After winning the toss and opting to bat, Delhi bowled out Railways for 41, led by Navdeep Saini's three wickets, and then reached 41 for 1 at stumps. Slated to bat at his customary No. 4 position, Kohli will walk in at the fall of next wicket.

Focus will be on Virat Kohli as the former India captain returns to domestic cricket after more than 12 years. The Delhi vs Railways match starts on 9:30 AM IST.

At first, the DDCA opened the roughly 6,000-capacity 'Gautam Gambhir Stand' for spectators but sensing the crowd situation could go out of hand, the officials were forced to open the 'Bishan Bedi Stand' which can accommodate around 14,

Such was Kohli's aura that a strong crowd of over 10,000 remained at the stadium despite Railways batting first.

The star batter is all set to return to his Delhi team for the final round of the group stage of the domestic first-class tournament against Railways—and that too after 13 years! Well, we have all seen Virat Kohli making record after record at the international level, but we haven't seen him playing Ranji in a very long time.

For Harbhajan, whether Virat scores runs or not is a different matter altogether. He just wants Virat to enjoy cricket and impart knowledge to the young crop.

Virat Kohli returned to domestic cricket after 12 years, last playing a Ranji Trophy game in 2012 under Virender Sehwag's captaincy.

Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli's return to Ranji Trophy has left the Arun Jaitley Stadium massively crowded in a rare view from a domestic match in the country.