IPL 2025: Virat Kohli and Harpreet Brar's stump mic moment goes viral; fans decode chat, quote him saying, 'It has been 20 years..."
Amid Royal Challengers Bengaluru's victory in the 37th match against Rajasthan Royals, a stump mic conversation between Virat Kohli and PBKS's pacer Harpreet Brar during the match is going viral on social media.

The nail-biting 37th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) turned out to be a poor batting effort on PBKS's side, but for RCB, the partnership between batting icon Virat Kohli and Rajat Padikkal kept the hopes of the RCB fans. Amid this, a stump mic conversation between Virat Kohli and PBKS's pacer Harpreet Brar during the match is going viral on social media.
In a short clip, Virat Kohli and Brar are spotted having a conversation in Punjabi, and fans are left on the edge to understand the meaning of the conversation. Netizens on X (formerly called Twitter) have different viewpoints on the same.
According to CricketGyan, Kohli said to Brar, "20 saal ho gaye mujhe yaha, tere coach ko bhi. Ache se jaanta hu mai. Aise hi stump todi jaata hai tu haath kamzor hogye hai ab tere (translated from Punjabi)." (It has been 20 years; I even know your coach. I know it very well. This is how stumps are broken; your hands have become weak now. (In English).
Fans react to the stump mic conversation between Kohli and Brar
As soon as the clip of the conversation surfaced on social media, fans had their own perceptions about the conversation. Some also want to understand what Kohli really said to Brar.
Virat Kohli To Harpreet Brar ? #PBKSvRCB pic.twitter.com/p1CiVYPsw9
¡ª Utsav Jadav (@utszv) April 20, 2025
One said on X, "Kohli to Harpreet Brar " It's been 20 years , I even know your coach."
Kohli to Harpreet Brar " it's been 20 years, I even know your coach."
¡ª Utsav Jadav (@utszv) April 20, 2025
While another jokingly wrote, "Kohli to Harpreet Brar " it's been 20 years, I even know your coach." Bach gya panga ho jata abhi ?"
Kohli to Harpreet Brar " it's been 20 years, I even know your coach."
¡ª Suman (@sumansingh1992_) April 20, 2025
Bach gya panga ho jata abhi ?#ViratKohli #PBKSvsRCB pic.twitter.com/dy47tgkBTk
"Tere ipl matches se zyada toh meri half centuries h ipl me" ??"
"But why did he say that?," one question.
But why did he say that?
¡ª Sandeep (@VK_Stan18) April 20, 2025
Virat Kohli breaks David Warner's all-time record
The former captain of RCB may have retired from T20IS, but he is still a threat in the shortest form. King Kohli started the IPL 2025 season with an unbeaten half-century.
Credit: X
Kohli scored his third fifty, and with this, he becomes the batter with the most fifty-plus scores in the IPL. He had tied with David Warner after scoring an unbeaten 62 against the Rajasthan Royals.
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