Good news for fans of Virat Kohli, star India cricket will be in action on…, Rishabh Pant will also join…

There is some great news for the fans of Indian cricket legend Virat Kohli as the former India captain will be in action sooner than expected. While the India vs New Zealand ODI series will only take place in January 2026, Kohli will now be seen in action in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 tournament later this month.

The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) announced a list of probable for the Delhi team set to take part in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 later this month with both Kohli and Rishabh Pant being part of the massive list of 50 players.

The availability of Kohli, which was confirmed earlier this month, and Lucknow Super Giants skipper Pant is expected to lend essential depth and experience to Delhi’s batting order, especially with the BCCI implementing a rule that contracted India players have to feature in domestic cricket in absence of international commitments.

The Delhi team will play their first two Elite Group D games against Andhra and Gujarat at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, which happens to be Kohli’s home ground for his IPL team – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The side is also scheduled to play the remaining five games at the Alur Cricket Ground, on the outskirts of Bengaluru.

The Chinnaswamy Stadium is also expected to host their first cricketing action since the deadly stampede a day after the IPL 2025 title win for RCB earlier this year. Kohli will be entering the tournament on the back of his ‘Player of the Series’ performance in the 2-1 win over South Africa in the ODI series, while Pant will be eager to get some game time after being an benched in the recent ODI fixtures against the Proteas. The duo will be available till India’s ODI series against New Zealand takes place from January 11 to 17, 2026.

The list of probables was finalised in a meeting of the senior men’s selection committee between selectors Yashpal Singh, K. Bhaskar Pillai, Manu Nayar, head coach Sarandeep Singh, CAC Chairman Vijay Dahiya, and Secretary Ashok Sharma. The list also includes the players selected for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where Nitish Rana-led Delhi failed to enter the knockouts after finishing in third place in Group D with 16 points.

Delhi probable for Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025: 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 and Suryakant Chauhan