Delhi vs Saurashtra Updates, Vijay Hazare Trophy: The Delhi vs Saurashtra match in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 kicked off in Alur on Monday, December 29. Delhi captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to field first. In an interesting turn of events, Virat Kohli was not seen in Delhi's playing XI for the third round match of the tournament.
Kohli looked in incredible touch with the bat in the first two matches and helped Delhi win two out of two to kick off the tournament on a positive note. Apart from skipper Rishabh, Nitish Rana, Navdeep Saini and Ishant Sharma were the big names in Delhi's lineup for the Saurashtra game.
On the other hand, the former Indian captain Rohit Sharma is also not seen in action for Mumbai in their match against Chhattisgarh at the Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground in Jaipur.
Delhi vs Saurashtra Playing XIs, Vijay Hazare Trophy
Delhi: Priyansh Arya, Arpit Rana, Nitish Rana, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Harsh Tyagi, Ayush Doseja, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Prince Yadav, Simarjeet Singh, Ishant Sharma
Saurashtra: Harvik Desai(w/c), Vishvaraj Jadeja, Jay Gohil, Sammar Gajjar, Prerak Mankad, Chirag Jani, Ruchit Ahir, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya, Ankur Panwar, Hiten Kanbi
Why Virat Kohli Is Not Playing Today's Vijay Hazare Trophy Match For Delhi?
Virat was supposed to play only the first two matches of the tournament that kicked off on December 24. The senior batter featured in Delhi's win over Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, in which he made 131 and 77 runs respectively. This was the first time that Kohli played the tournament after 15 years. During his outstanding stay at the crease, he also went past 16,000 runs in List A cricket.
Virat carried the fire forward on December 26 versus Gujarat at the same ground, blasting 77 off 61 deliveries.
Will Virat Kohli play again for Delhi?
Virat Kohli will now be gearing up for India's upcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand, which kicks off on January 11. However, despite the tight schedule, Kohli might turn up for Delhi once again in the ongoing VHT for their match against Railways on January 6.
However, Rohit will not play games anymore in the tournament, as per the Cricbuzz report.