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
The right-arm pace bowler tried to grow through the Delhi cricket ranks, making his under-19 debut alongside Rishabh Pant in the 2013-14 season. But lack of opportunities and job security made him go to Railways from where he became an overnight sensation on Friday
The 28-year-old Yadav has scored seven first-class centuries prior to this game but this 95 in a Railways’ total of 241 beamed across the nation thanks to Virat Kohli would be remembered for some time. He will carry the sounds, the sights in the stadium with him
He is Delhi’s second highest run-getter with 400 runs; he is also the leading wicket-taker for his team with 12 this season at 13 apiece. Incidentally, he is the only Delhi bowler in the top 100 wicket-takers in this season’s Ranji Trophy
Rohan Jaitley, the DDCA President, has confirmed that Kohli will play for Delhi in the season's final Ranji Trophy game which will be against Railways; this will be Kohli’s first Ranji Trophy game since 2012-13 season when he played for Delhi against Uttar Pradesh in a star-studded match in Ghaziabad
After Dhull was dismissed, Delhi caved in to become 125/6 before a late rearguard act by Mayank Gusain (38 not out off 45 balls) saw the team through to their eventual 188; Saurashtra trail by 25 with five wickets in hand
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Saturday put out a 21-member squad for the 2024-25 season’s final two matches, in Rajkot against Saurashtra and Railways in New Delhi. Kohli does not feature in the squad which will be led by Ayush Badoni
Sumit Mathur makes 48 not out and picks 2/41 while Ayush Doseja, who had played an U23 match just a day before, contributes 35 and Anuj Rawat 58 as Delhi romp home against Kerala to stay in contention of Vijay Hazare Trophy
The match played on Saturday saw Delhi scoring 272/7 in 50 overs with in-form Anuj Rawat top-scoring with 79 not out off 66 balls. Himmat Singh made 60 off 57 balls while Vaibhav Kandpal (47 off 67) and Ayiush Badoni (41 off 56) also chipped in for the losers