Pant, who has been representing Delhi in List-A cricket since 2015, last featured in the format in 2018. He then made 19 appearances and scored 531 runs, including a ton and two half-centuries, with a strike rate of 109.48
Rishabh Pant (Pic: File Pic)
Team India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is all set to feature in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The left-hander confirmed his availability to the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), according to the sources.
Pant, who has been representing Delhi in List-A cricket since 2015, last featured in the format in 2018. He then made 19 appearances and scored 531 runs, including a ton and two half-centuries, with a strike rate of 109.48.
His return will provide a major boost to Delhi's campaign in the upcoming domestic season. Along with him, Team India stalwart Virat Kohli has also confirmed his availability for the upcoming edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The tournament is set to kick off from December 24.
Delhi will open its tournament campaign against Andhra in Bengaluru on December 24. The side will participate in a total of six matches.
They are placed in Group D along with Andhra, Gujarat, Saurashtra, Odisha, Services, Railways and Haryana. The league matches are currently scheduled to be played at Alur, a venue on the outskirts of Bengaluru, M Chinnaswamy Stadium and the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds, close to the airport.
The knockout matches, including the final, are scheduled to be played in the BCCI CoE grounds.
Speaking on Kohli's feature, the DDCA president Rohan Jaitley said, "He has confirmed his availability to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. How many games he will feature in, that is not clear yet. Obviously, him being around will be a massive boost to the Delhi dressing room".
Currently, he is busy featuring in the ongoing three-match ODI series against South Africa. In the first match of the series, the right-hander had smashed his 52nd century in the 50-over format, which is the highest number of tons scored by any player.
However, Kohli will not be part of the knockouts should Delhi reach that far, as he is set to play in India's three-match ODI series against New Zealand between January 11 and 18, 2026.
Earlier, he announced his retirement from Test cricket and had also drawn curtains on his T20I career after Team India's T20 World Cup 2024 triumph in Barbados.
(With ANI Inputs)
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