The year 2025 was memorable in terms of cricket, this year RCB won the first IPL title. India won the Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and the Asia Cup under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. In February, Abhishek Sharma played a historic inning of 135 runs, which is the biggest individual inning for Team India in T20 International. Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a big record by scoring an IPL century at the age of 14, while Mitchell Starc created history in Test cricket by taking 5 wickets in just 15 balls. Know about 10 big cricket records made in 2025.
Biggest T20I innings for India
T20’s number-1 batsman Abhishek Sharma played a historic innings on February 2, 2025. He scored 135 runs against England at Wankhede. This is the biggest individual innings for India in T20 International, he broke the record of Shubman Gill. Gill scored 126 runs against New Zealand on February 1, 2023.
Lowest score defended in IPL
On April 15, 2025, Punjab Kings, batting first, scored 111 runs, then it seemed that Kolkata Knight Riders would easily win this match. Who knew that this match would become historic, because Punjab successfully defended 111 runs. This is the third lowest score defense in IPL history.
Record of youngest century in T20s
Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history on April 28, 2025, while playing for Rajasthan Royals in IPL. He became the youngest batsman to score a century in T20, at that time his age was 14 years 32 days. In this match played against Gujarat in Jaipur, Vaibhav completed his century in 35 balls, which also became the fastest century by an Indian in the history of the league.
This happened for the first time in 148 years
In June, the final of the ICC World Test Championship was played between Australia vs South Africa, which South Africa won. In this match, Usman Khawaja could not open the account in the first innings, South African opener Aiden Markram was also not able to open the account in the first innings. This happened for the first time in 148 years in the history of Test cricket, when the openers of both the teams were out for zero in the first innings. Markram played the match-winning inning of 136 runs in the second innings.
Fewest 5 wicket hauls in fewest balls (in Test cricket)
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc took the fifth wicket of the opposition team on his 15th ball in a Test against West Indies in July. Starc made the world record of fastest 5 wicket haul in test cricket. The entire West Indies team was reduced to 27 runs in the second innings.
Virat Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record
Virat Kohli played a historic inning of 135 runs in the first ODI against South Africa on 29 November, breaking a big record of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin was the batsman with the most centuries in one format, but after scoring his 52nd ODI century, Kohli broke his record. After this, Kohli scored a century in the second ODI also. Kohli has scored 53 centuries in ODIs, Sachin has scored 51 centuries in Tests.
Record of most T20I wins in a calendar year
Of course, Pakistan cricket team could not win against India in T20, both faced each other thrice in Asia Cup and Team India won every time but 2025 was memorable for Pakistan. Pakistan won 21 out of 34 T20 matches this year, making them the record for most T20 wins in a calendar year.
Jacob Duffy broke 40 years old record
The record of taking most wickets in a calendar year for New Zealand was in the name of Richard Hadlee for 40 years, which was broken by Jacob Duffy this year. The 31-year-old fast bowler has taken 81 wickets in all three formats for New Zealand this year. He is also the bowler who took the most wickets this year.
Gede Pariyadana (5 wickets in one over)
Indonesian bowler Gede Pariyadana did what no other bowler in the world could do. He bowled only one over against Cambodia, in which he took 5 wickets. He has become the first bowler to take 5 wickets in a T20 International match.
Highest score in List ‘A’
In Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, on 24 December, Bihar team created history by scoring a mountain score of 574 runs. This is the biggest score in List ‘A’ cricket, in which 3 batsmen from Bihar scored centuries. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 190 runs in 84 balls. Saqibul Ghani scored 128 runs in 40 balls, during which he also made the record of the fastest century in List A. Ayush Anand scored 116 runs in 56 balls.
