Virat Kohli is all set to play in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-2026. Kohli has informed his decision to Rohan Jaitley, President of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). Let us tell you that Virat last played Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2010, which means his return to this tournament is going to happen after one and a half decade.

Virat Kohli wants to play in the ODI World Cup to be held in 2027, for this he is making a comeback in the 50-over domestic tournament. He has informed the Delhi team about his availability, which has been confirmed by DDCA President Rohan Jaitley.

DDCA President Rohan Jaitley told Cricbuzz, “Yes it is true, he has informed about his availability.” Although it is difficult that Kohli will play in all the matches of the tournament. The Vijay Hazare Trophy will start from 24th December and will continue till 18th January. Delhi’s first match is with Andhra on 24 December.

A few days ago a report said that Virat Kohli does not want to play Vijay Hazare Trophy. Kohli had said after the first ODI between India and South Africa played in Ranchi that all my cricket has been mental and I do not believe in too much preparation. As long as I mentally feel like I can play the game, I work very hard physically every day of my life. This has nothing to do with cricket now. This is my way of living.

Virat Kohli’s performance in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Virat Kohli last played in the 2009–10 edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, which was played in February–March. His last match was on February 18, 2010.

Kohli has played a total of 14 matches in Vijay Hazare Trophy, in which he has scored 819 runs at a strike rate of 106.08 and an average of 68.25. In this tournament, Kohli has played 4 centuries and 3 half-centuries. Delhi has been placed in Group ‘D’ along with Gujarat, Saurashtra, Services, Railways, Odisha, Andhra and Haryana in the upcoming edition.

Nitish Rana has become the captain of Delhi team. Nitish will be seen captaining the Delhi team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy starting from 26th November. Delhi has been placed in Elite Group D along with Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Saurashta and Tripura. All the matches of Delhi will be played in Ahmedabad. Delhi has become the winner of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy only once so far. It won the title of 2017-18 season under the captaincy of Pradeep Sangwan.

Nitish Rana was playing for Uttar Pradesh for some time, but now he is going to make a comeback in the Delhi team. This will be the first time that Nitish will be captaining the Delhi team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has captained the Delhi team in Ranji Trophy. Let us tell you that he could not play any match in the first phase of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season. Let us tell you that Nitish Rana has also joined Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Delhi has included him in their squad by trading with Rajasthan Royals.

He had earlier captained West Delhi Lions in Delhi Premier League 2025. Under his captaincy, he made the West Delhi Lions team the champion. It is also worth noting that spin bowler Digvesh Rathi has been kept out of the Delhi squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Rathi also had an argument with Nitish Rana during the qualifier match of DPL 2025.

Ishant Sharma is also not in this team, his playing will depend on how quickly he is able to recover from the injury. India A has been eliminated from the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament, hence Suyyash Sharma and Priyansh Arya have also become available for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Delhi Squad: Nitish Rana (captain), Priyansh Arya, Sarthak Ranjan, Ayush Badoni, Arpit Rana, Ayush Doseja, Mayank Rawat, Tejashwi (wicketkeeper), Himmat Singh, Yash Dhull, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Dagar, Yash Bhatia, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Harsh Tyagi, Suyash Sharma, Prince Yadav, Mani Grewal, Rohan Rana, Dhruv Kaushik, Aryan Rana and Vaibhav Kandpal.

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On Monday evening, there was an explosion in a car parked near Red Fort metro station in Delhi. After this incident, the security of Arun Jaitley Stadium has been increased. This stadium is located just a few kilometers away from the Red Fort. The Delhi vs Jammu and Kashmir Ranji Trophy match is currently being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Secretary Ashok Sharma says that he has demanded Delhi Police to increase the security of the ground.

It is being told that so far 13 people have lost their lives in this blast and a large number of people have been injured. The blast took place at the red light near Gate No. 1 of Red Fort metro station.

DDCA Secretary Ashok Sharma said, “Security will be increased near the Arun Jaitley Stadium on the last day of the Delhi vs Jammu and Kashmir Ranji match. I would request the Delhi Police to deploy more security forces at the stadium.”

Investigation is going on regarding the cause of the blast. Let us tell you that a few hours before this blast, 2900 kg of suspected ammonium nitrate was found in Faridabad near Delhi, which is a main ingredient used in preparing explosives. Investigating officers said that a conspiracy was being hatched to carry out a large-scale attack in Delhi through this explosive.

Talking about the Ranji Trophy match, Jammu and Kashmir still have to score 124 more runs to win on the fourth day. Jammu and Kashmir had got the target of 179 runs in the fourth innings, till the end of the third day’s play, they had scored 55 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. Jammu and Kashmir is still 124 runs behind victory.

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