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Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: It’s only been two days since bowlers across the country were walloped all over in the opening round of the 2025/26 Vijay Hazare Trophy – a day which saw 22 centurions, three of the four fastest centuries by Indian batters in List A cricket, a double century, and a team scoring 574 in one innings.
In that environment, the story was still all about Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Still two of the best batters going around in the world in the 50-over format, the two Indian greats were both amongst the centurions, and were just short of flawless: Rohit scored 155 in Mumbai’s walk-in-the-park chase vs Sikkim in Jaipur, while Virat Kohli returned after 15 years to work his way to 131 vs Andhra in a tricky chase in Bengaluru’s CoE ground.
Small grounds, flat pitches, manageable chases, a gulf in quality, and sublime form even heading into their pair of matches in the VHT – Rohit and Virat made the best of a very good situation. But they are only playing two matches in this tournament as preparation for New Zealand, with Delhi facing Gujarat and Mumbai playing Uttarakhand.
More of the same on the cards for two of India’s greatest? Or will the bowlers in this tournament come back fired up, refreshed, ready to earn some right hooks of their own and win back some ground in this tournament.
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In that environment, the story was still all about Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Still two of the best batters going around in the world in the 50-over format, the two Indian greats were both amongst the centurions, and were just short of flawless: Rohit scored 155 in Mumbai’s walk-in-the-park chase vs Sikkim in Jaipur, while Virat Kohli returned after 15 years to work his way to 131 vs Andhra in a tricky chase in Bengaluru’s CoE ground.
Small grounds, flat pitches, manageable chases, a gulf in quality, and sublime form even heading into their pair of matches in the VHT – Rohit and Virat made the best of a very good situation. But they are only playing two matches in this tournament as preparation for New Zealand, with Delhi facing Gujarat and Mumbai playing Uttarakhand.
More of the same on the cards for two of India’s greatest? Or will the bowlers in this tournament come back fired up, refreshed, ready to earn some right hooks of their own and win back some ground in this tournament.
In that environment, the story was still all about Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Still two of the best batters going around in the world in the 50-over format, the two Indian greats were both amongst the centurions, and were just short of flawless: Rohit scored 155 in Mumbai’s walk-in-the-park chase vs Sikkim in Jaipur, while Virat Kohli returned after 15 years to work his way to 131 vs Andhra in a tricky chase in Bengaluru’s CoE ground.
Small grounds, flat pitches, manageable chases, a gulf in quality, and sublime form even heading into their pair of matches in the VHT – Rohit and Virat made the best of a very good situation. But they are only playing two matches in this tournament as preparation for New Zealand, with Delhi facing Gujarat and Mumbai playing Uttarakhand.
More of the same on the cards for two of India’s greatest? Or will the bowlers in this tournament come back fired up, refreshed, ready to earn some right hooks of their own and win back some ground in this tournament.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: There’s Kohli’s half-century, in 29 deliveries! Batting on 58* at the moment with 12 fours and a six – only 4 runs not via the boundary. This is very similar to how Rohit batted in the previous game, boundary-heavy and adding lots of impetus.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Rapid stuff from Kohli. Batting on 40*(22) and ensures that Priyansh dismissal doesn’t hurt Delhi’s scoring too much. T20 stuff.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Kohli is off on a canter. Already five fours with his six. Backing himself to make the most of the poweplay.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Score: Kohli showing his own attacking tendencies when he has arrived to bat in the powerplay! Started with a four, now picks up a six. Ominous form from the great man!
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: No sterling start for Priyansh Arya this time, gone for just 1. Brings Kohli to the crease early in the piece again – starts off with an early boundary!
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: No success for Rohit Sharma today! Dismissed very early, it’s a first-ball duck in the first over. Tries to continue his ultra-aggressive style with a pick-up pull shot, but finds himself caught out. Not today for him! Disappointment for the fans.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Here we go then! Dekhi will have the dangerous Arya opening, but Arpit Rana will want to protect Kohli a bit after being dismissed for a duck in the first over last time out.
Rohit Sharma with Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who was subdued and watchful in the opener.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: News from the tosses! Uttarakhand and Gujarat both win the flip, and put Mumbai and Delhi in to bat first respectively.
Runs on the board key today – and the senior players needed to guide the testing first period.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Vaibhav Suryavanshi won’t be making an appearance for Bihar against Mizoram today. India’s U-19 World Cup campaign begins in just under three weeks in Zimbabwe and Namibia, so his participation in training camps in the lead-up would be the reason.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Tosses will have taken place by now, so just waiting for that information to start filtering in. Chasing was just a touch better overall, as expected, on the first day of action given the early 9:00 AM start offering just a little bit for bowlers to work with.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Tosses should be taking place in just about 10 minutes. While our focus will be on Kohli and Sharma, there are still going to be many players who will call for attention today.
There should be some really interesting matches throughout too: Madhya Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu, Karnataka vs Kerala, Hyderabad vs Vidarbha, and Baroda vs Bengal look particularly appetising today.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: On the first day of this tournament, it was a total mismatch between bat and ball in most of the games played across the country. Three players scored centuries inside 35 balls, remember. But how big a threat is this for Indian cricket domestically? Not one to be underestimated.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: The two stands opened to the public were chock-full of people who arrived to watch Rohit Sharma bat and received a masterclass, and today morning, it’s more of the same as early morning crowds roll into Jaipur’s cricket stadium to catch a glimpse. Fans across the country value these superstars to such an extent that this is hardly a surprise.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Next up for Delhi after beating Andhra is Gujarat, who will have key bowlers like Harshal Patel and Ravi Bishnoi for Delhi’s middle order batters to contend with. Rishabh Pant fell cheaply trying to wrap things up in the first match, and he is one of the players who will want to try and have a monster season to play himself into the reckoning. Kohli, meanwhile, is in an unbelievable run of scoring, and will back himself to continue that run through the next couple of weeks and into the New Zealand series.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: They weren’t the only ones. The first day of the VHT saw 3 of the 4 fastest List A centuries, including one for Ishan Kishan on his return to the Indian squad, one for Vaibhav Suryavanshi as he bulldozed his way to 190 off just 84, and one for Padikkal as he scored 144 to help Karnataka chase down a score well in excess of 400. Through and through, it was a day for the batters across the country.
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: There were very many centuries in the first round of matches for this season’s edition of the VHT – and several notable ones – but the key focus was always Kohli’s return to the VHT after 15 years, and Rohit’s after 7. They didn’t disappoint. Easygoing centuries at a high rate of scoring, commanding their respective chases and taking full control. They are still amongst the top 3 ranked batters in ODI cricket – is it any surprise they were in full flow?
Vijay Hazare Trophy LIVE Updates: Merry Christmas, and a happy Boxing Day for all the cricket lovers! Focus is over in Melbourne as England fight to salvage pride, but as much so back home in India, as the country’s two biggest active heroes try to get wins on thei board for their respective teams in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Stay tuned for all the updates!
