Hard core cricket fans have always frowned upon the IPL - the marriage between Bollywood and Cricket. Last night they scored a minor victory as Khan, Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone made the IPL opening act look like a run of the mill awards night.

As the camera panned Khan's wife Gauri, there was a markedly disinterested look on her face. The show started predictably with a dance performance on a Rabindra sangeet. The captains of the different teams were called on stage. A performer descended on stage hanging for dear life on a bunch of balloons and handed the winner's Trophy to the captain of last year's team, the serious Gautam Gambhir who looked so sombre one would think he's already lost a match.

Source: Why the IPL opening ceremony was such a miserable let down