Musician Shankar Mahadevan and his sons performed a musical tribute to the Indian armed forces at the IPL 2025 closing ceremony at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad before the RCB vs PBKS match on Tuesday. The IPL was rescheduled due to Operation Sindoor, India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack.Shankar was joined by his sons Siddharth and Shivam for this special performance at the closing ceremony.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“See you at the FINAL tomorrow. What an honour this is !!!! #IPLFINAL #TRIBUTE #SSSLIVE #IPL,” Shivam wrote on Instagram.Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7, resulted in the elimination of over 100 terrorists from groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen.Pakistan responded with cross-border shelling across the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir, along with attempted drone attacks along border regions.
Scenes from the IPL 2025 closing ceremony. (Image: Screenshot)
India then launched a coordinated attack, damaging radar infrastructure, communication centres, and airfields across 11 Pakistani airbases.An understanding of cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan was announced on May 10.The IPL 2025 tournament was suspended for one week due to the tensions between the two nations.The matches resumed from May 17 across six venues, with the final being rescheduled from May 25 to June 3.
