Vijay Hazare Trophy: Virat Kohli scores 77, Rohit Sharma bags a golden duck in Round 2

In the second round of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 campaign, Rohit Sharma suffered a golden duck against Uttarakhand while Virat Kohli scored a 77-run knock against Gujarat on Friday, December 26.

It’s important to note that both Rohit and Kohli made an exceptional return to domestic cricket a few days ago. While Rohit scored an amazing 94-ball 155-run unbeaten knock against Sikkim with 18 fours and nine sixes, Kohli scored a 101-ball 131-run knock against Andhra with 14 fours and three sixes.

However, Rohit had to perish for a golden duck off Uttarakhand’s Devendra Singh Bora in the first over of the game. On the other hand, Kohli’s 61-ball 77-run knock was laced with 13 fours and a six at a strike rate of 126. While Kohli has scored 208 runs in two VHT matches, Rohit has scored 155 runs in the same number of games.

Since his two consecutive ducks against Australia Down Under in the three-match ODI series, Kohli has looked unstoppable since scoring that unbeaten 74* at the SCG. After that, during the series against South Africa, he emerged as the 'Player of the Series' with 302 runs in three innings at an average of 151.00 and a strike rate of 117.05, with two back-to-back centuries and a fifty. 

Also, Virat Kohli has gone past Sachin Tendulkar to become the fastest to 16,000 runs in men's List A cricket, getting to the milestone in his 330th innings. Meanwhile, Tendulkar had achieved it in 391 innings.

On the other hand, after starting off the Australia series on a poor note with only eight runs in Perth, Rohit has also showcased consistency, scoring 495 runs in his next seven innings at an average of 99.00, with two centuries and three half-centuries.

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