Star batter Virat Kohli was felicitated by the Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation (DDCA) for being solely the third participant from the group to play 100 or extra Exams for India. Aside from Kohli, former India batter Virender Sehwag and pacer Ishan Sharma are the opposite gamers from the group to function in over 100 Check matches. The felicitation ceremony befell after the shut of play Day 2 of Delhi’s Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match in opposition to Railways on Friday.
Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma was current on the Arun Jaitley Stadium for the big day. Earlier than the beginning of the ceremony, Kohli caught up with Sharma. He touched his toes and shared a hug with the famend cricket coach.
Virat Kohli touching his childhood coach’s toes in the course of the felicitation ceremony.
Can something higher second from this.
Proud coach pic.twitter.com/WVM09jN1Ml
— JA (she/her) (@JayashreeNaik13) February 1, 2025
Kohli’s much-anticipated return to the Ranji Trophy was short-lived, as he was knocked over for simply six runs by Himanshu Sangwan on Friday on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
On Day 2, Kohli confirmed a glimpse of his brilliance with an attractive straight drive off Sangwan only a ball earlier than his dismissal. Nevertheless, the very subsequent supply proved fatal–angled in on a fullish size simply outdoors off, the ball seamed in sharply as Kohli tried a drive however left a niche between bat and pad. The supply rushed by, clipping the off-stump and sending the bails flying. It was a second to recollect for Sangwan, who not solely claimed the prized wicket but in addition noticed the stadium empty out quickly after.
Virat has confronted a decline in kind in current matches. In 39 Check matches because the begin of 2020, he has scored simply 2,028 runs at a mean of 30.72, with three centuries and 9 fifties to indicate. His greatest rating has been 186.
Virat ended the ICC World Check Championship 2023-25 cycle with 751 runs in 14 matches and 25 innings at a mean of 32.65, with two centuries and three fifties. His greatest rating was 121.
In 10 Exams final 12 months, he scored simply 417 runs at a mean of 24.52 with only one century and fifty, to conclude a disappointing 12 months.
The 36-year-old’s final look in Ranji was again in November 2012 in opposition to Uttar Pradesh, wherein he was dismissed for 14 and 42 runs in each innings by pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
General, in his Ranji profession, Virat has scored 1,573 runs at a mean of fifty.77, with 5 centuries and 6 fifties in 23 matches.
(With ANI Inputs)
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