Virat Kohli is returning to the Ranji Trophy after 12 years. He is playing from Delhi against the railway at Arun Jaitley stadium. More than 15,000 fans came to the stadium to watch Kohli's match on Thursday. Fans are raising Kohli's enthusiasm by chanting RCB-RCB slogans.
In the meantime a fan entered the field. During the first session of the first day, a fan broke the security cordon and entered the field. Delhi was fielding at this time. Suddenly Virat went to Kohli and fell at his feet. The security immediately grabbed her and took her out of the field.
Fans of Delhi were excited to see Kohli and from 4am in the morning, a large number of gathered outside the stadium.
A large number of fans flocked outside Arun Jaitley Stadium from 4am to see Kohli.
Virat played his last Ranji match in 2012 Kohli debuted in Ranji against Tamil Nadu in 2006. Virat played his last Ranji match under 2012 under the leadership of Virender Sehwag, while former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina took over UP. The match was played at Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad.
Other match updates in some issues
Karnataka-Haryana: Mayank is close to Fifty. On KL Rahul Crease. The match between Karnataka and Haryana is being played in the ongoing group-C match in Bengaluru. Haryana won the toss and decided to bat. By lunch, Karnataka has scored 88 for one in the first innings. Captain Mayank Agarwal is unbeaten on 49 while KL Rahul is in the game with 16 runs. How Anish was out for 17.
Punjab-Bengal: Until lunch, Punjab's score is 95/6. Group C match between Punjab and Bengal is going on at Eden Garden Stadium in Kolkata. Bengal won the toss and opted for fielding. Punjab has scored 96 runs after losing 6 wickets by lunch. Anmol Malhotra 9 and Aradhya Shukla are unbeaten on 3 runs. Captain Mayank Markand scored 9 runs. Suraj and Sumit got 3-4 wickets.
Saurashtra-Assam: Harvick's fifty has already happened. Pujara is also on the crease; Saurashtra has started a strong start against Assam in the group-D match in Rajkot. The team won the toss and chose the bat. Opener Harvick Desai is unbeaten on 87 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara (14 runs) is supporting him. Meanwhile, Chirag Jani was out for 80 runs.
KL Rahul, Siraj and Kuldeep are also playing Ranji Apart from Kohli, KL Rahul is playing Ranji match for Karnataka, Mohammad Siraj Hyderabad and Kuldeep Yadav for UP. From January 23 to 26, Indian players like Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Yashwashi Jaiswal, Shubhman Gill and Rishabh Pant participated in the Ranji Trophy match.
Understand why Virat Ranji agreed to play the trophy in 3 points
- Bad batting against New Zealand and Australia: Virat Kohli flop against Australia and New Zealand. He scored 190 runs at an average of 23.75 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In the 3 Test series against New Zealand, he was only able to score 93 runs at an average of 15.50. Virat is often caught out of the ball outside of the stump in both of these series. Many giants have advised him to play the Ranji Trophy.
- After losing the BGT, Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir said that senior Indian team players would have to periodically play Ranji and other domestic matches to improve their batting skills.
- Last week, the BCCI reviewed the Indian team's performance at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. Meanwhile, the exhibition was reviewed in the home series against New Zealand and a tour of Australia. During the meeting, members of the board emphasized the senior players playing domestic cricket. It was also compulsory to play Ranji for the players.
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