"Experience Isn't Sold": Ajinkya Rahane's Bold Statement In Captains' Shoot, Rishabh Pant And Shreyas Say This

The IPL 2025 is here. This time all teams bear a fresh look with quite a few teams having a new captain. Royal Challengers Bengaluru face Kolkata Knight Riders in Eden Gardens in the IPL 2025 opener. Both teams have a new captain Rajat Patidar and Ajinkya Rahane. Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants all have new captains. Ahead of the IPL 2025 opener, all the 10 captains assembled in Mumbai. 

All the skippers gave their take on the IPL 2025 with one-lines. Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer said: "You saw me lifting this in 2024 and in 2025, it's going to stay with me." Iyer was the KKR captain in Il 2024 when it won the title. 

"Five's iconic but it's not enough," Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya.  

 "Experience isn't sold in the market, it is earned," KKR's new skipper Ajinkya Rahane said. 

"Fear? I have never experienced it," Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant said.

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Each leader brings a unique strategy, but only one will win the #TATAIPL 2025 title pic.twitter.com/Y7yZOa1Dxr

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Ajinkya Rahane expressed happiness on returning to the franchise and added that with everyone being on the "same page", the title defence will be a great one for the franchise. The star-studded squad of the Kolkata Knight Riders were presented to their doting fans on the stage of the Knights Unplugged 2.0 event, held at Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan on Wednesday. This comes ahead of the IPL 2025, before the side's highly-anticipated opening clash against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

A sea of over 5,000 passionate fans gathered in purple and gold to witness their cricketing heroes up close, igniting an