Special page | Schedule | Squads Even though one cannot really compare the opening ceremony of an ICC Cricket World Cup with events like Olympic or even football, it has to be admitted that those of cricket’s biggest event have somehow remained dull mostly. The opening ceremony of the 1999 World Cup, the last time it was held in England, was also an unimpressive one with lots of smoke and haziness blurring the clarity on a cloudy day. The opening ceremony of the 2019 World Cup saw inclusion of some interesting bits like former cricketers and celebrities teaming up to represent their respective countries to score runs, yet the overall it looked chaotic. Andrew Flintoff did his best to anchor the show, but he seemed fitter to do the jersey-waving job after castling Javagal Srinath in Mumbai in 2002. Was Sourav Ganguly around? The only relief that this opening ceremony brought is that it officially started the tournament the world was eagerly waiting for. Far too many predictions and opinions have come out analysing the event and the only thing that was left was the beginning of the tournament. Now it has started and all that was futuristic will now…