Rahul Tiwari
khelja|29-01-2025
It is just a matter of a few hours and the long wait of about 13 years is going to end. Former India captain and star batsman Virat Kohli will once again be seen playing Ranji Trophy cricket. Kohli, who has been preparing for this match for the last few days, recently practiced with the Delhi cricket team and now from Thursday 30 January, he will step on the field with this team. But due to the return of Virat Kohli, Delhi captain Ayush Badoni is also suffering some damage because he has to sacrifice his place.
The last round of the group stage of Ranji Trophy starts from Thursday 30 January. In this, Delhi will face Railways. Delhi has already been out of the quarter -final race but still eyes are on this match because Virat Kohli is part of it. Due to the order of BCCI and the demand of coach Gautam Gambhir, along with many players of Team India, Kohli was also forced to play in the Ranji Trophy.
Now Kohli's return has increased the excitement of the Delhi cricket team and this match and at the same time the young players of the team are also excited but the team captain Ayush Badoni will have to bear the loss. The loss is not of captaincy because like Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli has also decided to play under the captaincy of Ayush. Actually Ayush has to sacrifice his place. Like Team India, Virat will also bat at number four in Delhi's team.
Till now Badoni was batting on this number for the team. A day before the match, the Delhi captain while talking to the media also confirmed this and said, “Virat Bhaiya will bat at number four. He has asked us to be positive and express ourselves completely. " Incidentally, Himmat Singh, who was captaining Delhi before Badoni in this season, was also batting at number 4. However, Badoni still considers himself lucky because in two consecutive matches, he has got the opportunity to captain Rishabh Pant and now Virat Kohli.