Ahead of Delhi’s Elite Group D Ranji Trophy encounter against Railways on Thursday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli participated in Tuesday’s practice session. As he gets ready for the highly anticipated match, Kohli, who is making his domestic cricket comeback after a lengthy absence, was seen practicing in the nets.
Virat will be a member of the Delhi team for their Ranji Trophy encounter against Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, as Delhi coach Sarandeep Singh has already stated.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took a more assertive stand on Indian international players playing local cricket, which prompted Virat to join the domestic circuit.
Videos and images of Virat training with former India and Royal Challengers Bangalore batting coach Sanjay Bangar have been doing the rounds on social media in recent days.
Four days before India starts their three-match bilateral ODI series against England in Nagpur, the final round of Ranji Trophy matches will wrap up on February 2. In 155 First-Class games, Virat has amassed 11,479 runs at an average of 48.23 and a strike rate of 55.96.
For their pivotal Ranji Trophy match against table-toppers Haryana in Bengaluru, Karnataka has added veteran wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul to its roster in addition to Virat. ESPNcricinfo reports that KL Rahul has been cleared by the BCCI medical panel, despite the fact that the 32-year-old was placed in the team subject to health. He had missed their previous game against Punjab because to an elbow niggle.
Given Rahul’s comeback to domestic cricket, Karnataka will field a full-strength team for the match. The team has also included Devdutt Padikkal and Prasidh Krishna, who went to Australia to compete in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Rahul will play in the Ranji Trophy for the first time in nearly five years if he is selected in the starting lineup against Haryana. His final game came against Bengal in the 2019–20 semi-final at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens.
Following his recovery from a shoulder injury, young batter Riyan Parag has also been cleared to play in the next round of Ranji Trophy matches. In their last league game against Saurashtra in Rajkot, Gujarat, he would serve as captain of Assam.