Today was the second match of all the teams in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. Virat Kohli, who scored a century in the last match, again played a brilliant inning today, but Rohit Sharma’s bat did not work today. Rohit had scored a century in the last match, today he got out on his first ball. Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Shorey are those players who have scored centuries in both the initial matches.

Virat Kohli

Delhi player Virat Kohli had scored 131 runs against Andhra in the last match. Today he played an inning of 77 runs against Gujarat at the BCCI Center of Excellence. In this innings played in 61 balls, Kohli hit 1 six and 13 fours. Before the start of the tournament, there was news that Kohli would play only 2 matches.

Rohit Sharma

On Kohli’s side, there was similar news about Rohit Sharma that he will play the first two matches for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Today was the second match, in which Rohit was caught out on his very first ball. In the last match, Rohit had scored 155 runs in 94 balls against Sikkim, in which he hit 9 sixes and 18 fours. Rohit was chosen player of the match.

Rishabh Pant

Delhi captain Rishabh Pant played a half-century innings against Gujarat today, he scored 70 runs in 79 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 8 fours. Pant had scored only 5 runs against Sikkim in the last match.

Rinku Singh

Uttar Pradesh captain Rinku Singh played an unbeaten inning of 106 runs against Chandigarh today. Rinku played with a strike rate of 176.67 and hit 4 sixes and 11 fours in this stormy innings. Rinku had scored 67 runs against Hyderabad in the last match.

Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Shorey scored second century

Devdutt Padikkal, playing for Karnataka, had scored 147 runs in the first match against Jharkhand, today he also scored a century against Kerala. Padikkal scored 124 runs in 137 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 12 fours. After 2-2 matches, he is the top-run scorer in the tournament. He has scored 271 runs in 2 matches.

Vidarbha batsman Dhruv Shorey also scored a century today, he scored unbeaten 109 runs in the match against Hyderabad. In the last match, he had scored 136 runs against Bengal. He is the second highest run scorer of the tournament.

Karun Nair

Karnataka batsman Karun Nair played an unbeaten inning of 130 runs against Kerala today, for which he was adjudged player of the match. In the last match against Jharkhand, he had scored only 29 runs.

Deepraj Gaunkar

Goa’s all-rounder player Deepraj Gaunkar scored 71 runs against Himachal today and also took 5 wickets. Goa won by 8 wickets and Deepraj got the Player of the Match award. In the last match also he had taken 4 wickets against Chhattisgarh. He is currently the highest wicket taker in this edition.

Mohammed Shami

Today Bengal’s match was with Baroda, in which Bengal was able to score only 205 runs while batting first. The target was small, but Mohammed Shami gave a good start to the team by taking a wicket in the third over itself. He dismissed Mitesh Patel on the score of 11, however after this Shami could not take any wicket. He took 1 wicket for 42 runs in 9 overs.

Delhi has registered its second consecutive win in Vijay Hazare Trophy. On 26 December, Delhi defeated Gujarat by 7 runs. Virat Kohli made an important contribution to Delhi’s victory by playing a half-century inning of 77 runs in this match. In this match played in Bengaluru, Delhi had scored 254 runs in the stipulated 50 overs while playing first. In reply, Gujarat team was all out for 247 runs.

This is Delhi’s second consecutive win in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. Earlier, it had defeated Andhra by 4 wickets, in which Virat Kohli played a century of 131 runs. Virat has shown his excellent form by scoring 208 runs in only 2 matches of the current season. Apart from him, Rishabh Pant played an inning of 70 runs and helped Delhi reach a respectable score.

Chasing the target of 255 runs, Gujarat got a good start for Gujarat by making an opening partnership of 67 runs with Arya Desai and Urvil Patel. After Patel and Arya, Abhishek Desai also got a good start, but Gujarat’s two top order batsmen could not play big innings. Arya scored 57 runs. At one time the team had scored 125 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.

Saurav Chauhan scored 49 runs and Vishal Jaiswal also played a brilliant inning of 26 runs at a crucial juncture, but could not save Gujarat from a 7-run defeat. After winning 2 consecutive matches, Delhi has now reached the top of the points table of Group D. So far, Delhi is the only team in Group D, which has won both its matches. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli was going to play only 2 matches for Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy, he will not be seen playing in the next match.

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The Indian team has been announced for the 2026 T20 World Cup, due to which the exclusion of Shubman Gill was much talked about. Now former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has prepared a squad for the T20 World Cup of those players who have not been selected in the original squad of the World Cup. The surprising thing is that Chopra has also kept Shubman Gill out of his 13-member squad. Besides, he has also prepared an alternative playing eleven for the World Cup.

