Virat Kohli Next Match In Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli may have been rested against Saurashtra after playing two consecutive matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, but Virat will return in the fourth match. Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) President Rohan Jaitley told on Monday, December 29, 2025, that Virat Kohli will take the field against Railways on January 6. This match will also be played at the BCCI Center of Excellence (BCE) in Bengaluru.

When and with whom will Delhi’s next match be?

Under the new rules of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it was made mandatory for all the players who got central contracts to participate in at least two matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. Virat also wants to play his third match to prepare for the home series against New Zealand starting from January 11. DDCA President Rohan Jaitley told PTI, ‘Right now, he is playing. Virat has given his availability for three matches.

Virat scored 131 runs in the first match and 77 runs in the second.

Virat Kohli was in great form in the first two matches played for Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, he scored 131 and 77 runs respectively. During this period, he also set the record of completing 16,000 runs in the fewest innings in List A cricket. By achieving this milestone in his 330th innings, Kohli left legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar behind. Tendulkar had achieved this feat in 391 innings.

ODI series between India and New Zealand starts from January 11

A BCCI source said that the Indian ODI team will reach Vadodara by January 8, 2026 for the home series against New Zealand, but Virat can reach here a day earlier for practice. The three-match ODI series against New Zealand will start on January 11 at this ground.

This time many superstar players are playing in India’s domestic ODI tournament i.e. Vijay Hazare Trophy. This domestic tournament will start from Wednesday itself. Veteran batsman Virat Kohli is a part of the Delhi team in this tournament. Rohit Sharma, famous as Hitman, is playing for Mumbai. Virat Kohli played for Delhi and scored a century in 83 balls. While chasing the target of 299 runs against Andhra, the chase master completed his century with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. While chasing the target of 237 runs for Mumbai against Sikkim, Rohit Sharma scored a century in 71 balls. Rohit played a brilliant inning of 155 runs in just 94 balls. 18 fours and 9 sixes came from the hitman’s bat.

Till the time of writing the news, Virat Kohli is unbeaten on 107 runs in 85 balls. So far he has hit 11 fours and 3 sixes. Right now Virat’s team Delhi needs 79 runs to win. Whereas Rohit Sharma’s team has won the match. Rohit was caught out after scoring 155 runs. Rohit had scored a century in just 61 balls. Rohit Sharma hit 8 sixes and 9 fours in his century innings. A huge crowd gathered to watch Rohit Sharma in the Mumbai vs Sikkim match being played in Jaipur.

Virat Kohli completed 16 thousand runs

After scoring just one run for Delhi, Virat Kohli has completed 16 thousand runs in List A cricket. Before this match, Virat had 15999 runs in 342 List A matches. Virat has now become the second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to touch the figure of 16 thousand runs in List A matches. He has become the 9th batsman in the world to make this record. Former England legend Graham Gooch holds the record for scoring the most runs in List A cricket. Gooch has more than 22 thousand runs in his name. Let us tell you that the runs of domestic 50 over matches and One Day International are included in List A matches.