Test batting rankings: Joe Root’s dominance

England’s Joe Root once again remains the number-1 batsman in Test cricket. He has 867 rating points in his account, which shows his consistency and experience. In second place is England’s Harry Brook, who scored aggressively and scored 846 points.

New Zealand’s great Kane Williamson is at third place, who has 822 points. Australia’s Travis Head is at fourth place and Steve Smith is at fifth place. This ranking shows that the batsmen of England and Australia continue to dominate in Test cricket.

ODI batting ranking: Rohit leads

Indian captain Rohit Sharma remains at the top position in ODI cricket. With 781 rating points, Rohit has taken advantage of his rhythm and performance in big matches. At second place is Virat Kohli, who continues to be in the top-3 with 773 points.

New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell is at third place, Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran is at fourth place and India’s young star Shubhman Gill is at fifth place. This list shows that the influence of Asian batsmen is continuously increasing in ODI cricket.

T20 batting ranking: The performance of young players

The biggest change has been seen in T20 International. India’s Abhishek Sharma has become the number-1 batsman with 908 rating points. After him, Phil Salt of England is in second place.

India’s Tilak Verma is at third place, Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka is at fourth place and England captain Jos Buttler is at fifth place. This ranking clearly indicates that the era of young and aggressive batsmen is going on in T20 cricket.

Be it international level of cricket, domestic or franchise T20 cricket, Abhishek Sharma’s bat has roared in the year 2025. He is currently the world number-1 batsman in T20. Abhishek has made a name for himself as a stormy batsman and has also created new records. See here the list of those records which Abhishek Sharma has destroyed in the year 2025.

Abhishek Sharma made so many records in 2025

Most T20 runs in a calendar year: Abhishek Sharma has come second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in a calendar year. This year Abhishek has scored 1602 runs in T20. The Indian who has scored the most runs in a year is Virat Kohli, who scored a total of 1614 runs in 2016.

Highest rating points in T20 rankings: In the year 2025, Abhishek Sharma maintained an overall strike rate of more than 200 in all T20 matches. Abhishek had achieved 931 rating points in T20 batting rankings this year. This is the highest rating points achieved by a batsman in T20 cricket. He left England’s David Malan (919) behind.

Highest individual score for India in T20: Abhishek Sharma scored 135 runs in 54 balls against England. In this innings he hit 13 sixes and 7 fours. This is the highest individual score made by an Indian in international T20 cricket.

Fastest 50 sixes in T20: Abhishek Sharma completed 50 sixes in only the 20th innings of his T20 career. He is the fastest to complete 50 sixes for India in T20 and the fastest to complete 50 sixes in the world.

Highest individual score in IPL (for India): Abhishek Sharma scored 141 runs in 55 balls against Punjab Kings in IPL 2025, which is the highest individual score of an Indian in this league.

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The year 2025 was special and memorable for cricket, India won the Champions Trophy (ODI) and Asia Cup (T20) titles. Abhishek Sharma was the batsman who played the biggest T20 International innings for India, but most of the fans would not even know Mohammad Ishan, who is at number one in this list.

Mohammad Ishaan is a player of the Spain team, who played a historic inning of 160 runs in 63 balls against Croatia on 7 December. In this innings played at a strike rate of 253.96, Ishaan hit 17 sixes and 5 fours. Let us tell you that there are only 5 batsmen in history who have scored 150 runs in T20 International.

Abhishek Sharma created history

Abhishek Sharma is at number three in this list, he played this historic innings against England on 2 February. He scored 135 runs in 54 balls with the help of 13 sixes and 7 fours. This match took place in Wankhede. This was not only the biggest innings of this year but also the biggest innings by an Indian in the history of T20 International. He broke the record of Shubman Gill (126).

1. Mohammad Ishan (160)

Spanish batsman Mohammad Ishan had scored 160 runs in 63 balls against Croatia on 7 December. In this he hit 17 sixes and 5 fours.

2. Phil Salt (141*)

England batsman Phil Salt played an unbeaten inning of 141 runs against South Africa on 12 September. In this innings played in 60 balls, he hit 8 sixes and 15 fours.

3. Abhishek Sharma (135)

Abhishek Sharma scored 135 runs in 54 balls against England at Wankhede on 2 February, in which he hit 13 sixes and 7 fours.

4. Jan Freelink (134)

Namibian batsman John Freelink had scored 134 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 15 fours in 65 balls against Nigeria on 28 September.

