India, Jan. 5 -- Virat Kohli has all but played his last Vijay Hazare Trophy match of the season as the star India batter continues to remain absent and won't compete in Delhi's 6th-round against Railways in Alur on Tuesday. As per the BCCI mandate, Kohli turned up for two matches for Delhi - against Andhra and Gujarat - scoring 131 and 77, which helped his team secure consecutive wins. After missing the next three matches, it was believed that Kohli may feature in one more game before joining the Indian team for the three ODI series against New Zealand starting Sunday. However, as it turns out, Delhi will be without its talismanic batter as they try to strengthen their position at the top of the Group D table.

"No, he is not available,"...