Virat Kohli: Kohli in Delhi’s playing XI, return to Ranji Trophy after 13 years, will bat on this number

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|30-01-2025

The last year for Virat Kohli passed very poorly. In any series, he could not show amazing with the bat. At the same time, he flopped badly in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. In the entire series, he could only score 190 runs at an average of just 23.75. In such a situation, he has turned to the Ranji Trophy to get his form back and comeback. In the match against Railways, starting on Thursday 30 January, Delhi team won the toss and selected the first fielding. Kohli's name is also included in Delhi's playing XI. That is, after 13 years, he has landed to participate in this tournament. Let me tell you that Kohli played the last Ranji match against UP in November 2012.

Which number will land Kohli?

Virat Kohli bats number 4 in Tests for Team India. At the same time, in his last Ranji match, he also landed for batting on this number. Delhi team captain Ayush Badoni has told that he will be seen batting on this number against the railway people. In 2012, when he batting in this tournament for the last time, he scored 14 and 43 runs while playing at number 4. This will be the 24th Ranji match for Kohli. Earlier, he has played 23 matches in this tournament, scoring 1574 runs at an average of 50.77. During this, he also scored 5 centuries.

Ranji will get so much money for the match

Players who have played more than 40 matches in Ranji get 60 thousand rupees every day. Group stage matches in Ranji last for four days. In such a situation, he earns 2 lakh 40 thousand rupees from the entire match. Reserve players, who have the experience of playing the same match, get a day of 30 thousand rupees. At the same time, the players between 20 and 40 matches get 50 thousand rupees every day when they join the playing XI, while the reserve players get up to 25 thousand. Kohli has played 23 matches in this domestic tournament so far. According to this, they will get 50 thousand rupees every day. His total fee of four days will be Rs 2 lakh.

Delhi's playing xi:

Arpit Rana, Sanat Sangwan, Yash Dhul, Ayush Badoni (Captain), Virat Kohli, Pranav (wicketkeeper), Sumit Mathur, Shivam Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Mani Griewal, Siddhant.

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