The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 season will start from December 24, in which all the eyes of the fans were on the Delhi squad to see whether Virat Kohli will play or not. Now it has been made clear by Delhi District Cricket Association that Kohli will be available for the first 2 matches of the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy season. Virat Kohli has confirmed his availability to DDCA.

Apart from Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma are also part of the squad

While DDCA has announced its squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy and confirmed the availability of Virat Kohli, it has also informed that Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma will also be a part of the squad. Rishabh Pant has been appointed the captain of the Delhi team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy, while apart from this, fast bowler Harshit Rana will be seen playing for Delhi if available. DDCA has just announced its squad for the first 2 matches, in which Ayush Badoni has been made the vice-captain, while Nitish Rana is also a part of the squad.

Delhi’s squad for the first 2 matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26

Rishabh Pant (captain), Ayush Badoni (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Arpit Rana, Yash Dhull, Sarthak Ranjan, Priyansh Arya, Tejasvi Singh (wicketkeeper), Nitish Rana, Hrithik Shaukeen, Harsh Tyagi, Simarjeet Singh, Prince Yadav, Divij Mehra, Ayush Doseja, Vaibhav Kandpal, Rohan Rana, Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini. Anuj Rawat (Standby Wicketkeeper).

Delhi team will play its first match against Andhra

In the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy season, Delhi team has to play its first match against Andhra team on 24th December. After this, it will play its second match against Gujarat team on 26th December. Virat Kohli can be seen as a part of the playing 11 in both these matches. In such a situation, everyone’s eyes are going to be on Kohli’s performance, because his bat was amazing in the three-match ODI series against South Africa.