Aakash Chopra handed over the responsibility of opening to Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rituraj Gaikwad. Akash believes that Gaikwad is an excellent batsman, on the other hand, according to him, it is unfortunate that Jaiswal has been dropped from the team despite his explosive batting and being in form. He has also selected KL Rahul, he can also be seen as an opening option.

Shreyas Iyer captain, this batsman in middle order

Aakash Chopra made Shreyas Iyer the captain. He has included 3 wicketkeeper batsmen in his squad in the form of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Jitesh Sharma. Jitesh had made the most of the opportunities he got in the recent T20 series against Australia and South Africa, yet he did not get a place in the actual World Cup squad. Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan have been selected as wicketkeepers in the real World Cup squad. He has handed over the role of fast bowling all-rounder to Nitish Kumar Reddy. Krunal Pandya will play the role of spin bowling all-rounder in his team.

Return of veteran among bowlers

In the alternate squad for the T20 World Cup 2026, Aakash Chopra has selected Yuzvendra Chahal as the main spinner, who has not played any international match for Team India after August 2023. Apart from Deepak Chahar and Mohammad Siraj, he has selected Bhuvneshwar Kumar for fast bowling. Kumar has 90 wickets in T20, but he has not played any T20 match for the Indian team after November 2022. At the same time, Mohammed Shami, who is out of Team India, has also been given a place in the team by Aakash Chopra.

Aakash Chopra’s alternate squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rishabh Pant, Jitesh Sharma, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

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South Africa’s Test and ODI captain Temba Bavuma has made a big revelation about Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. Bavuma told that Pant and Bumrah had apologized for making controversial comments regarding his height. Also, the South African captain admitted that his coach Shukri Conrad Comments like ‘bringing India to its knees’ should have been avoided.

Let us tell you that the South African team had come to India for a series of two Tests, three ODIs and five T20 International matches. Here South Africa won the test series after 25 years. However, the visiting team had to face defeat in the ODI and T20 series.

temba Bavuma wrote in his column on ‘ESPNcricinfo’, ,I know there was an incident with me, where he said something about me in his own language. but at the end of the dayno players Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah came and apologized Was.,

Bavuma has He mentioned the incident that took place during the first Test in Kolkata, in which Bumrah and Pant commented on his stature. Them Said ‘dwarf’. He said, ,When the apology was given I didn’t know what it was about. I had not heard it at that time and I had to talk to my media manager about it.,

Bavuma has Ahead Said, ,which happens on the field, and Remains on the field, but you don’t forget what was said. You use it as motivation, but there is no animosity..,

Temba Bavuma led Talked about Conrad’s comments during the second Test in Guwahati, in which the coach had said that the visiting team wanted to bring the Indian team to its knees. Conrad later apologized and Bavuma said he also felt his coach should have used better words.

A tsunami is going to come in Indian domestic cricket from tomorrow, because the List-A tournament Vijay Hazare Tournament will start from 24th December. Many star players of Team India including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be seen playing in this tournament. Especially with the arrival of Virat and Rohit, the discussion about Vijay Hazare Trophy is in full swing.

A total of 38 teams are participating in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 season, a total of 135 matches will be played in the tournament, which will run from 24 December to 18 January. These teams have been divided into four groups of seven teams each, while 6 teams have been divided into plate groups. A total of 16 matches will be played in the tournament on the very first day. Know which star players will be seen in action tomorrow.

Which stars will play on the first day?

A total of 16 matches will be played on the first day in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Virat Kohli will play for Delhi team, whose match will be with Andhra. Rishabh Pant and fast bowler Ishant Sharma will also be seen playing for the Delhi team. Delhi team will be full of big stars, because another fast bowler Navdeep Saini will also play for the same team.

Whereas Rohit Sharma will play for Mumbai team, whose first match will be with Sikkim. Venkatesh Iyer is the captain of Madhya Pradesh team in this upcoming tournament, on the other hand, India’s veteran fast bowler Mohammed Shami will be seen playing for Bengal team. Ishan Kishan, selected in the Indian squad for T20 World Cup 2026, will captain the Jharkhand team.

KL Rahul (Karnataka), Sanju Samson (Kerala), Hardik Pandya (Baroda), Krunal Pandya (Baroda), Shubman Gill (Punjab), Abhishek Sharma (Punjab), Arshdeep Singh (Punjab), all these star players will be seen in action in the Vijay Hazare Trophy tomorrow.

