Virat Kohli played the first two Elite Group D matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 for Delhi and registered scores of 131 and 61. He slammed 131 from 101 balls as a No. 3 batter for the Rishabh Pant-led side in their 299-run chase against Andhra Pradesh at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence on December 24. And on Friday (December 26), when Delhi were invited to bat first by Gujarat skipper Chintan Gaja at BCCI’s CoE, Kohli made 77 from 61 balls.
During his stay at the crease against Gujarat in the match that Delhi won by 7 runs, Virat slammed 13 fours and 1 six and also completed 1000 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Virat Kohli’s performance in Vijay Hazare Trophy (match by match)
| OPPOSITION | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | VENUE | DATE |
| Bengal | 56 | 56 | 1/3 | Visakhapatnam | April 2, 2008 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 102 | 113 | 14/0 | Dharamsala | February 15, 2009 |
| Punjab | 119* | 110 | 14/3 | Dharamsala | February 17, 2009 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 23 | 26 | 4/0 | Una | February 19, 2009 |
| Haryana | 124 | 82 | 9/7 | Dharamsala | February 21, 2009 |
| Services | 45 | 58 | 5/1 | Una | February 23, 2009 |
| Railways | 114 | 93 | 17/1 | Agartala | February 28, 2009 |
| Bengal | 7 | 10 | 1/0 | Agartala | March 4, 2009 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 16 | 16 | 3/0 | Sirsa | February 10, 2010 |
| Punjab | 71 | 48 | 4/2 | Sirsa | February 12, 2010 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 32 | 33 | 6/0 | Sirsa | February 14, 2010 |
| Haryana | 94 | 99 | 10/0 | Rohtak | February 16, 2010 |
| Services | 16 | 8 | 3/0 | Gurgaon | February 18, 2010 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 131 | 101 | 14/3 | Bengaluru | December 24, 2025 |
| Gujarat | 77 | 61 | 13/1 | Bengaluru | December 26, 2025 |
| TOTAL | 1027 | 934 | 118/21 |
Kohli needed 15 innings to join the 1000-run club in the premier domestic one-day tournament, and it also helped him equal Devdutt Padikkal’s record of being the fastest batter to score 1000 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Fastest to 1000 runs in Vijay Hazare Trophy
| PLAYER | TEAM | INNINGS |
| Devdutt Padikkal | Karnataka | 15 |
| Virat Kohli | Delhi | 15 |
Like Kohli, the left-handed batter from Karnataka, who has played two Tests and two T20Is for India so far, also needed 15 innings to score 1000 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Devdutt Padikkal’s record in Vijay Hazare Trophy
| TEAM | MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | BEST | AVERAGE | S/R | 100/50 | 4/6s |
| Karnataka | 31 | 31 | 2304 | 152 | 92.16 | 94.85 | 11/12 | 222/72 |
Padikkal made his List A debut for Karnataka against Jharkhand in Bengaluru on September 26, 2019, during the Vijay Hazare Trophy match and since then has scored a total of 2364 runs in 36 List A matches. He has a batting average of 81.51 in List A and has slammed 11 centuries and 12 fifties so far.
Devdutt Padikkal’s performance in Vijay Hazare Trophy (match by match)
| OPPOSITION | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | VENUE | DATE |
| Jharkhand | 58 | 83 | 7/0 | Bengaluru | September 26, 2019 |
| Kerala | 2 | 8 | 0/0 | Bengaluru | September 28, 2019 |
| Hyderabad | 60 | 104 | 6/0 | Alur | October 1, 2019 |
| Chhattisgarh | 8 | 22 | 1/0 | Alur | October 2, 2019 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 44 | 63 | 6/0 | Bengaluru | October 7, 2019 |
| Mumbai | 79 | 85 | 10/1 | Bengaluru | October 10, 2019 |
| Saurashtra | 103* | 104 | 14/1 | Bengaluru | October 12, 2019 |
| Goa | 102* | 116 | 16/5 | Alur (2) | October 16, 2019 |
| Puducherry | 50 | 54 | 5/1 | Bengaluru | October 20, 2019 |
| Chhattisgarh | 92 | 98 | 7/3 | Bengaluru | October 23, 2019 |
| Tamil Nadu | 11 | 14 | 2/0 | Bengaluru | October 25, 2019 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 52 | 84 | 7/0 | Bengaluru | February 20, 2021 |
| Bihar | 97 | 98 | 8/2 | Bengaluru | February 22, 2021 |
| Odisha | 152 | 140 | 14/5 | Alur (3) | February 24, 2021 |
| Kerala | 126* | 138 | 13/2 | Bengaluru | February 26, 2021 |
| Railways | 145* | 125 | 9/9 | Bengaluru | February 28, 2021 |
| Kerala | 101 | 119 | 10/2 | Delhi | March 8, 2021 |
| Mumbai | 64 | 64 | 9/1 | Delhi | March 11, 2021 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 71* | 35 | 4/5 | Ahmedabad | November 23, 2023 |
| Uttarakhand | 117 | 122 | 13/5 | Ahmedabad | November 25, 2023 |
| Delhi | 70 | 69 | 3/6 | Ahmedabad | November 27, 2023 |
| Bihar | 93* | 57 | 9/5 | Ahmedabad | November 29, 2023 |
| Chandigarh | 114 | 103 | 9/6 | Ahmedabad | December 1, 2023 |
| Baroda | 102 | 99 | 15/2 | Vadodara | January 11, 2025 |
| Haryana | 86 | 113 | 8/1 | Vadodara | January 15, 2025 |
| Vidarbha | 8 | 19 | 1/0 | Vadodara | January 18, 2025 |
| Jharkhand | 147 | 118 | 10/7 | Ahmedabad | December 24, 2025 |
| Kerala | 124 | 137 | 12/3 | Ahmedabad | December 26, 2025 |
| Tamil Nadu | 22 | 15 | 5/0 | Ahmedabad | December 29, 2025 |
Kohli to play vs Railways
Kohli missed Delhi’s third Elite Group D match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday (December 29) against Saurashtra in Alur, but he will be back for the team’s sixth group match against Railways.
The match between Delhi and Railways will be played on January 6, 2026, in Bengaluru.
The news of Kohli’s presence for the Delhi-Railways match was confirmed to news agency PTI by Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) president Rohan Jaitley on Monday.