Railways bowler Himanshu Sangwan was brutally slammed on social media after he picked Virat Kohli's wicket in the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi at Arun Jaitley Stadium on day 2 of the clash. Kohli who made his Ranji comeback after more than a decade was dismissed after scoring just six runs as Himanshu sent the off stump for a cartwheel. However, while his fans showed no mercy to the 29-year-old bowler, Kohli was pretty impressed with Himanshu's delivery that got him out.
Kohli made his Ranji comeback after BCCI's 10-point guideline made it mandatory for national players to feature in domestic cricket during their free time.
According to Dainik Jagran, Kohli asked the right-arm pacer, "Is this the same ball with which you got me out?" On hearing yes, he added, "It was a great ball, it was fun." He then gave his autograph on the ball before Himanshu told him that he was also once part of the Delhi dressing room at the under-19 level. Kohli responded saying: "I have heard about you. You are a good bowler. Best wishes for the future."
Despite Kohli's poor outing, Delhi defeated Railways by an inning and 19 runs to end their campaign and now Kohli will join Rohit Sharma-led India squad for the three-match ODI series against England which is scheduled to start from February 6.
After finishing the three-match ODI series against England, Team India will travel to Dubai for the Champions Trophy 2025 which is scheduled to start from February 19. The Men in Blue will start their campaign against Bangladesh on February 20.
India squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.