We were not permitted to take cameras in with us, so I took a few pictures with my mobile phone camera. We got there quite early and managed to get reasonably decent seats. We paid about £12 for our seats which were basically plastic chairs on the stand. The cheaper seats didnt event have chairs - they were just sat on the concrete.
The sponsors (Kingfisher) are considering getting into F1 racing and there was a racing car on the stands to our right.
The pictch started to get flooded with smoke and we couldnt quite work out why this was.
By the time it started getting dark, the stadium had really filled up.
We were told there would be some kind of opening ceremony - someone mentioned that Shilpa Shetty (celebrity Big Brother winner) would be there, so we were just expecting a speech and perhaps a song from Shilpa Shetty, but some famous singer started singing a few tunes from the stage above the F1 car. Just after that, some guys marched out onto the pitch, picked up some instruments and started playing music and then we found out the reason for the smoke machine! The light show was pretty amazing!
After a few minutes, some people on stilts came out, all dressed up with batons twirling.
After that, some girls in large clear balls came out and started doing gymnastics inside the balls. It was pretty cool!
Directly in front of us, a rope dropped from the top of the balcony above us and after a few minutes, a girl shot up in the air attached to the ribbons and started doing all these different kinds of tricks. She was not attached to a safety rope which made is even more amazing.
I looked around the stadium and realised that this was happening all around the stadium. All the acrobats were pulling the same tricks in time to the music and it was really amazing to watch.
After a few minutes, some people on stilts came out, all dressed up with batons twirling.
After that, some girls in large clear balls came out and started doing gymnastics inside the balls. It was pretty cool!
Directly in front of us, a rope dropped from the top of the balcony above us and after a few minutes, a girl shot up in the air attached to the ribbons and started doing all these different kinds of tricks. She was not attached to a safety rope which made is even more amazing.I looked around the stadium and realised that this was happening all around the stadium. All the acrobats were pulling the same tricks in time to the music and it was really amazing to watch. When the acrobats finished, the lights went down and a laser show started.
After the laser show, the acrobats went back up on their ribbons we had some more lights, then the fireworks went off. 
To finish off, all the captains of each of the IPL teams were introduced and the crowd was going wild when certain names were mentioned - no idea who they were though!
After the show, the two teams got onto the pitch and had a quick warm up before starting the game.
The opening ceremony was really amazing! It was similar to an olympic opening ceremony. The cricket match was quite good as well. Bangalore got hammered - the Knight Riders scored the highest ever score in a Twenty20 game and then bowled Bangalore all out. It was good, but I dont think I'd make a regular habit of going to watch the matches, but I loved the opening ceremony - if they do a closing ceremony, I might be tempted to go along!
To finish off, all the captains of each of the IPL teams were introduced and the crowd was going wild when certain names were mentioned - no idea who they were though!After the show, the two teams got onto the pitch and had a quick warm up before starting the game.The opening ceremony was really amazing! It was similar to an olympic opening ceremony. The cricket match was quite good as well. Bangalore got hammered - the Knight Riders scored the highest ever score in a Twenty20 game and then bowled Bangalore all out. It was good, but I dont think I'd make a regular habit of going to watch the matches, but I loved the opening ceremony - if they do a closing ceremony, I might be tempted to go along!