The batting legend Virat Kohli has started the drills for his very demanded return to the Vijay Hazare Trophy when he will be the Delhi’s representative in the 202526 edition of the top one, day domestic tournament in India. On Friday (December 18) Kohli was announced as one of the Delhi squad members, marking the first time he played in this tournament since 2010.
The Vijay Hazare Trophy is from December 24 to January 18, and short clips shared by different social media users inform that the 37, year, old right, hander is practicing a lot in the nets. Kohli is anticipated to be in the Delhi Rishabh Pant, led team for at least two matches.
Kohli’s last competitive match was on December 6 when he was playing for India in an ODI against South Africa in Visakhapatnam and he managed to score an unbeaten half, century. His return to first, class cricket is really a good move at a difficult moment, as the Vijay Hazare Trophy will be a perfect warm, up for India’s next three, match ODI series against New Zealand starting in Vadodara on January 11.
The former India captain was in outstanding form during his most recent ODI assignment against South Africa, where he struck centuries in the first two matches of the series before finishing with an unbeaten fifty in the final game.
Pant to Lead Delhi
Delhi’s local squad for the 202526 Vijay Hazare Trophy will be helmed by Rishabh Pant. Besides Pant and Kohli, Delhi have a great team full of both the goldern and the promising ones Ishant Sharma, Harshit Rana, Navdeep Saini, Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Priyansh Arya, Nitish Rana, Simarjeet Singh, Anuj Rawat, and Sarthak Ranjan.
The team from Delhi will kickoff their Group D matches on December 24 against Andhra Pradesh, a side that will be captained by India all, rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. After that, They have games against Gujarat and Saurashtra (December 29), Odisha (December 31), Services (January 3), Railways (January 6), and Haryana (January 8) left in the schedule.
Rohit Sharma to Feature Briefly for Mumbai
Meanwhile, World No. 1 ODI player Rohit Sharma was also selected for Mumbai’s Vijay Hazare Trophy squad which is led by Shardul Thakur. However Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has confirmed that Rohit will not play more than two games in the tournament.
The most notable thing is that Yashasvi Jaiswal Suryakumar Yadav as well as Shivam Dube were left out of the Mumbai team, and Shreyas Iyer was unable to participate in selection due to an injury.
With the senior India players returning for cricket in India The Vijay Hazare Trophy promises high-quality competition as well as crucial preparation for an exciting international calendar.
