan vs Punjab match.
There was a terrorist attack in Pahalgam on the afternoon of 22 April

At around 2 pm on 22 April, place- Basaron Valley of Pahalgam in Kashmir. A group of more than 40 people from different states of the country came to visit here. All the tourists were in the open field. There are 4 to 5 small shops around. Some tourists sat on chairs outside the shops. Some tourists were sitting on the ground nearby.
Then two people came from the forest. He asked a tourist. The tourist explained his name. One of the people from the forest pointed to the tourist and said- it is not Muslim. After this, the pistol was taken out and shot in the tourist’s head. Keep shooting for about 10 minutes. Tourists and shopkeepers understood that this is a terrorist attack. Initially there was news of a tourist’s death. The deaths of 11 o’clock in the night had increased to 27.
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