JOHANNESBURG: A colourful inaugural ceremony of the Twenty20 Cricket World Championship was held in Johannesburg. The championship is going to be held under the International Cricket Council (ICC) in South Africa during September.
Artists also participated in the inaugural ceremony whereas captain of South Africa Graeme Smith came at stage riding on a motorcycle.
The ICC officials are hopeful that by staging the Twenty20 World Cup, the game of cricket will again attract to people who seemed disheartened after the World Cup 2007