Vidarbha won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: The final match of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 took place between Vidarbha and Saurashtra on Sunday i.e. January 18, 2026. This match was played at the ground of BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. Which Vidarbha won by 38 runs. At the same time, Vidarbha won the title of Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time. Let us tell you that Saurashtra has been the champion of Vijay Hazare Trophy twice. Saurashtra had won the first season of Vijay Hazare Trophy in the year 2008. However, in the title match of 2025-26, Atharva Tide performed brilliantly for Vidarbha in batting and Yash Thakur in bowling. Let us know how was the condition of the title match?

Saurashtra won the toss in the title match

Saurashtra captain Harvik Desai won the toss and decided to bowl first. In such a situation, Vidarbha, batting first, was able to score 317 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Vidarbha’s opening batsman Atharva Tide scored a century and played an excellent inning of 128 runs. Facing 118 balls in his innings, he hit 15 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas, Yash Rathore scored a half-century and scored 54 runs. Which included 2 fours and as many sixes. Apart from this, the third biggest innings was played by Aman Mokhade of 33 runs. Ankur Panwar took 4 wickets for Saurashtra, while Chetan Sakariya and Chirag Jani also took 2 wickets each.

Saurashtra all out for 279 runs in the final

While chasing the target of 318 runs given by Vidarbha, Saurashtra team was limited to 48.5 overs also. Prerak Mankad scored the highest 88 runs for Saurashtra. Mankad had hit 10 fours in his innings. Apart from Prerak Mankad, Chirag Jani also scored a half-century. Facing 63 balls, he played an inning of 64 runs with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas, Yash Thakur was the most successful bowler for Vidarbha. Yash Thakur took 4 wickets for 50 runs in 9.5 overs, while Nachiket Bhute also managed to take 3 wickets. While Darshan Nalkande got 2 wickets. At the same time, captain Harsh Dubey also took 1 wicket.

Virat Kohli Vijay Hazare Trophy Update: Following the instructions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Virat Kohli, who played in the first two matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, performed brilliantly with his bat. Playing for Delhi, Virat scored a century in the first match and a half-century in the second match. After this, DDCA President Rohan Jaitley said that before the ODI series between India and New Zealand, Virat will play one more match in the current season of Vijay Hazare Trophy, which will be played against Railways on Tuesday i.e. January 6, 2026. However, now Delhi coach has confirmed that Kohli will not play in the match against Railways. That means Virat will now be seen directly on the field in the ODI matches against New Zealand.

Virat performed brilliantly in both the matches

Virat Kohli’s decision not to play for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy has been taken at the last moment. This match will be played today i.e. on 6th January in Bengaluru. As per the instructions of BCCI, Virat has already played two matches for Delhi in this tournament. He played matches against Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, in which he scored a brilliant century of 131 runs in the first match and scored 77 runs in the second match. Thanks to these brilliant innings, Delhi had registered two consecutive wins.

Delhi coach said on Virat not playing

Delhi coach Sarandeep Singh while talking to Hindustan Times said, ‘No, he (Virat) is not available for this match.’ According to BCCI instructions, players with central contracts are required to play at least two Vijay Hazare Trophy matches, which Virat has already completed. However, DDCA President Rohan Jaitley had said last week that Kohli will play in the match against Railways. Virat looked in excellent form in his two matches for Delhi. During these innings, he achieved another big achievement and became the fastest player to complete 16000 List-A runs. He achieved this milestone in his 330th innings and broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who had achieved this figure in 391 innings.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 season will be historic, because Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are going to make a comeback in it. Especially if we talk about Virat Kohli, he will be playing a match in Vijay Hazare Trophy after 15 years. Virat last played against Services in February 2010, in which he scored 16 runs for Delhi. But when and how many matches will ‘King Kohli’ be seen playing in the 2025-26 season? Here you will get the answer to this question.

When will Virat Kohli play?

Virat Kohli is going to play only 2 matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 season. He will be a part of the playing eleven of Delhi team in the first match against Andhra on 24th December. Earlier this match was to be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, but now it is reported that Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has changed the venue of this match to BCCI’s Center of Excellence.

Virat will play his second match in Vijay Hazare Trophy against Gujarat on 26th December. KSCA has also changed the venue of Delhi vs Gujarat match to BCCI Center of Excellence. Virat Kohli will now play both his matches at BCCI’s Center of Excellence. Let us tell you that there are total 3 grounds in this centre.

• 24 December – Delhi vs Andhra
• 26 December – Delhi vs Gujarat

Virat Kohli’s record in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Virat Kohli has played a total of 13 matches in his Vijay Hazare Trophy career, in which he has scored 819 runs at an excellent average of 68.25. Kohli also has 4 centuries and three half-centuries in his name in this tournament. Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma are also included in Delhi’s squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26.

Delhi squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy: Rishabh Pant (captain), Virat Kohli, Arpit Rana, Ayush Badoni (vice-captain), Ayush Doseja, Divij Mehra, Harsh Tyagi, Hrithik Shaukeen, Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Nitish Rana, Priyansh Arya, Prince Yadav, Rohan Rana, Sarthak Ranjan, Simarjeet Singh, Tejashwi Dahiya (wicketkeeper), Vaibhav Kandpal, Yash Dhull Anuj Rawat (stand-by)

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