Delhi began their campaign with considerable attention due to the availability of international stars. Among them was Virat Kohli, making a rare appearance in the Vijay Hazare format for Delhi after many years — a significant boost for the side both in batting depth and experience
The DDCA has retained Sarandeep Singh as the Head Coach of the Delhi senior men’s team. While Kuldeep Rawat and V Arvind retain their positions as assistant coaches, Kshitiz Sharma has replaced Bantu Singh who has been shifted to the High Performance Centre (Women) as Chief Batting Coach
Pranav Rajvanshi made his debut against Tamil Nadu and played a game against Assam before making way for Anuj Rawat and Rishabh Pant. He finally returned to the side in the last game against Railways when Virat Kohli played a first-class game for Delhi after a gap of 12 years
On a day three fans intruded the field to meet Virat Kohli during the Ranji Trophy tie between Delhi and Railways, the talismanic batsman appeared to be in some pain and eventually cancelled Sunday morning's practice session and flew down to Mumbai