Virat Kohli Returns to Ranji Trophy After 11 Years, Joins Delhi Team for Final Group Match
Virat Kohli is set to make his first Ranji Trophy appearance since 2012, joining the Delhi team for their final group-stage match against Railways. His return comes after recovering from injury and following BCCI’s push for contracted players to participate in domestic cricket.
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Virat Kohli Set to Come Back from a Debut in 11 Years, To Play for Delhi Team with training news rack is full of good news for the cricketer, Virat Kohli will now finally play the Ranji Trophy in over a decade. Kohli will be with the Delhi squad for practice on Tuesday, the 30th of January, for their final league match of the season against Railways. It would be his first domestic first-class appearance since 2012
Darshan Singh, Coach of Delhi confirmed Kohli's involvement, saying that the brilliant batsman had committed his wicket to last week for this crucial game that will be played between 30th January to 2nd February. It is good to see Kohli back in the Delhi squad that is 9weeks away from their 30th Ranji Trophy match of this season.
Kohli had been ruled out of Delhi's final game with a neck injury but seems pretty much back to full fitness. His participation in this criital game is as per the recent BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) guidelines wherein contracted players will be presumed to play domestic cricket. This was released after India lost 3-1 to Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, in a bid to inspire senior players to get some game time and feel the runs in domestic matches.
During the practice session of today, Kohli was seen playing football with his Delhi team mates at Arun Jaitley Stadium enjoying football and enthusiasm for the team. Cricket is known to be the second sport for the cricketers(whirlwind), and Kohli's energy on the field was visible as well he looked as though he wanted to lead from the front.
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Kohli would be the focal point for Delhi to beat Railways and all eyes would be set on him as a player. His comeback to the Ranji Trophy after long 11 years is a clear testimony of how much he still loves playing the game and wants to help out at every level of Indian cricket.
Virat Kohli in the practice session with the Delhi Ranji team at Arun Jaitley stadium today. 👑 (Daya Sagar/Espn).
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) January 28, 2025
- THE GOAT IS BACK..!!!! 🐐pic.twitter.com/1VuPkiLusl
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