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Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Virat Kohli looking to get some form back under his belt in Ranji return

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Virat Kohli looking to get some form back under his belt in Ranji return

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Virat Kohli looking to get some form back under his belt in Ranji return

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Virat Kohli is playing his first Ranji Trophy match since 2012

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: The focus is on the national capital where Delhi are taking on Railways and playing for the former is an old warhorse. The last time Virat Kohli turned up for a cricket match as a Delhi player, his teammates included Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir among others. The former India captain will be looking to shake off some of the poor form he is going through in red-ball cricket in his first Ranji Trophy match in over a decade.…Read More

The seventh and final round of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season group stage is set to commence today, with plenty to draw the attention of domestic cricket savants and those looking to follow along with the fortunes of international Indian team stars alike. With 16 matches set to take place across the country across the four groups, there will be no scarcity of action and intrigue, especially as the race for the quarterfinal spots reaches its climax.

There will also be a lot of focus on the performances of India’s stars after a relatively timid showing last time out, with Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill earning some credit with 12 wickets and a century respectively, but Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Rishabh Pant all disappointing with the bat. These stars will expect immediate bounce-back in this round, more and more acclimatised to their return to Ranji cricket, but the main focus will be on Virat Kohli as he boots up for Delhi for the first time since 2012.

Beginning with Group A, Jammu and Kashmir sealed their progression to the quarters with a historic and memorable victory in Mumbai, beating home favourites with a strong performance across the board that pushed them to the top of the group standings. However, Mumbai are still in with a chance following Baroda’s heavy loss to Maharashtra: Mumbai face lowly Meghalaya, who have lost all six of their matches and are likely to be relegated to the Plate division.

Mumbai will expect maximum points, and a strong chance for Rohit and co. to bounce back under captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane. Mumbai, however, will need another helping hand, this time hoping J&K can beat Baroda and lend their star-studded team a favour.

The match of the week comes from Group B, where Vidarbha’s bounce-back win against Rajasthan saw them go comfortably top of the group, leaving two teams to slug it out for second place. Gujarat are in a position of strength, five points ahead of their opponents in the final round, Himachal Pradesh, who suffered a chastening defeat at the hands of Hyderabad. It is a straightforward equation for Himachal: win and they are through. Even if they draw, it won’t be enough, and Gujarat will go through. Set up to be a barnstormer.

Further down the group, one subplot of interest will be the performance of Hyderabad opener Tanmay Agarwal, who is leading the run-scoring charts but under pressure from an in-form player in Madhya Pradesh captain Shubham Sharma. Tanmay sits on 792, with Sharma behind on 713, and this is a race that could get interesting.

In Group D, there are mathematically four teams in the hunt with nobody’s progression guaranteed. However, with Kerala facing bottom-placed Bihar, they will expect to handle their business and progress, leaving the other teams to fight it out. A seven-point win for Karnataka against current first-placed Haryana will be enough to see them through on quotient, but six won’t be enough.

Bolstered by the return of KL Rahul, who will likely open the batting alongside Mayank Agarwal in another powerful opening combination, Karnataka will be hoping that Bihar can pull off an upset against Kerala and make the equation slightly easier. Still, a tough task, and Haryana and Kerala will remain heavy favourites to progress from this group.

Finally, the most tightly packed of all the groups, in Group D. Tamil Nadu sit top with 25 points, but the next five teams are separated by just five points. It is a difficult group to make predictions for: the winner of Railways vs Delhi will need favours from other teams to help them pull through. Chandigarh, meanwhile, face off against Chhattisgarh, and will have a slight one-point advantage ahead of Jadeja and Pujara’s Saurashtra, who have a dogged Assam to contend with. If both teams find themselves frustrated, the door opens for Railways to qualify with a win, although even that might not be enough for Delhi or Jharkhand.

All in all, an enticing and thrilling round of fixtures coming up, that will take shape early and provide the narrative for the rest of the week. 32 teams in the competition, but soon there will only be eight.

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Jan 30, 2025 9:14 am IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Delhi win the toss and choose to bowl

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: And wait to see Kohli bat the crowd will have to!

Badoni wins the toss and asks Railways to bat first. The hope will be for early inroads in the morning in front of an excited crowd/

Jan 30, 2025 9:10 am IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Crowd arrive in numbers for chance to watch Kohli

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: With the gates being opened to 10,000 fans on a first-come-first-serve basis with free entry, plenty have shown up in huge numbers to watch Kohli bat. Just awaiting the result from the toss…

Jan 30, 2025 8:58 am IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Kohli’s Test record at Arun Jaitley Stadium

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: In Test cricket, Kohli has played 4 matches at Delhi’s premier stadium, and averages 66.37 with 531 runs in eight innings.

