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Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli header Delhi’s 20-member squad for the opening 2 games of the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy. The home 50-over tourney kicks disconnected connected December 24. Delhi, placed successful Group-D, volition play each its group-stage matches successful Bengaluru.
With the BCCI making it mandatory for each members of the Indian squad to enactment successful astatine slightest 2 rounds of the List-A event, Pant and Kohli confirmed their availability to the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA). Kohli’s beingness was confirmed by DDCA president Rohan Jaitley connected December 2. Pant volition pb Delhi successful the matches against Andhra and Gujarat.
Kohli was successful red-hot signifier during the caller three-match ODI bid against South Africa astatine home, smashing 2 tons and an unbeaten half-century successful a 2-1 triumph for the host. Kohli’s adjacent planetary duty volition beryllium a three-match ODI bid against New Zealand starting connected January 11. Kohli’s past quality for Delhi came against Railways successful the Ranji Trophy successful January.
The squad besides features seasoned pacer Ishant Sharma. Coincidentally, Ishant and Kohli, who are known to beryllium bully mates, made their debut for Delhi successful the Ranji Trophy unneurotic successful 2006.
The squad: Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Ayush Badoni, Arpit Rana, Yash Dhull, Sarthak Ranjan, Priyansh Arya, Tejasvi Dahiya, Nitish Rana, Hrithik Shokeen, Harsh Tyagi, Simarjeet Singh, Prince Yadav, Divij Mehra, Ayush Doseja, Vaibhav Kandpal, Rohan Rana, Anuj Rawat (standby).