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Schedule for December 24

• Delhi vs Andhra
• Mumbai vs Sikkim
• punjab vs maharashtra
• Puducherry vs Tamil Nadu
• Madhya Pradesh becomes Rajasthan
• Jharkhand vs Karnataka
• Kerala vs Tripura
• Chandigarh vs Jammu and Kashmir
• Assam vs Baroda
• Hyderabad vs Uttar Pradesh
• Bengal vs Vidarbha
• Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand
• Chhattisgarh vs Goa
• Odisha vs Saurashtra
• Haryana vs Railways
• Gujarat vs Services
• Arunachal Pradesh vs Bihar
• Manipur vs Nagaland
• Meghalaya vs Mizoram

Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli Play In The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: There is great news for Indian domestic cricket that Team India’s legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be seen playing in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. Rohit Sharma has been included in the Mumbai squad and will be available for the team’s first two matches, this has been confirmed by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).

Former Team India captain Rohit Sharma will join the Shardul Thakur-led side in Jaipur, where Mumbai have been placed in elite Group C. Virat Kohli has confirmed his availability for the initial matches of Delhi. Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has included the star batsman in the team for the initial rounds. Where Rishabh Pant has been made the captain and Ayush Badoni has been made the vice-captain. Delhi’s matches will be played in Bengaluru.

Rohit-Virat will practice before New Zealand series

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 is going to start from December 24, 2025. The league stage matches of this tournament will run till January 8, 2026, after which there will be knockout matches and the final will be played on January 18 in Bengaluru. After retirement from Test and T20, Rohit and Virat now play only ODI cricket for India. Rohit and Virat are playing this tournament for important match practice before the home ODI series against New Zealand starting from January 11, 2026.

How much money do you get for playing Vijay Hazare Trophy?

To play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, players get per match fees based on their List A experience. Players who play 41 or more List A matches get Rs 60,000, those who play 21-40 matches get Rs 50,000 and those who play 0-20 matches get Rs 40,000 per match. So reserve players are paid half of these amounts.

How much will Rohit-Virat earn from Vijay Hazare Trophy?

Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has played more than 40 List A matches, hence he will get Rs 60,000 per match. Virat can play three matches for Delhi, in such a situation he can earn a total of Rs 1.80 lakh in Vijay Hazare Trophy. The per match fee for Rohit Sharma will also be the same as for Virat. Rohit will play two matches for Mumbai, so he will earn Rs 1.20 lakh in this tournament.

The year 2025 may have been very bad for the Indian Test team, but Team India has achieved a lot of success in ODI and T20 matches. This year India has won the Champions Trophy and Asia Cup titles. Meanwhile, many players have set new personal records. Before the cricket world enters the new year i.e. 2026, know here who was the most successful Indian batsman this year in Test, ODI and T20?

India’s most successful batsman in 2025 in all three formats

India’s most successful batsman in the year 2025 has been Shubman Gill. Gill, who has not got a place in the Indian squad for T20 World Cup 2026. Gill has played a total of 35 matches in all three formats this year, in which he has 1764 runs in his name. Gill is also the highest run scorer in the world this year. This year Gill has scored 983 runs in Test, 490 runs in ODI and 291 runs in T20.

KL Rahul is in second place in terms of scoring the most international runs for India in 2025, with 1180 runs scored in 24 matches this year. Yashasvi Jaiswal is at number-3 in this list, who has scored 916 runs while playing 14 international matches this year. T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav has proved to be a flop this year, hence his name is not included in this list by any means. Ravindra Jadeja has scored 870 runs this year.

• 1764 runs – Shubman Gill
• 1180 runs – KL Rahul
• 916 runs – Yashasvi Jaiswal
• 870 runs – Ravindra Jadeja
• 859 runs – Abhishek Sharma
• 674 runs – Virat Kohli
• 650 runs – Rohit Sharma
• 629 runs – Rishabh Pant
• 586 runs – Washington Sundar
• 567 runs – Tilak Verma

Shubman Gill is jointly at first place with Joe Root in terms of scoring most centuries this year. Both have scored 7 centuries this year. In the list of Indians, next comes Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 centuries) and then Virat Kohli (3 centuries).

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Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-2026 edition is going to start from 24th December. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant will be in action on the first day. A total of 19 matches will be played on the first day. The squads of all the teams have arrived, know which big players will be seen playing in this tournament.

There will be a first group stage in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Delhi is in Group D, Mumbai is in Group C. There are 8 teams each in Group A, B, C and D. There are 6 teams in the plate group. A total of 38 teams are included in the tournament, between which 135 matches will be played. Talking about the format, first there will be round robin and then knockout stage. Its final will be played on 18 January.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play 2 matches

Virat Kohli will be seen playing in Vijay Hazare Trophy after 15 years, he last played in this tournament in 2010. Rohit Sharma is playing in this tournament after 7 years. Virat Kohli has started practicing, while Rohit Sharma has reached Jaipur. Mumbai’s matches will be held in Jaipur. According to the report, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play only the first 2 matches for their respective teams. Both will be part of the ODI series against New Zealand, which will start from January 11.

Will Shubman Gill play?

