A major step has been taken when the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) announced the list of probables for the next edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The list includes the Indian cricket great Virat Kohli and the explosive keeper-batter Rishabh Pant.
Besides Delhi’s Vijay Hazare Trophy Probables, Kohli and Pant received the DDCA’s endorsement
On Thursday, the DDCA made public the list of probable players for the coming Vijay Hazare Trophy season in the afternoon. In addition to the players competing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy who are representing Delhi, the DDCA has made 50 additions to the roster known.
The board has furthermore announced the presence of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant in the competition by saying that the veterans of the tournament would be with the state side for the prestigious domestic competition.
List of 50 players for Vijay Hazare Trophy besides Kohli, Pant and SMAT players
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
Kohli aims the domestic season for his 2027 World Cup practice
Virat Kohli has already victoriously shown his class in the home ODI series against South Africa. Even though he recorded two successive ducks in the Australia tour, he struck back on the road very well with a smashing fifty in the dead-rubber at Sydney, thus, helping India to escape an embarrassing whitewash.
Then he presented a phenomenal series against South Africa, being at the forefront of the Indian batting line-up.
Even though he was the one who delivered the highest runs; out of 302 scored in three innings, 151 was the average with a strike rate of 117.05, the BCCI is believed to have asked him to be part of the domestic circuit in order to stay match-ready while being in the pool of players for the 2027 World Cup.
When it comes to Virat Kohli’s Vijay Hazare Trophy career, he has been a part of twelve matches in two seasons. He had great batting stats with an awesome average of 69.36 but still, Kohli could not help Delhi win the title during those two seasons.
