By Admin 
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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