However, he only has one century, that being a mammoth 243 against Sri Lanka in December 2017, which at the time was Kohli’s highest Test score.

Jan 30, 2025 8:42 am IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Delhi looking for first win in four matches, with Kohli’s help

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Delhi’s Ranji Trophy campaign was derailed with two losses in their last three games, with last week’s loss against Saurashtra leaving them in a tough spot.

Qualification is still mathematically possible, but a lot of results will need to go their way.

Jan 30, 2025 8:25 am IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: What Badoni said about captaining Kohli

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: It must be quite surreal for Badoni to be in a position where he could tell Kohli where to field but he didn’t really let that show when asked about it. “I am very grateful that Rishabh [Pant] And Virat Bhaiyya [Kohli] are playing under me. The presence of big players is a very good feeling so we are very motivated,” he said.

“I have played against him [in IPL] so I have handled the pressure before but it will be fun to play with him this time.” Against Railways, Badoni will vacate his own batting slot with Kohli batting at No 4. Motivated by Kohli’s presence, the skipper said they were looking for an ‘outright win’.

Jan 30, 2025 8:24 am IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Kohli’s captain for this match…

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Ayush Badoni is leading Delhi in this match. The 25-year-old made his first class debut just two years ago. Badoni was about 12 years old when Kohli last played Ranji Trophy.

Jan 30, 2025 8:21 on IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Kohli’s recent struggles

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Virat Kohli has looked a shadow of his dominant self of late in Test cricket. In the series against Australia only managed 190 runs in the nine innings against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He constantly chased deliveries bowled well outside off stump and kept nicking off to the wicketkeeper or the slip fielders.

Jan 30, 2025 8:19 AM IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Kohli’s Delhi stats

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: This will be Virat Kohli’s 42nd match for Delhi. In the 41 games he has palyed thus far, Kohli 2891 runs in 64 innings at an average of 51.62. His highest score is 197.

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Jan 30, 2025 8:17 AM IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Kohli’s presence at the Arun Jaitley Stadium

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Judging by the footage we have seen of the practice sessions, Kohli seems to have been a breat of fresh air for the Delhi camp. His team-mates, most of whom may have been in school when he last played a game for his state back in 2012, have admitted to wanting to impress the star in what is their first-ever interaction with them.

At one moment on Wednesday, the net got tangled, prompting Kohli to drop to his knees and attempt to fix it with his bat. A couple of youngsters quickly joined in, trying to help before the groundsmen stepped in to resolve the issue — almost as if to say ‘You’ve returned after so long, let us take care of it.’

Jan 30, 2025 7:58 am IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: KL Rahul returns as well

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: While all the focus has been on Virat Kohli’s return to the Ranji Trophy after more than 12 years, KL Rahul, like he always does, went about his business quietly. He played a Duleep Trophy match last year, but the crucial Elite Group C match between Karnataka and Haryana at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will be his first Ranji Trophy match in nearly five years.

Jan 30, 2025 7:43 am on IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: What happened when Virat Kohli last played in the Ranji Trophy?

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Kohli’s last Ranji Trophy appearance came way back in 2012. He played the match for Delhi against Uttar Pradesh in Ghaziabad. In this particular game, the right-hander scored 14 runs off 19 balls in the first innings.

Jan 30, 2025 7:29 am IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Delhi full squad

Ranji Trophy Live Score, Delhi vs Railways: Arpit Rana, Sanat Sangwan, Yash Dhull, Virat Kohli, Ayush Badoni (C), Vansh Bedi (W), Vansh Bedi (W), Sumit Mathur, Mayank Gusain, Shivam Sharma, Harasha Tyagie P Saini, Pranav Rajuvanshi .

Jan 30, 2025 7:18 am on IS

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: Hello and welcome back to the Ranji Trophy for Virat Kohli!

Ranji Trophy LIVE SCORE, Delhi vs Railways: The last time Virat Kohli played the Ranji Trophy was in a rather star-studded fixture for Delhi against Uttar Pradesh. His teammates included Virender Sehwag, Ashish Nehra and his current India head coach Gautam Gambhir, all long retired. For Kohli, this is as golden an opportunity as it comes to get a couple of mammoth scores and shake off the poor form he seems to be stuck in, particularly in red-ball cricket.

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