The Indian stalwart Virat Kohli will be playing the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, which will start on December 24. The Delhi and District Cricket Association had earlier confirmed Kohli's availability for the domestic tournament a few days back. Kohli was playing the three-match ODI series against South Africa, after which he returned to London. He came back to India on December 13, even though the reason was not clarified. Notably, Virat played his last List A game 12 years ago, representing Delhi. It was against India Blue in the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Delhi's schedule in VHT 2025-26 Delhi will start their VHT 2025-26 season with their first match against Andhra Pradesh on December 24. Matches were scheduled at the Chinnaswammy stadium and at Allur. However, Chinnaswammy has got all the matches' hosting rights. Date Opponent December 24, 2025 Andhra December 26 Gujarat December 29 Saurashtra December 31 Odisha January 03, 2026 Services January 06 Railways January 8 Haryana Read also: Why would Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma experience a pay cut in BCCI central Contract? Where can fans watch the Delhi games in VHT? JioHotstar will be hosting all the matches of the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy. When will the matches start? Kohli’s stint with Delhi in the tournament will conclude with their fixture against Services on January 3, after which he will link up with the Indian team for the three-match ODI series versus New Zealand, beginning on January 11. The opening ODI is scheduled to be held at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. All of Delhi’s matches featuring Kohli are set to begin at 9:00 AM IST. The former India captain is also on the verge of a major personal landmark, needing just one more run to complete 16,000 runs in List-A cricket. So far, he has amassed 15,999 runs from 329 innings in 342 matches, registering 57 hundreds and 84 fifties. He will be eager to achieve the feat in Delhi’s opening clash against Andhra.