Indian playback singer Shankar Mahadevan, along with his sons Siddharth and Shivam performed "Sabse aage honge Hindustani" and “Dushman ke chhakke chhudaa de, hum India wale” among other songs on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) as national fervour was the main theme of the closing ceremony, ahead of the Indian Premier League final between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad. “Honouring the Indian armed forces”, “Salute to the armed forces” and “Thank you armed forces" were the messages displayed across the digital boards used for advertising and sharing match-related information near the boundary as well as on the first tier of the Narendra Modi Stadium.
IPL 2025 Closing Ceremony, RCB Vs PBKS Final: Shankar Mahadevan And Co Salute Armed Forces
The Indian Premier League 2025 closing ceremony took place before the hotly-awaited final between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings. The players trained in the background with RCB being the first team to take the field for their warm-ups, followed by PBKS soon after
The Mahadevan family enthralled the near-capacity crowd. The songs from war-themed movie Lakshya titled “Kandhon se milte hai kandhe” and “Lakshya”, “Ae watan mere aabaad rahe tu”, “Vande Mataram” (AR Rahman composed) were among the numbers performed with "Sabse aage honge Hindustani" being the final one.
The ceremony took place before the summit clash of the 18th edition of world’s most cash-rich league, the hotly-awaited RCB vs PBKS encounter. The players trained in the background with RCB being the first team to take the field for their warm-ups, followed by their rivals PBKS soon after.
Later, PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and put Rajat Patidar's men in to bat.
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Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood
The tournament was suspended for 10 days in May when India’s armed forces were executing Operation Sindoor — a military operation in response to terrorists killing 26 Indian citizens in Kashmir's Pahalgam.
(With PTI inputs)
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