Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been named in the probable list of Team Delhi for the upcoming Ranji season of 2024-25.
Virat Kohli & Rishabh Pant In Delhi Probable Squad
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) announced a list of 84 probable players. These are Kohli, Pant, and out-of-favor pacer Navdeep Saini. Veteran Ishant Sharma, who played for the side last season, was omitted from the list.
DDCA announced their Ranji Trophy Probables Today. The U23 teams will be selected from the below mentioned players only.
— CricDomestic (@CricDomestic_) September 24, 2024
Indian Test team members Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been included in the list of players as well, first time since 2019. pic.twitter.com/oiQ0ZGYCf3
The Ranji Trophy is scheduled to start from October 11 with Delhi set to take on Chandigarh in its first match. Kohli and Pant are unlikely to play as they would be busy finalizing preparations for the India Test series against New Zealand, which is set to kick off from Bengaluru on October 16.
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Still, their names do appear in the probable Delhi squad, thereby creating a buzz among cricket fans of Delhi by stirring talks over their possible appearances in domestic matches. This is the first time after 2018 that Kohli has been included in Delhi’s probable Ranji team. The last occasion on which he played for the Ranji Trophy was during the 2012-13 season against Uttar Pradesh after an international success series against New Zealand. Kohli is a welcome addition for Delhi, but his international ties will restrain him. He is one of the highly dynamic batsmen associated with Delhi and has played 17 Ranji Trophy matches since his debut in 2015. Rishabh Pant brought himself into prominent headlines back in the 2016-17 season due to his record fastest century in Ranji Trophy history, a 48-ball hundred against Jharkhand.
