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Virat Kohli is returning to the Ranji Trophy after 13 years. India’s star batter will be seen playing against the Railways at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on 30 January. Virat played the last Ranji match against Uttar Pradesh in 2012 in Ghaziabad between 2 to 5 November.
Virat’s father Prem Kohli died during the Ranji match in 2006. Relatives refused to play the match, but Virat went to play the match after his family celebrated. He also performed his father’s last rites after scoring 90 runs.
Virat Kohli’s last Ranji match in the story and the story of honor for father …
Kohli landed for the last time under Sehwag’s captaincy Virat Kohli made her debut in the Ranji Trophy against Tamil Nadu in 2006. He has played 23 Ranji matches for Delhi, scoring 1574 runs at an average of 50. He has also scored 5 centuries for the team. Virat played his last Ranji match in 2012 under the captaincy of Virender Sehwag, while former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina took charge of UP. The match was played at the Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad.
Bhubaneswar sent Kohli to pavilion in both innings Virat scored 14 runs on 19 balls in the first innings of the last match played against UP. They could hit only 2 fours. Then in the second innings, 43 runs were scored on 65 balls with the help of 7 fours. He batted for 2 hours 3 minutes by mixing both innings. Kohli was sent to the pavilion by Bhubaneswar Kumar in both innings.
Match report in 3 points …
- Puneet’s fifty, Delhi scored 235 runs in first innings Batting after losing the toss, Delhi lost the wicket of Virender Sehwag (32 runs) for 39 runs. The current coach of the Indian team Gautam Gambhir also returned to the pavilion after scoring 25 runs. In such a situation, Virat Kohli came to bat. He shared a 21 -run partnership with Unmukt Chand. He was caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the hands of Mohammad Kaif on the score of 14 runs. In this innings, Delhi scored 235 runs in the first innings with the help of wicketkeeper Puneet Bisht’s 52 runs.
- Dagar’s century, UP leads 168 runs Mukul Dagar scored 116 runs for UP. Then Praveen Kumar batted at number 9 and took UP’s score to 403 runs in the first innings. Here the team took a lead of 168 runs in the first innings.
- Delhi targeted 155 runs to UP In the second innings, captain Virender Sehwag played a century despite being unfit. He went on to play at number 5 and scored 107 runs. Virat scored 43 runs in this innings. The team scored a total of 322 runs and gave UP a target of 155 runs to win. UP achieved this target by losing 4 wickets.
Virat celebrated birthday on the last day, facilities were not in the field On the last day of the match, Virat Kohli celebrated his 24th birthday. The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) also cut his birthday cake in the team’s dressing room. Group B match between Delhi and UP was played amidst chaos. There was neither a dressing room nor the meeting of the audience in the field.
Virat’s birthday was celebrated on 5 November on the last day of the match against Uttar Pradesh.
The picture is on 5 November 2012. There was no arrangement for the audience to sit at the Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad.
Virat’s birthday was celebrated on 5 November on the last day of the match against Uttar Pradesh.
The picture is on 5 November 2012. There was no arrangement for the audience to sit at the Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad.
Ranji matches came to play even after father’s death A month after Ranji debut in 2006, Virat got a chance in the Delhi team against Karnataka. On December 17, Mukabla began, Karnataka scored 446 runs on the basis of Robin Uthappa and Tilak Naidu’s century.
The next day Delhi’s batting came, but the team lost 5 wickets for 59 runs. Virat Kohli took the innings with wicketkeeper Punit Bisht. By the end of the day’s play, Virat returned to notout after scoring 40 runs. When Kohli reached home, his father Prem Kohli’s health looked bad, he also died due to brain stroke at night.
Virat’s father Prem Kohli’s dream was that his son played cricket for the country one day.
Virat’s father Prem Kohli’s dream was that his son played cricket for the country one day.
Relatives refused to play After the father’s death, relatives and neighbors gathered at Virat’s house. The next day he was supposed to reach the ground at 8.30 am, he had to start batting from 9.30 am. Then relatives asked him to stay at home, but the family advised him to go to the field and bat.
Virat became emotional, but he went to play with his elder brother and mother. Virat batted 238 balls and scored 90 runs. He also partnered 152 runs by batting 61.3 over with Punit. After batting for about 5 hours, Virat was out and reached home directly. He attended his father’s funeral and also reached the ground again to bowl 2 overs on the fourth day of the match.
Delhi saved follow -on with Kohli’s batting Delhi did not have to play a follow -on against Karnataka on the basis of Kohli’s batting. Delhi scored 308 runs and Karnataka had to bat again on the fourth day. Karnataka declared its innings on a score of 242 runs in the second innings. The match was drawn due to the end of 4 days and Delhi almost saved the match.
The rest of the players were shocked to see Kohli on the field Kohli had told the coach about the father’s death. The coach also advised him to stay at home, yet Virat reached the ground. Seeing them on the field, the rest of the players and coaches were also shocked, as Virat was just 18 years old at that time.
Kohli’s childhood friend Ishant Sharma has said about the incident, saying, Virat remained very close to his father. The father’s dream was that Virat played for the country. Therefore, every time Virat remembers his father by watching a century or winning the team in the sky.
Virat (left) shared this photo with father Prem Kohli (right) on his social media account.
Virat (left) shared this photo with father Prem Kohli (right) on his social media account.
Only 9 played Ranji matches after international debut Virat scored 373 runs in 5 matches in 53.28 in Ranji’s 2007-08 season with 2 centuries. After which he got a chance to debut against Sri Lanka in international cricket in 2008. He was able to play only 9 Ranji Trophy matches since the international debut.
Virat played 418 international matches after 2012 Virat played 418 international cricket matches after 2012. In which he scored 21,989 runs. He was not very part of domestic cricket due to being busy in international cricket. Virat has played a total of 543 matches for India.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy is being questioned on his batting technology due to being dismissed on the ball outside the off stump in 2024-25. Recently, BCCI has made it mandatory for all players to play domestic cricket. In such a situation, Kohli did not play in the first match in the Ranji Trophy starting from 23 January. He had neck pain at that time. However, he has cleared that he will play against the Railways in the match on January 30.
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