<p>Cricket fans in Bengaluru will get to see <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/virat-kohli">Virat Kohli </a>play in a domestic game in the city after a long time after it was confirmed that the star batter will turn up for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Elite Group D tie against Andhra on December 24.</p>.<p>Karnataka will be taking on Kerala in Ahmedabad on the same day though all eyes will be on the Delhi vs Andhra tie, which will be held at the Alur Cricket Stadium on the outskirts of the city . </p>.Virat Kohli confirms his availability for Vijay Hazare Trophy.<p>The 37-year-old had recently registered up his 52nd ODI hundred against South Africa in the series opener at Ranchi.</p><p>"He has confirmed his availability to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. How many games he'll feature in, that isn't clear yet. Obviously, him being around will be a massive boost to the Delhi dressing room," Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) chief Rohan Jaitley was quoted as saying by <em>PTI</em> news agency.</p><p>Gujarat, Saurashtra, Odisha, Services, Railways and Haryana are the other teams in Delhi's group.</p><p>The league matches are scheduled to be played at Alur, while the knockout matches are set to be to be played at the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Centre of Excellence Ground.</p><p>However, Kohli will not be part of the knockouts if Delhi reaches thus far as he is set to play in India’s three-match ODI series against New Zealand starting on January 11.</p><p>Fans are expected to turn up in numbers to watch the action at the ground when Kohli is around.</p><p>Earlier this year, Kohli made a grand spectacle of an otherwise drab Ranji Trophy game when he played his first first-class match in more than 12 years when more than 12,000 people turned up to watch Kohli play, numbers unheard of for a domestic fixture in a long while.</p><p>He returned to Ranji Trophy as part of preparation for international duty but in a surprise decision, he announced his retirement from Test cricket ahead of the England tour.</p><p>It is worth mentioning that BCCI has made playing domestic cricket mandatory for contracted cricketers unless they are injured or on national duty. </p><p>(with inputs from agencies)</p>
<p>Cricket fans in Bengaluru will get to see <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/virat-kohli">Virat Kohli </a>play in a domestic game in the city after a long time after it was confirmed that the star batter will turn up for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Elite Group D tie against Andhra on December 24.</p>.<p>Karnataka will be taking on Kerala in Ahmedabad on the same day though all eyes will be on the Delhi vs Andhra tie, which will be held at the Alur Cricket Stadium on the outskirts of the city . </p>.Virat Kohli confirms his availability for Vijay Hazare Trophy.<p>The 37-year-old had recently registered up his 52nd ODI hundred against South Africa in the series opener at Ranchi.</p><p>"He has confirmed his availability to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. How many games he'll feature in, that isn't clear yet. Obviously, him being around will be a massive boost to the Delhi dressing room," Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) chief Rohan Jaitley was quoted as saying by <em>PTI</em> news agency.</p><p>Gujarat, Saurashtra, Odisha, Services, Railways and Haryana are the other teams in Delhi's group.</p><p>The league matches are scheduled to be played at Alur, while the knockout matches are set to be to be played at the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Centre of Excellence Ground.</p><p>However, Kohli will not be part of the knockouts if Delhi reaches thus far as he is set to play in India’s three-match ODI series against New Zealand starting on January 11.</p><p>Fans are expected to turn up in numbers to watch the action at the ground when Kohli is around.</p><p>Earlier this year, Kohli made a grand spectacle of an otherwise drab Ranji Trophy game when he played his first first-class match in more than 12 years when more than 12,000 people turned up to watch Kohli play, numbers unheard of for a domestic fixture in a long while.</p><p>He returned to Ranji Trophy as part of preparation for international duty but in a surprise decision, he announced his retirement from Test cricket ahead of the England tour.</p><p>It is worth mentioning that BCCI has made playing domestic cricket mandatory for contracted cricketers unless they are injured or on national duty. </p><p>(with inputs from agencies)</p>
