New Delhi: In what comes up as a good news for all the cricket fans in India, star batter Virat Kohli will be seen playing for Delhi in the ongoing Vijay
Hazare Trophy 2025-26 one more time. Kohli, who was brilliant in his opening two games for Delhi in the the premier domestic competition, was expected to play in just two matches of VHT ahead of the New Zealand series.
But now it is confirmed that the star batter will participate in one more match before joining Team India for the ODI series against the Kiwis. The ODI series begins with the first match in Vadodara on January 11, Sunday and keeping in mind the gap of may days, Kohli has decided to represent Delhi in one more fixture.
When will Kohli play?
The star Indian batter will next be seen in action on January 6, Tuesday at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru. Delhi play their next match against Railways on the same day and the star batter’s participation was confirmed on Monday by DDCA President Rohan Jaitley.
Kohli showcased his class on domestic return after 15 years notching up a special century and followed it up with a half-century in the next game. The BCCI diktat for all centrally-contracted players was to take part in at least two Vijay Hazare games but Kohli wants to play a third match as he gears up for the home series against New Zealand this month.
After smashing scores of 131 and 77 respectively, Kohli became the fastest batter to reach 16000 List A runs in his 330th innings, surpassing the legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s record, who has achieved the feat in 391 innings.
A BCCI source said that while the Indian ODI squad for the New Zealand series is assembling in Vadodara by January 8, there is a possibility that Kohli might arrive a day earlier and train.
