The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Virat Kohli are having a tremendous season in the coveted IPL 2025. Notably, the team is on a fantastic run right now. The team’s leading run scorer is once again the renowned opening batsman.
Having dominated several of the best bowlers in his career, Virat is without a doubt one of the best batters in modern cricket. But one question never goes away: Which bowler has the Indian cricketing legend faced the most hard?
During a media appearance, a fan posed this intriguing query, and the RCB legend responded by naming the bowlers he thought were the hardest in each game style. In Test matches, Virat Kohli brought up the renowned English pacer James Anderson; in T20 cricket, he highlighted Sunil Narine; and in 50-over cricket, he named Lasith Malinga and Adil Rashid.
The hardest bowler I’ve encountered? I’ve faced many hurdles from many people. James Anderson of England was by far the hardest in Test cricket. I believe that Sunil Narine has been a very hard player to pick in T20 cricket for a constant period of 15 years. I can’t, but this man (who is referring to Rajat Patidar) strikes him for fun. I think (Lasith) Malinga was fairly good at one-day cricket; he was challenging to deal with. During the media appearance, Kohli stated, “Adil Rashid is excellent, from England—probably the toughest ODI spinner that I have faced.”
Watch the viral interview of Virat Kohli here:
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫?
There’s one in each format! Here’s what he had to say at the @qatarairways meet and greet. 👀 pic.twitter.com/HGdfqvQuGA
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) May 3, 2025
Speaking of Virat Kohli’s performance so far this season: in the ten games he has played, he has scored 443 runs at an average of 63.28 and a strike rate of 138.87. He has scored six half-centuries this season. With these performances, he has achieved his 11th 400+ run season—more than any other player in IPL history.
