Duck for Rohit, 77 for Kohli: Fans endure a rollercoaster day at Vijay Hazare Trophy

NEW DELHI: The Vijay Hazare Trophy treated fans of India’s ODI stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to a mixed container connected Friday. While Rohit endured a shocking aureate duck against Uttarakhand, Virat led Delhi’s complaint with a brisk 77 against Gujarat successful Bengaluru.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Rohit, who had made a sensational instrumentality to VHT with a 94-ball 155 against Sikkim earlier this week, fell prey to Devendra Singh Bora successful the precise archetypal over, leaving Mumbai reeling astatine 4/1. The 'Hitman' had dazzled spectators conscionable days ago, smashing 18 fours and 9 sixes, but this clip the instrumentality of averages caught up with him.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli ensured Delhi did not falter. After Gujarat reduced Delhi to an aboriginal nonaccomplishment with Priyansh Arya departing cheaply, Kohli anchored the innings with 77 disconnected conscionable 61 balls, including 13 fours and a six, astatine a onslaught complaint of 126.

Together with his partners, helium steadied the innings and kept Delhi firmly successful control.Live Updates: Vijay Hazare TrophyThe contrasting fortunes of the 2 legends reflector their caller ODI form. Since his 2 successive ducks successful Australia, Kohli has been virtually unstoppable, amassing 584 runs successful six innings, with 3 centuries and fifties each, portion Rohit has scored 495 runs successful 7 innings with 2 centuries and 3 fifties. In 2025, some finished arsenic India’s apical run-getters successful ODIs, with Kohli scoring 651 runs astatine 65.10 and Rohit 650 astatine 50.00, underlining their enduring dominance.