Thousands of delirious fans screamed and cheered at the mere mention of his name as Virat Kohli's unmatched aura dominated the Ranji Trophy fixture between Delhi and Railways.

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.

A brisk end to the day saw Delhi reach 41/1 in 10 overs before stumps was called. The home team will be optimistic about hauling down the first innings score on a pitch that has shown no real demons when the ball is older.

Arun Jaitley Stadium could witness even greater frenzy than the previous day, as India megastar Virat Kohli is set to walk out to bat. Follow the live scores and updates from the final league round of

Delhi are ahead in their match against Railways as they trailed by 200 runs with nine wickets in hand. Sumit Mathur and Navdeep Saini earlier picked up three wickets apiece.

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.

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,

Preparations were being made to telecast the game, more stands than usual were being readied for fans, and players on both sides were excited to be part of his first Ranji Trophy game since 2012