New Delhi3 minutes agoAuthor: Rajkishore
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Virat Kohli has been able to score only 25 runs in a test this year.
DDCA (Delhi District Cricket Association) officials are not able to muster the courage to ask Kohli whether Virat Kohli will play in Ranji Trophy or not. Actually, Kohli’s name is included among the probables for Delhi Ranji team, but he has not played domestic cricket for the last 13 years.
In such a situation, DDCA officials are waiting for confirmation from President Rohan Jaitley and Kohli’s coach Rajkumar Sharma.
In fact, after the crushing defeat in the Test series against New Zealand and Australia, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir had advised the star players to play domestic cricket. After this, many star players of Team India including wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are ready to play in Ranji Trophy. Captain Rohit Sharma is also practicing with the Ranji team.
Delhi team has been giving Kohli’s name among the potential players since 2012, but his wait in the dressing room is not ending.
A senior official of DDCA Said to Bhaskar-
The question of Virat not playing Ranji is far away. Right now the biggest question is who will ask Virat Kohli whether he will play or not.
A source said that Kohli’s coach Rajkumar Sharma is currently out, waiting for his return. After returning he will contact Kohli and tell him what his answer is. Currently, Virat Kohli is in Mumbai.
Rajkumar Sharma is the childhood coach of Virat Kohli. He had posted this photo with Kohli during the T20 World Cup 2024.
Virat can play against Railways from January 30 Sources say that if Virat is ready to play for the Delhi team, then he can be seen playing for Delhi in the match against Railways from January 30. The venue of this match has not been decided yet.
Understand in 3 points, why is there speculation about Virat playing Ranji?
- Bad batting against New Zealand and Australia Virat Kohli has flopped against Australia and New Zealand. He scored 190 runs at an average of 47.97 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Whereas in the 3-Test series against New Zealand, he could score only 93 runs at an average of 53.75. In both these series, Virat is repeatedly getting caught out on balls outside the off stump. Many veteran batsmen have advised him to play Ranji Trophy.
- Head coach Gautam Gambhir said- Senior players should play Ranji After losing BGT, Indian team’s head coach Gautam Gambhir had said that the senior players of the Indian team will have to play Ranji and other domestic matches from time to time to improve their batting skills.
- It became mandatory to play review meeting domestically Last week BCCI reviewed the performance of the Indian team at the BCCI head quarter in Mumbai. During this, the team’s performance in the home series against New Zealand and the Australia tour was reviewed. During the meeting, the board members stressed on senior players playing domestic cricket. Also it was made mandatory for players to play Ranji.