Year 2025: 10 special things about the performance of Team India and its players

Key Points:

Team India’s performance in the year 2025 was very strong. Shubman Gill scored the most runs and centuries. Abhishek Sharma and Virat Kohli remained top in different formats. Kuldeep Yadav took the most wickets. India showed consistency by winning more than 70 percent of the matches.

1.Most runs by an Indian batsman in international cricket:

This record is in the name of Shubman Gill with 1764 runs. This record came in his name for the second time. Earlier in 2023, 2154 runs were scored.

2. India’s top ranked all-rounder in ICC rankings:

This year, Ravindra Jadeja was on top in Test, Axar Patel in ODI and Hardik Pandya in T20 International. The special thing is that since 2011, Ravindra Jadeja is the top all-rounder at the end of the year in some format or the other. For the fourth consecutive year he is the top all-rounder in Tests.

3. Highest share in team runs for India in one format in one year:

Among those who played at least 20 innings in one format, this record remained in the name of Abhishek Sharma in 2025. 27.5 percent of the runs that India scored in T20 International throughout the year came from the bat of Abhishek Sharma alone. The special thing is that in one format, in one year, this is the biggest share of any batsman. In 1998, Sachin Tabulkar had 27.2 percent share in ODIs.

4. Highest number of International 100 for India:

This record was in the name of Shubman Gill. Gill scored 7 centuries. He missed out on equaling Virat Kohli’s 2023 record (8).

5. Most runs in international cricket in 2025:

Shubman Gill is on top in India with 1764 runs and it is very possible that he will be the highest run scorer in the whole world this year. Shai Hope remained at 1760 and missed crossing Shubman but Joe Root can change this record in the Boxing Day Test. Before the start of the fourth Test of the Ashes, Root is on 1598 runs and will have to play a big innings.

6. India’s top batsman this year:

  • Most Test runs – Shubman Gill (983)
  • Most ODI runs – Virat Kohli (651)
  • Most T20 International runs – Abhishek (859)

7. Most wickets for India in international cricket this year:

This record was in the name of Kuldeep Yadav and he took 60 wickets. This record remained in the name of Jasprit Bumrah in three out of the last 8 years.

8. Team India’s total record this year:

31 wins in 43 international matches i.e. total 72.1 percent wins. This was the third consecutive year when India won more than 70 percent of the matches but missed out on equaling 2024’s top record of 72.7 percent.

9. Indian batsmen who have been ranked No. 1 in the ICC batting rankings in a calendar year:

This time the name of Rohit Sharma for ODI International and Abhishek Sharma for T20 International appeared in this list. – For the first time since 2020, an Indian batsman has been ranked No. 1 in ODIs (then: Virat Kohli) – For the first time since 2019, an Indian batsman has been ranked No. 1 in two formats (then: Virat Kohli was No. 1 in both Test and ODIs). – Rohit Sharma was the number 1 batsman for the first time.

10. Top players of India in ICC rankings at the end of the year

batsman:

  • In Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal
  • In ODI: Rohit Sharma
  • In T20: Abhishek Sharma

Bowler:

  • In Test: Jasprit Bumrah
  • In ODI: Kuldeep Yadav
  • In T20: Varun Chakraborty

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