Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant have been named in Delhi’s list of probables for the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) announced the squad on September 24 after a meeting was held at 5:30 PM. Chairperson Gursharan Singh, Selectors K Bhaskar Pillai, Rajeev Vinaik, chief coach Sarandeep Singh and joint secretary Rajan Manchanda.
If Kohli plays for Delhi, it will mark his return to Ranji Trophy after the 2012/2013 season. The last time he was named in the probables was in 2019.
There are a total number of 84 players on the list of probables. The fitness test of the players will take place on September 26. The venue for the fitness test is yet to be revealed.
Small window for Kohli to play Ranji Trophy
It will be interesting to see if Kohli and Pant feature in the Ranji Trophy considering the domestic tournament starts on October 11. Delhi will take on Chandigarh in their first game. However, by that time, Kohli and Pant will be with Team India preparing for the first Test of the three-Test series against New Zealand commencing on October 16 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
The series against New Zealand ends in the first week of November. Since Kohli is retired from T20Is, he may feature in the match against Chandigarh starting November 6 or the one against Jharkhand starting November 13 as India have to leave for Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 starting November 22 at Perth Stadium.
Delhi’s 84-member probables list for Ranji Trophy 2024-25 –
Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Himmat Singh, Pranshu Vijayan, Anirudh Chowdhary, Kshitiz Sharma, Vaibhav Kandpal, Siddhant Bansal, Samarth Seth, Jonty Sidhu, Siddhant Sharma, Tishant Dabla, Navdeep Saini, Harsh Tyagi, Lakshay Thareja (wk), Sumit Mathur, Shivank Vashisth, Salil Malhotra, Ayush Badoni, Gagan Vats, Rahul S Dagar, Hrithik Shokeen, Mayank Rawat, Anuj Rawat (wk), Simarjeet Singh, Shivam Kumar Tripathi, Kuldip Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Prince Choudhary, Shivam Kishore Kumar, Shivam Gupta (wk), Vaibhav Sharma, Jitesh Singh, Rohit Yadav, Sumit Kumar, Anmol Sharma, Keshav Daba, Sanat Sangwan, Shubham Sharma (wk), Aryan Chaudhary, Aryan Rana, Bhagwan Singh, Pranav Rajvanshi (wk), Saurav Dagar, Money Grewal, Kunwar Bidhuri, Nikhil Sangwan, Puneet Chahal, Priyansh Arya, Yash Dhull, Prince Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Arpit Rana, Divij Mehra, Sujal Singh, Hardik Sharma, Himanshu Chauhan, Ayush Doseja, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Dhruv Kaushik, Ankur Kaushik, Krish Yadav, Vansh Bedi, Yash Sehrawat, Vikas Solanki, Rajesh Sharma, Tejasvi Dahiya (wk), Rounak waghela, Manpreet Singh, Rahul Gahlot, Aryan Sehrawat, Shivam Sharma, Siddharth Sharma, Parv Singla, Yogesh Singh, Deepesh Baliyan, Sagar Tanwar, Rishab Rana, Akhil Chaudhary, Digvesh Rathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Ajay Guliya
