Aaryaveer Kohli, 15, the son of Virat Kohli’s elder brother Vikas Kohli, has been included within the preliminary draft of gamers shortlisted for the Delhi Premier League (DPL) public sale scheduled for July 5.Aaryaveer, a leg-spinner, trains beneath Raj Kumar Sharma—Virat Kohli’s childhood coach—on the West Delhi Cricket Academy. He has been slotted in Class C, having been a registered participant for Delhi Below-16s final season. In Delhi cricket, registered gamers are those that make it to the ultimate squad of 30.He isn’t the one relative of an Indian cricket legend within the combine. One other younger cricketer with an analogous identify—Aaryavir Sehwag, the 17-year-old son of former India opener Virender Sehwag—additionally options within the draft. Aaryavir, who represented Delhi Below-19s and scored a exceptional 297 towards Meghalaya, has been positioned in Class B, alongside together with his youthful brother Vedant, 15, an off-spinner who performed for Delhi Below-16s.This 12 months’s DPL will characteristic eight groups, with Outer Delhi and New Delhi franchises becoming a member of the present six: East Delhi Riders, North Delhi Strikers, West Delhi Lions, South Delhi Superstarz, Purani Dilli 6, and Central Delhi Kings.Final 12 months, East Delhi Riders clinched an exhilarating three-run win over South Delhi Superstarz to win the inaugural Delhi Premier League T20.
The primary season unearthed skills like Priyansh Arya and Digvesh Rathi, who went to bag a good-looking IPL contract and likewise did nicely for his or her respective crew’s. Priyansh Arya grabbed eyeballs when he hit six sixes in an over on his strategy to 120 off 50 balls in a DPL match, and which helped him bag a whopping Rs 3.80 crore. The southpaw scored 475 runs, together with a century for IPL 2025 runners-up Punjab Kings. In the meantime, Rathi, who was purchased by Lucknow Tremendous Giants snapped 14 wickets in 13 outings.