The first Indian Premiere League (IPL) Awards night to honour best players and performances of the T20 tournament will be held at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on the 2rd of April. Your hosts for the evening will be close friends Shahrukh Khan and Karan Johar.
"This star-studded award ceremony will see the superstars of Bollywood and cricket get together to make it the Oscars of the cricketing world. Celebrating sportsmanship, the viewers will be in for colourful treat as IPL champions get felicitated for their performance through the series," Ashvini Yardi, programming head, Colors, said. "It will be one of its kind and fitting celebration with lots of exciting performances and brilliant surprises to conclude this year's IPL action," Yardi said in a press release.
Touted as the perfect mix of cricket and entertainment, a host of Bollywood stars will be performing at the event. The list includes Oscar winner A.R. Rahman, Shilpa Shetty, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Hrithik Roshan.
The awards will be given in 22 categories including batting, bowling, fielding, most stylish player, best stadium and commentator etc. There are also categories like IPL Jury Awards, Viewers' Choice Awards, Statistical Awards, IPL Captain's Awards and IPL Winners Award.
"IPL has evolved into a uniting force in world cricket and signalled a new era in sports entertainment over the past three seasons. The IPL Awards is the crowning jewel and a fitting event to recognise the best of this season's breathtaking tournament," said IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi.
The critics' choice awards will be adjudged by the IPL Awards Jury, comprising Lalit Modi, cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara and Javagal Srinath, well-known umpire Simon Taufel, and cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle.
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