VHT 2025-26: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma confirm their availability, Rishabh Pant set to captain Delhi

By Vikas Singh Derek

Vikas Singh Derek has a Master's in Journalism and has written more than 50,000 articles. He currently works as a cricket content writer at Khel Now.

Published at :December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM

Modified at :December 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM

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Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have confirmed their participation in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26.

Indian Cricket Team batters Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant are all set to play for Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) released an official statement, saying that both the Indian stalwarts have confirmed their participation for the domestic one-day tournament. Moreover, Rohit Sharma will play for Mumbai in the tournament.

DDCA also revealed that pacers Ishant Sharma and Navdeep Saini have also confirmed their availability for Delhi. Pant will captain Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, which will begin on December 24 (Wednesday).

Delhi are placed in Group D, and are scheduled to lock horns with Andhra in their opening game. The tournament will conclude on January 18 with the final, witnessing a battle between 32 domestic teams.

Virat Kohli to play for Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, Rishabh Pant to captain side

Rishabh Pant, LSG, IPL 2025 — Rishabh Pant. (Image Source: BCCI)

In an official statement, DDCA announced that Kohli and Pant have confirmed their participation in the tournament.

“The Committee finalised the Delhi Senior Men’s Team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the 2025-26 domestic season. The tournament is scheduled to commence on 24th December 2025 in Bengaluru. Mr. Rishabh Pant, Mr. Virat Kohli, Mr. Ishant Sharma, and Mr. Navdeep Saini have confirmed their availability and will be part of the team,” the official statement by DDCA read.

“Mr. Rishabh Pant is appointed as the captain of the team. Mr. Harshit Rana shall join the squad as and when he becomes available,” it further added.

Delhi squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Rishabh Pant (Captain & Wicket-keeper), Ayush Badoni (Vice-Captain), Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Arpit Rana, Yash Dhull, Sarthak Ranjan, Priyansh Arya, Tejasvi Singh (Wicket-keeper), Nitish Rana, Hrithik Shokeen, Harsh Tyagi, Simarjeet Singh, Prince Yadav, Divij Mehra, Ayush Doseja, Vaibhav Kandpal, Rohan Rana, Anuj Rawat (Stand-by).

Rohit Sharma to play for Mumbai in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26

Rohit Sharma ODI cricket — Rohit Sharma. (Image Source: BCCI)

Moreover, Rohit Sharma is also scheduled to play for Mumbai in Vijay Hazare Trophy. The former Indian captain will feature in two games for the side. Mumbai are placed in Group C and will start their journey in the tournament with a clash against Sikkim on December 24.

Mumbai squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Rohit Sharma (two matches), Shardul Thakur (captain), Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Ishan Mulchandani, Shams Mulani, Musheer Khan, Tanush Kotian, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Tushar Deshpande, Sarfaraz Khan, Onkar Tarmale, Siddesh Lad, Sylvester Dsouza, Chinmay Sutarm Sairaj Patil, Akash Anand (wicketkeeper), Suryanash Shedge.

Meanwhile, in the ODI series against South Africa earlier this month, Kohli won the Player of the Series award, hammering two centuries and one fifty across three matches. Rohit also gave an impressive performance, storming two half-centuries. In the prior ODI series against Australia in October, the right-handed batter stole the Player of the Series award with a ton and a fifty across three matches.

Speaking about Pant, he captained India in the test series against South Africa last month after Shubman Gill was ruled out due to a neck injury. India faced a humiliating whitewash in the two-match series.

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Vikas Singh Derek

Vikas Singh Derek is a core cricket-lover since childhood and has always followed the sport both in his personal and professional life. He started his school life by watching cricket at home with family. Later, he played cricket on the field at local clubs during college. After his Master's in Journalism from Mumbai, he followed his passion by covering cricket news across various digital media. Since 2015, he has been an aspiring sports journalist and cricket content writer with over 50K+ articles.