The upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to commence within a month and the mind games have already begun. Players, who have spent a long time together with their national squads, will now be locking horns with each other. One such case is that of Jasprit Bumrah, who will be key for Mumbai Indians (MI) this season, and Virat Kohli, captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
In a promotional video for IPL 2019 posted by the tournament’s official Twitter handle, Bumrah was seen throwing down the gauntlet to Kohli. In the 25-second video, Jasprit said: “World ka best bowler nahi yaar. Abhi toh world ke best batsman ke dande udaana baaki hai. Aa raha hoon Cheeku bhaiyya, aur iss baar, aap meri team mein bhi nahi rahenge.”
The World's Best Bowler vs The World's Best Batsman. Who will come out winning? @mipaltan's @Jaspritbumrah93 or @RCBTweets's @imVkohli – Bring it on 😎🤙 #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/wFVN9cgptD
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 24, 2019
Bumrah, though, will have to wait for his chance to come up against Virat.
The IPL 2019 will start on March 23 with MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) locking horns with Kohli’s RCB in the tournament opener at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. Bumrah’s first shot at taking on Virat Kohli will come on March 28 when Royal Challengers Bangalore host the Mumbai Indians at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
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Last week, IPL released the schedule for the first two weeks, of the 12th season of one of the biggest money-spinners of India. But the schedule is still subject to the announcement of the Lok Sabha 2019 election dates.
A total of 17 matches will be played across the eight home venues of the respective IPL franchises during the two week period. Each team will play a minimum of four games with Delhi Capitals (DC) and five matches with RCB. Every team will play a minimum of two home and two away matches with DC playing three home matches, while RCB will play three away matches.
