Akshay Thakur - Monday, Dec 29, 2025Vijay Hazare Trophy Virat Kohli Team: In the third round match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Delhi defeated Saurashtra by 3 wickets. Rishabh Pant could not play a big innings in this match.
In the third round of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Delhi defeated Saurashtra by 3 wickets. With this victory, Delhi achieved a hat-trick of wins and climbed to the top of the Group D points table. Batting first, Saurashtra posted a formidable total of 320 runs, which Delhi chased down in the 49th over.
Virat Kohli was not playing in this match. In the first two matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Virat had scored a century and a half-century for Delhi, accumulating a total of 208 runs. Even without the in-form batsman Virat Kohli, Delhi managed to secure the victory.
The Indian team for the New Zealand ODI series is expected to be announced in the next few days. Ahead of this, Rishabh Pant is struggling with poor form. In the three matches played so far in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 season, Pant has scored only 97 runs. Opening batsman Priyansh Arya laid the foundation for Delhi's victory with a blistering knock of 78 runs off 45 balls.
Tejaswi Dahiya (53 runs), Harsh Tyagi (49 runs), and Navdeep Saini (34 runs) also made significant contributions to Delhi's 3-wicket win. Navdeep Saini also impressed with the ball, taking 3 wickets for 41 runs in 10 overs. Ishant Sharma bowled only 5 overs, conceding just 20 runs.
In Group D, Delhi has won all three of its matches and is now at the top of the points table. Delhi is the only team in Group D to have won all its matches so far. Virat Kohli played the first two matches for Delhi, and according to media reports, he might also play in the match against Railways on January 6th.
