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In several videos going viral on the internet, thousands of fans can be seen leaving the Arun Jaitley Stadium after Virat Kohli was clean bowled for six runs by Railways pacer Himanshu Sangwan.
Disappointed Delhi fans leave Arun Jaitley Stadium afer Virat Kohli’s wicket in Ranji Trophy match against Railways. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Thousands of fans who came to watch Virat Kohli bat at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Friday (January 31) during seven-time Ranji Trophy champions Delhi’s Elite Group D match against Railways were seen leaving the iconic stadium in disappointment after the legendary India batter got out. Kohli, who came out at bat at No. 4 for Delhi in his first Ranji Trophy match after more than 12 years, could only manage to score six runs from 15 balls. During his stay at the crease, he hammered one boundary.
Kohli was clean bowled by 29-year-old Najafgarh-born right-arm medium pacer Himanshu Sangwan. Sangwan, after getting hit for a four by Kohli on the third ball of the 28th over, breached his defence on the next delivery and shattered his stumps.
After taking Kohli’s wicket, Sangwan celebrated in an aggressive manner, and the video of his charged-up celebration is going viral on the internet.
This is so embarrassing for Virat Kohli. champu PR can talk about the lines outside stadiums and how he eats Chilli Paneer. But they won’t solve his technical issues pic.twitter.com/hAE32IHsBs— Aadit Kapadia (@ask0704) January 31, 2025
In breakfast time Virat Kohli had kauwa paneer ordered from the local DDCA canteen which resulted in such flying dismissalChef – Sanjay Jhapic.twitter.com/9RiLsR6ikz— रोहित जुगलान Rohit Juglan (parody) (@coolfyfied) January 31, 2025
After taking Kohli’s wicket, Sangwan dismissed Delhi opener Sanat Sangwan on the first ball of the next over to leave the Ayush Badoni-led side struggling at 97 for 4 in 29.1 overs.
Fans had very high expectations from Virat in his first Ranji match since November 2012, but like Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, and KL Rahul, the former India all-format captain also failed to impress in his first Ranji match after many years.
Rohit and Yashasvi played Mumbai’s sixth Elite Group A match of the Ranji Trophy against Jammu and Kashmir last week but were only able to score 3 and 4 runs in the first innings. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant scored 1 and 17 runs for Delhi in the sixth Elite Group D match played against Saurashtra in Rajkot last week.
Shubman Gill was also not able to do much with the bat in the first innings of Punjab’s last Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match against Karnataka at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, but he redeemed himself by scoring 102 runs in the second innings of the match, which his side lost by an innings and 207-run margin inside three days.
