World No. 1 ODI batter Rohit Sharma will play for Mumbai in the 2025-26 edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, which is set to be played from December 24 to January 18. According to a report in RevSportz on Friday (December 12), Rohit’s participation in the upcoming premier domestic one-day tournament is all but confirmed, and he will play few matches for Mumbai before playing in the ODI series against New Zealand.
India will face New Zealand in a three-match ODI series in January 2026. The three 50-over matches between the two finalists of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy are scheduled to take place in Vadodara, Rajkot and Indore on January 11, 14 and 18, respectively.
As per the available information, Rohit, who scored 75 runs for India in the third
ODI against South Africa on December 6 in Visakhapatnam, is yet to officially confirm his availability for the matches in Jaipur to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), but the former India captain ‘remains firmly in the association’s scheme of things’.
“The squad will be picked on a match-to-match basis, and we expect Rohit to play a few games, although we haven’t received any confirmation from him yet,” an MCA source was quoted as saying by RevSportz.
“But there’s time. The squad is likely to be picked next week, after the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. There are ODIs against New Zealand next month as well, so it will depend on his availability,” the source added.
Virat in Delhi’s squad
Virat Kohli will play for Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy after 15 long years. The former India skipper was included in Delhi’s squad along with Rishabh Pant on Thursday.
The availability of Kohli, confirmed earlier this month, and Pant is expected to significantly bolster Delhi’s batting line-up, especially with the BCCI’s rule mandating that contracted India players participate in domestic cricket when not engaged in international commitments.
Delhi’s first two Elite Group D matches will be against Andhra and Gujarat at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Kohli’s home ground for his IPL team, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The remaining five games will be played at the Alur Cricket Ground on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
Delhi’s probable squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy: Dev Lakra, Divij Mehra, Yugal Saini, Sujal Singh, Rajneesh Dadar, Aman Bharti, Govind Mittal, Sumit Beniwal, Shubham Dubey, Keshav Dabas, Rahul Choudhary, Samarth Seth, Shivam Tripathi, Anmol Sharma, Shivam Gupta, Lakshay Thareja, Manan Bhardwaj, Rounak Waghela, Mayank Gussain, Keshav R Singh, Laxman, Divansh Rawat, Pranav Rajvanshi, Pranshu Vijayran, Siddhant Sharma, Gagan Vats, Vansh Bedi, Rahul Gahlot, Vishal Rai, Samarth Singh, Sanat Sangwan, Aayush Singh, Sumit Mathur, Sampooran Tripathi, Vivek Tiwari, Hrithik Shokeen, Tejas Baroka, Saksham Sharma, Dev Dubey, Shivam Sharma, Rohit Yadav, Anirudh Choudhary, Vishant Bhati, Pranav Pant, Pankaj Jaswal, Ajay Guliya, Siddhant Bansal, Vikas Solanki, Divij Prakash, Suryakant Chauhan.
