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Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Virat Kohli picked Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Jasprit Bumrah and his India teammate as the toughest bowler he ever faced ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Kohli, who is currently preparing for the upcoming edition of the tournament, said that there is no doubt that Bumrah is the best bowler in the world in all formats of the game.
However, Bumrah is currently on the road to recovery from the injuries he got in Australia during the fifth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The speedster missed the Champions Trophy due to injury and now there are chances that he will most likely miss the initial stage of the cash-rich league.
Kohli faced Bumrah in 16 innings where he scored 140 runs with a strike rate of 147.36 including 15 fours and five maximums. Bumrah has managed to dismiss Kohli five times out of their 16 face-offs.
In a video shared by Kohli's IPL franchise RCB, the batting great said that Bumrah is the toughest bowler he ever faced. Here is the clip.
"No doubt about the fact that Jasprit is the best bowler in the world, all the formats. He's gotten me out a few times in the IPL, I've successfully got into the IPL. So whenever I say things, like, okay, it's going to be fun. Because we don't get to do that in the nets. Even in the nets, it's like playing a match. The intensity is like we play a match in the IPL. We're always like, every ball is like a mind game," said Kohli in a video shared by RCB.
Both Kohli and Bumrah will again face each other in the upcoming edition of the IPL which is scheduled to start from March 22. RCB will face defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the tournament opener. MI and RCB will lock horns against each other on April 7 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. There are chances that Bumrah will join the squad before the high-voltage clash
