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.

BCCI Implements New Rule For Team India Players: A 5-match T20 series is being played between India and South Africa. Before this, Team India has also played a series of 2 Test and 3 ODI matches with the South African team. At the same time, now the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken a big decision during the T20 series. BCCI has issued a new order for the players of ODI and T20 team, under which, all the players of ‘White Ball Format’ will have to play at least 2-2 matches in an important domestic tournament and this rule will be applicable for junior as well as senior players.

BCCI issued orders for players

According to media reports, BCCI, taking a big decision, has issued an order for all the players of India’s ODI and T20 team. In this order, all the players have been asked to play at least two matches in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. This decision has been taken to maintain the match fitness of the players and to strengthen domestic cricket. Vijay Hazare Trophy is an important domestic List A tournament of Indian cricket, which is going to start from December 24, 2025. This decision has been taken especially keeping in mind those senior players who have not been able to play domestic cricket for a long time due to international schedules. Under this rule of BCCI, whenever a central contract player is free from national duty, it will be mandatory for him to participate in the domestic tournament. With this, not only will the players be able to practice matches continuously, but young players of domestic cricket will also get a chance to learn from their seniors.

Rohit-Virat will also take part in Vijay Hazare Trophy

This year, Vijay Hazare Trophy i.e. List-A tournament is going to run from December 24, 2025 to January 18, 2026, in which Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are scheduled to play. Because Virat has already informed Delhi Cricket Association about his availability. According to reports, he is going to play two matches. At the same time, Virat played his last match in Vijay Hazare Trophy 16 years ago in 2010. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma will also be seen playing in this tournament. Rohit last played in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on October 17, 2010.