Confirmed! Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant to play Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 as Delhi name probable squad

The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has announced the list of probable players for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. The governing body added Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant to the team, confirming that they will play the tournament.

The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 will begin on December 23 and Delhi’s first two Elite Group D matches will be against Andhra and Gujarat at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Their last five games will be played at the Alur Cricket Ground.

Delhi has been struggling to get going in the last few seasons and the return of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will bolster Delhi’s batting lineup. They would be keen to bring laurels to the team and help them win the tournament after a while.

Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant return to the team after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made it mandatory that contracted India players will have to participate in domestic cricket when not engaged in an international assignment.

Virat Kohli will be joining the Delhi team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy on the back of solid performances in the ODIs against South Africa. He slammed two centuries and one fifty in the series to win the Player of the Series award.

Pant on the other hand was part of the Indian squad for the ODI series against South Africa but didn’t get to play. 

Delhi probable squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26

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.