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Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer with KKR's IPL 2024 Trophy [Source: @mufaddal_vohra/x.com]
The Indian Premier League is knocking at the doors. We are just a couple of days away from the start of the 18th edition of the tourmament. The Indian fans are gearing up to witness a couple of months of intense and high class cricketing action.
While the teams are in the final stages of their preparations, the captains are expected to meet on 20th March at the BCCI headquarters. As the latest reports by TOI suggests, all the 10 captains will be a part of this event. If this turns out true then it will be the first time that all the captains will meet at the BCCI headquarters before the start of an IPL edition.
Defending Champions To Host The Opening Ceremony Of IPL 2025
Kolkata Knight Riders will enter the tournament as the defending champions. The first match of the tournament will feature the Knights under their new leader Ajinkya Rahane and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
The opening ceremony for this year's tournament will be held at the home ground of the Knight Riders, the prestigious Eden Gardens. As per the latest reports, the opening ceremeony is expected to be graced by some of the biggest names in Indian entertainment world like Shahrukh Khan, Arijit Singh, Disha Patani and many more.
Fans React To The Upcoming Hype
The Indian fans were seen reacting to the news very entusiastically. While one of the fans commented what the purpose of this visit it, another was seen stating that this is the first time all the IPL captains are meeting in the BCCI headquarters.
"For what" - @SaddamSadu2__
"Great news! Nice to see all captains together before the beginning" - @innocentamna12
"I think this has never happened before,this is for the first time all captains are invited to BCCI'S headquarters for meeting "- @cricketmicrosc
Looking at all the hype around the captain's meet one can easily anticipate the excitement within the fans. With each growing year the following of IPL increases and it is expected to boom even more with the upcoming editions.
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