{"id":10412,"date":"2025-12-24T09:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T04:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=674489"},"modified":"2025-12-24T09:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T04:17:36","slug":"delhi-vs-andhra-pradesh-when-and-where-to-watch-virat-kohlis-comeback-to-vijay-hazare-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/delhi-vs-andhra-pradesh-when-and-where-to-watch-virat-kohlis-comeback-to-vijay-hazare-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi vs Andhra Pradesh: When and where to watch Virat Kohli\u2019s comeback to Vijay Hazare Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli is set to make his <strong>Vijay Hazare Trophy return after a decade<\/strong> as he features for Delhi in the 2025\u201326 season. The senior batter has been named in Delhi\u2019s squad for their opening two matches, with the <strong>Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA)<\/strong> confirming <strong>Rishabh Pant as captain<\/strong> for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi will kick off their Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign against <strong>Andhra Pradesh<\/strong> on <strong>Wednesday, December 24<\/strong>, with the match scheduled to be played at the <strong>BCCI\u2019s Centre of Excellence, Bengaluru<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli\u2019s return to domestic cricket follows the <strong>BCCI\u2019s directive<\/strong> that centrally contracted players must participate in domestic tournaments when not on international duty. With his <strong>Test and T20I careers behind him<\/strong>, the Vijay Hazare Trophy offers Kohli valuable match practice ahead of <strong>India\u2019s ODI series against New Zealand<\/strong> early next year.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old enters the tournament in strong form, having enjoyed a productive 2025 in ODIs. Kohli finished the year as <strong>India\u2019s leading ODI run-scorer<\/strong>, amassing <strong>651 runs from 13 matches<\/strong> at a strike rate close to <strong>96<\/strong>, including impactful performances against Australia and South Africa.<\/p>\n<h3>Delhi vs Andhra Pradesh: Match details<\/h3>\n<p>The Delhi vs Andhra Pradesh Vijay Hazare Trophy match will be played on <strong>December 24<\/strong>, with the action set to begin at <strong>9:00 AM IST<\/strong>. The venue for the fixture is the <strong>BCCI\u2019s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Virat Kohli\u2019s Vijay Hazare Trophy record<\/h3>\n<p>Kohli last featured in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in <strong>2010<\/strong>, representing Delhi between <strong>2008 and 2010<\/strong>. In 13 matches, he scored <strong>819 runs<\/strong>, which included <strong>four centuries and three half-centuries<\/strong>. His most recent appearance came against Services in 2010, where he scored a quick <strong>16 off eight balls<\/strong> while leading Delhi.<\/p>\n<h3>Where to watch Delhi vs Andhra Pradesh live<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Star Sports<\/strong> holds the broadcast rights for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025\u201326 in India, though it is yet to be confirmed whether the Delhi vs Andhra Pradesh match will be telecast live on television. Fans can follow the match via <strong>live streaming on the JioStar app and website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Delhi squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025\u201326<\/h3>\n<p>Delhi\u2019s squad includes <strong>Rishabh Pant (c), Virat Kohli, Priyansh Arya, Tejasvi Dahiya (wk), Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Ayush Badoni (vc), Nitish Rana, Yash Dhull, Hrithik Shokeen, Harsh Tyagi, Simarjeet Singh<\/strong>, among others, with <strong>Anuj Rawat<\/strong> named as a stand-by.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli\u2019s presence adds significant star power to the tournament and will be closely watched as he makes his long-awaited return to India\u2019s premier domestic one-day competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli is set to make his Vijay Hazare Trophy return after a decade as he features for Delhi in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}