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

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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