Indian Test and ODI team captain Shubman Gill has been kept out of the T20 World Cup 2026, due to his form. Meanwhile, he has been included in Punjab’s squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. If his team goes to the next round, he will also not be able to play, because the ODI series against New Zealand is starting from January 11.

These star players including Rishabh Pant, Prasidh Krishna will also play

Abhishek Sharma (Punjab), Arshdeep Singh (Punjab), S Bharat (Andhra), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Andhra), Jitesh Sharma (Baroda), Hardik Pandya (Baroda), Krunal Pandya (Baroda), Akash Deep (Bengal), Mohammed Shami (Bengal), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar), Sarfaraz Khan (Mumbai), Shardul Thakur (Mumbai), Rahul Chahar (Rajasthan), Khalil Big players like Ahmed (Rajasthan) etc. will also play in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26.

The T20 World Cup 2026 match will be held between India and Sri Lanka in February, for which BCCI announced the team on Saturday. Ishan Kishan returned to the 15-member team under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, who last played T20 International in 2023. Vice-captain Shubhman Gill has been dropped because his form was going bad for some time. But if we talk about the dropped players, they too can form a playing 11 that can give competition to any team.

If the playing 11 is made of the players who were not selected in the team, then it will be such that you will also think that this team can defeat anyone. This also testifies that India’s future in cricket is bright. Let us choose the playing 11 of such players.

Gill captain, Yashasvi’s opening partner

Shubman Gill can be the captain of this team, who is also the vice-captain of the national team. However, due to poor form, he was left out of the T20 World Cup squad. Yashasvi Jaiswal can start the innings with Gill, who has the ability to hit big shots from the first ball.

Rishabh Pant wicket keeper, Jitesh also included

In the last few matches, an experiment was also done in the national team, both the wicketkeepers were played. One of them was Jitesh Sharma, who has been with the team for a long time but could not make his place at the last moment. In the playing 11 of the players not selected, KL Rahul can be included at number three, Jitesh Sharma at number four and Rishabh Pant can be included as wicket keeper at number five.

2 experienced fast bowlers in the form of Shami and Siraj

Talking about all-rounders, Shardul Thakur and Nitish Kumar Reddy can be included in this playing 11. Reddy, who made his debut in October last year, played his last T20 International in January 2025. Chahal and Ravi Bishnoi can be the two spinners, Chahal is a very experienced bowler but he is not able to make a comeback in the national team.

Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami are being included as two fast bowlers, who have a lot of experience. However, Harbhajan Singh said during live on JioHotstar that Siraj should be prepared, he can get a chance any time. His reference was to the replacement of a player if he gets injured, that if someone is out then BCCI can look at him as an alternative.

Playing 11 of players not selected

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal
2. Shubman Gill (Captain)
3. KL Rahul
4. Jitesh Sharma
5. Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper)
6. Nitish Kumar Reddy
7. Shardul Thakur
8. Yuzvendra Chahal
9. Ravi Bishnoi
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Mohammad Siraj.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been a big platform not only for batsmen and bowlers but also for wicketkeepers. This league, which started in 2008, has made many great keepers stars. Lightning-fast stumpings behind the wicket, flying catches and dismissals that change the course of the match, all this has been an important part of the thrill of IPL. Now if we talk about the wicketkeepers who have given the most dismissals, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is still at the top in this list.

m s dhoni

MS Dhoni, who has played for Chennai Super Kings and Rising Pune Supergiants, has made a total of 201 dismissals in the IPL so far. These include 154 catches and 47 stumpings. This figure of 278 matches in his name shows his experience and class. His decisions behind the wicket and lightning-like speed are still an example for the youth.

Dinesh Karthik

RCB’s experienced keeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has been one of the most reliable wicketkeepers of the IPL. He has made 174 dismissals in 257 matches. His consistency and fitness have kept him the first choice for different teams over the years.

Wriddhiman Saha

Wriddhiman Saha, who has played for Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad for a long time, is at third place in the list. He has made 113 dismissals in 170 matches. Which includes 87 catches and 26 stumpings. Saha’s average (0.758) is better than both Karthik and Dhoni, which shows his effective keeping.

Rishabh Pant

The most special name in the list is Rishabh Pant. Pant, who made his IPL debut in 2016, has played only 125 matches so far, but he has made 101 dismissals. His dismissal rate is 0.878 per innings, which is the highest in the top-5. 101 dismissals in just 115 innings, shows that Pant can reach the top of the list in the future.

Robin Uthappa

Robin Uthappa may not have been a full-time keeper, but he did wicketkeeping in the initial years of his career. In IPL, he has made 90 dismissals in 114 innings while playing for CSK, KKR and many other teams and is at fifth position in this list.