A wave of excitement swept through Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday morning as fans began to gather at the venue as early as 5 AM, eager to witness the return of Indian cricket legend Virat Kohli to the Ranji Trophy.

It was a memorable day of action on day one of the final league stage round of the Ranji Trophy match, with Virat Kohli's presence in this tournament after 13 years drawing a stream of his fans and cricket lovers to the Arun Jaitley Stadium here.

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,