Why Virat Kohli not playing today match?, Delhi vs Saurashtra Live Scorecard

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Delhi vs Saurashtra Group D match: The Delhi vs Saurashtra (DEL vs SAU) Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite 2025-26 Group D Match will be played at KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur, on 29th December. The match will start at 09:00 AM IST. But something unusual has happened in this match: Virat Kohli is not part of the playing XI. So let's find out why Virat Kohli is not playing today's match?

Delhi vs Saurashtra (DEL vs SAU) Match Info

Detail	Information
Match	Delhi vs Saurashtra (DEL vs SAU)
Series	Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite 2025-26
Date-Time	29th December-2025 (Monday), 09:00 AM IST
Venue	KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur
Live Telecast	JioHotstar, Sports18 Network

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Why is Virat Kohli not playing in today's Vijay Hazare Trophy match?

Virat Kohli was only required to play two matches in the tournament, and he fulfilled this condition by playing the first two games. He performed brilliantly in both matches. Virat scored 131 and 77 runs in Delhi's victories against Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, respectively. This was the first time Kohli had participated in this tournament in 15 years.

Let's take a look at the live scorecard of the Delhi vs Saurashtra (DEL vs SAU) Vijay Hazare Trophy Group D match.

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Delhi opt to bowl

Delhi Confirmed Playing11: 1- Priyansh Arya, 2- Arpit Rana, 3- Nitish Rana, 4- Rishabh Pant(w/c), 5- Harsh Tyagi, 6- Ayush Doseja, 7- Tejasvi Dahiya, 8- Navdeep Saini, 9- Prince Yadav, 10- Simarjeet Singh, 11- Ishant Sharma

Saurashtra Confirmed Playing11: 1- Harvik Desai(w/c), 2- Vishvaraj Jadeja, 3- Jay Gohil, 4- Sammar Gajjar, 5- Prerak Mankad, 6- Chirag Jani, 7- Ruchit Ahir, 8- Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, 9- Chetan Sakariya, 10- Ankur Panwar, 11- Hiten Kanbi

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