2025 is a year for breaking curses a year for many new records. From rainouts to disasters, the year remained historical from cricket's perspective. From the Champions Trophy win to the Indian women’s World Cup triumph, the Indian team saw highs but also went through lows. IPL got its new winner as Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifted their maiden IPL trophy in 18 years of IPL history.
South Africa made a strong comeback in the international circuit and stopped their ICC trophy gap.
Here are defining moments of cricket in 2025
South Africa clinched their first test championship
South Africa won the World Test Champions trophy against a difficult Australian side in England. The fight Bavuma and their boys showed against the mighty Australian at something to applaud. The WTC trophy won by South Africa was an important moment for cricket as it marked South Africa’s return to world cricket also It was the first time that the Indian team had not played the WTC final.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their first IPL trophy
A dream came true when Rajat Patidar led Bengaluru to their first-ever IPL trophy. A 18 year long wait comes to an end when Josh Hazlewood bowled his last spell to Sashank Singh to clinch victory against the Punjab Kings.
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Indian women won the World Cup trophy
Women's cricket in India gets a big boost as on the night of 6th November, the Indian Women led by Harmanpreet Kaur won the final against South Africa by defeating them by 52 runs.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket
In a bizarre development, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their test retirement suddenly and Shubman Gill was appointed as the new test captain later he also became the Indian ODI captain replacing Rohit Sharma.
England won a test match in Australia after 14 years
England thrashed Australia in Melbourne after 14 long years as they got their first win of the Ashes in the fourth test match. In a bizarre development, the match ended in just two days and ICC rated the MCG pitch dissatisfactory.
ACC tournaments see Pakistan finish ahead of India in two encounters
Pakistan won the ACC Rising Stars Asia CupThey defeated Indian India A in the group stage as the Jitesh Sharma-led team failed to stop Pakistan and the Shaheens chased down easily. Also, in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup Indian young brigade was outclassed by Pakistan as the Indian team failed to chase the humongous target.
Italy gets a place for the T20I World Cup
Italy earned a place for the first time in theT20I world cup form the Europe regions. They are all set to play their first match on the big stage on 9th November against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens.
India won the Champions Trophy
Rohit Sharma and co. Lifted the ICC Champions Trophy after 13 long years by defeating New Zealand in the finals. Rohit Sharma played a man-of-the-match innings of 76 runs.
2026 will bring extravangza with T20I world cup, more ODI matches and renewed clashes.
