Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 LIVE Score: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in action in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. (AP)Delhi vs Andhra, Mumbai vs Sikkim Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 Today Match Live Cricket Score Updates: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are both batting later in the day with Delhi and Mumbai fielding first in their respective matches against Andhra and Sikkim respectively. Delhi had won the toss and chose to field first while Mumbai lost the toss and were put to field first. Kohli and Rohit are among countless notable Indian stars who will take part in the opening matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Apart from Kohli and Rohit, Rishabh Pant, Harshit Rana, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Abhishek Sharma and Shivam Dube are some of the big names who are likely to participate in the domestic ODI tournament.
But one problem that comes with it is that fans likely won’t be able to watch these stars in action as no channel or livestreaming service will broadcasting most of these matches with only Puducherry vs Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad vs UP the only exceptions. To make matters worse for Kohli fans in Bengaluru, they will not get to watch the India star in action live as Delhi’s fixtures have been moved to the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence.
Fans in Jaipur, however, will be able to watch Rohit as Mumbai takes on Sikkim at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Preparation for a crowd of around 2,000-3,000 strong fans has been made at the venue with security beefed up. Entry for the match is free so there iks expected to be a massive turnout.
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He turned up to this match just three days after playing the U19 Asia Cup final against Pakistan and went and broke a record held by none other than AB de Villiers himself. Vaibhav Suryavanshi is making heads turn so much that a few necks might need to be checked. Read more.
Sikkim have made a good account of themselves thus far, getting to a score of 89/2 in 20 overs. Fans, though, aren't too interested in the proceedings. There are quite a few videos doing the rounds of social media now from the match in Jaipur.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsOver 10,000 people at SMS to cheer for Rohit Sharma 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/X5rNpFM0CM
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) December 24, 2025
Stands, scaffolding, any vantage point is good enough for the fans in Jaipur to catch a glimpse of Rohit Sharma. As this pic sent by Namit Kumar shows.
Although fans are not allowed to watch Delhi’s game at the BCCI Centre of Excellence there is strong police presence outside the ground. Even the odd fan who tried to have a glimpse by climbing the perimeter wall being asked to leave by the police. Some of them have got lucky at one part of the ground though. Kohli has been stationed at point throughout and has been chirpy all morning… so is Rishabh Pant behind the stumps.
- Venkata Krishna B
Bihar are playing Arunachal Pradesh in Plate Group and well, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has gone on his own merry way. He has smashed the second fastest List A hundred by an Indian man, just 36 balls he has taken to score his century.
Nothing to note so far from Sikkim's early batting, not that anyone is here to see how Tushar Deshpande and Shardul Thakur fare with the new ball. Their early spells have been muted out by chants of 'Rohit, Rohit'. The 38-year-old star, constantly chirping in the slips with Sarfaraz Khan, is having to acknowledge the crowd and calm them down every time the ends change.
- Namit Kumar
Namit is at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium today in Jaipur and this is what he had to say about the crowds: "Expectations of around 3,000 spectators to turn up at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on this weekday morning have already been met. As news filters that Rohit Sharma will bat second, expect that number to double. A few left after the toss. Both the North and East Stands have been opened here to accommodate them."
Well there are a few fans trying to get a glimpse of the action, as pictures sent by our man on the ground Venkata Krishna B suggests. Andhra have scored four runs in the first two overs, with Navdeep Saini and Ishant Sharma opening the bowling for Delhi. KS Bharat and Ashwin Hebbar are the opening batters for Andhra.
Delhi (vs Andhra): Arpit Rana, Priyansh Arya, Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, Simarjeet Singh, Harsh Tyagi, Ishant Sharma, Prince Yadav, Navdeep Saini
Mumbai (vs Sikkim): Rohit Sharma, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sarfaraz Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Musheer Khan, Hardik Tamore(w), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur(c), Tushar Deshpande, Sylvester DSouza
Delhi have won the toss and elected to field against Andhra at the BCCI COE Ground 2. Meanwhile, Sikkim have won the toss in Jaipur against Mumbai and chosen to bat first. Which means both Kohli and Rohit are batting second today.
JioStar has said that two games have been equipped with full broadcast facilities. These are Pondicherry vs Tamil Nadu at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad vs Uttar Pradesh at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
It has been a while since Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma last played in this tournament. How did they do in their most recent appearances before today? Read here.
Sikkim will be up against Mumbai today, which means they will be playing a side featuring Rohit Sharma. Leeyong Lepcha, the 34-year-old offspinner from Gangtok, believes Wednesday will be the biggest match he has ever played as captain. What would have otherwise been a nondescript game of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, between domestic cricket minnows Sikkim and giants Mumbai, has been given heavier weightage thanks to the man opening the batting for the latter team.
“It is not every day that we get the opportunity to go up against a player of Rohit Sharma’s stature,” Leeyong told reporters. “It is huge for us to compete against him and just be in his shadow, just be around him. If we can go back home and share this experience, it will definitely help more youngsters take up the sport.” Read more from Namit Kumar HERE.
Virat Kohli's first Vijay Hazare Trophy match since 2010, Rohit Sharma's first since 2018. Other stars who are set to play include the likes of India's ODI and Test captain Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and so on. And yet, you won't be seeing any of them on television. Broadcast facilities have been provided only in Rajkot and Ahmedabad whereas matches featuring Rohit and Kohli will be in Jaipur and Bengaluru respectively. As that American saying goes: That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Fans in Bengaluru will not get to watch Virat Kohli featuring in the Vijay Hazare Trophy as Delhi’s fixtures have been moved to the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CeO) where the match against Andhra will be played behind closed doors for the public.
It is understood that with the stadium yet to meet all the safety recommendations suggested by the Justice Cunha commission, the review committee felt the venue isn’t ready to host matches as yet. Less than 24-hours before Delhi were scheduled to play Andhra in the first round of Vijay Hazare Trophy at Chinnaswamy stadium, based on a report of the review committee — appointed by the Karnataka government — the city police denied permission for the international venue to host the match on Wednesday.
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