The Indian cricket team recently suffered a humiliating 3-1 defeat in the five-Test Border-Gavaskar series in Australia, with the batters failing to deliver consistently. Following this disappointing performance,

DDCA secretary Ashok Sharma urged Virat Kohli to participate in Delhi's Ranji Trophy matches, suggesting he take inspiration from Mumbai players like Rohit Sharma, who recently trained with Mumbai's squad despite not confirming his match participation.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently conducted a review meeting in Mumbai to assess the Indian cricket team's performance in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 where they they went down to Australia by 3-1 and subsequently failed to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 final.