5. Dewald Brevis (125*)

South African batsman Dewald Brevis had scored unbeaten 125 runs in 56 balls against Australia on 12 August. In this innings he hit 8 sixes and 12 fours.

6. Brendan Taylor (123)

Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor had scored 123 runs against Botswana team on 28 September. In this innings played in 54 balls, he hit 5 sixes and 16 fours.

7. Andrew Donovan (122*)

Philippines batsman Andrew Donovan is at number 7 in the list, who scored unbeaten 122 runs against South Korea on July 12. In this innings played in 54 balls, he hit 7 sixes and 11 fours.

Uttarakhand has defeated Punjab by 5 wickets in Vijay Hazare Trophy. The Punjab team was captained by Abhishek Sharma, who had scored 269 runs in the stipulated 50 overs while playing first. In reply, Uttarakhand won by 5 wickets in the 48th over. Uttarakhand captain Kunal Chandela played a century inning of 118 runs. This is the first defeat of the Punjab team in the current tournament.

Punjab, captained by Abhishek Sharma, came to bat first in the match. Captain Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh gave a bright start to the Punjab team, both of them took the team’s score beyond 50 in just 6 overs. First Prabhasimran was out after scoring 28 runs. Punjab team was able to add only 9 runs to its score, then Abhishek Sharma also got out after scoring 30 runs.

Salil Arora scored 65 runs for Punjab, while Krish Bhagat, who batted at eighth position, contributed 51 runs. Punjab team was able to score 269 runs.

Punjab’s first defeat

Uttarakhand, which came to chase the target of 270 runs, had a very bad start as both the openers were out by the score of 24. But captain Kunal Chandela was seen in a different mood. He played a brilliant century inning of 118 runs. Shaswat Dangwal also played a half-century inning of 51 runs for Uttarakhand.

This is Uttarakhand’s first win in the tournament, before which it had to lose 2 consecutive matches. If we look at the points table of Group C, Punjab team is sitting at the third position in the table with 8 points. Whereas Uttarakhand, which opened its winning account by defeating Punjab, is currently at sixth position in the table with 4 points.

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Abhishek Sharma is in the mood to thrash the bowlers tremendously. Before his next match in Vijay Hazare Trophy, he has hit not one or two but 45 sixes in the nets. According to a media report, during practice at Anantam Cricket Ground in Jaipur, Abhishek practiced attacking spin bowlers and hit 45 sixes one after the other.

Abhishek hit 45 sixes

He practiced for about an hour, during which he faced only spin bowlers. He also practiced against off-spin, leg spin and left-arm orthodox spin bowling. The pitch was behaving differently, where some balls had very sharp turn and on some occasions unusual bounce was seen.

Abhishek Sharma faced difficulties against balls whose length was short, but Abhishek responded with footwork. According to the report, during this entire practice session, he hit a total of 45 sixes.

Will complete his century with extra cover sixes only

During this practice session, coach Sandeep Sharma said jokingly, “You want to complete your century by hitting a six over extra cover.” A red net was placed on short extra cover for wrong shots, in which Abhishek got trapped once, but later adjusted and started hitting sixes straight away.

Couldn’t practice on desired pitch due to BCCI

Abhishek Sharma came for practice 45 minutes late than other players. He wanted to practice near one of the five pitches located in the middle of the field, but due to BCCI rules he could not do so. He first wanted to practice against fast bowling, but a young bowler was bowling the ball on the stump line for the fifth consecutive time. On this, Abhishek advised him and said, “Brother, put it a little closer to the stumps.”

Abhishek Sharma practiced for about an hour. During this, he hit sixes, but also got out 3-4 times. He was out defending at every opportunity.

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There were many players like Abhishek Sharma, Phil Salt, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma etc. who performed brilliantly in the year 2025. Abhishek was recognized all over the world as an explosive batsman, he also became the number-1 T20 batsman in the ICC rankings. But you will be surprised to know that there is no Indian among the top-5 batsmen who have hit the most number of international ‘sixes’ in the year 2025. Abhishek is the only Indian in the top-7.

In the year 2025, the batsman who has hit the most sixes in Test, ODI and T20 International combined is Karanbir Singh. Many cricket fans may not even know about which team they play for. Faiz Ahmed is at second place in the list, he too is not a player of any big team like Karanbir. Abhishek Sharma is at sixth place in the list, who has played 21 matches this year.

Who is Karanbir Singh who has hit the most sixes?

Karanbir Singh is 30 years old, he plays for Austria team. Austria is not a big team in the cricket world. Karanbir has scored 1488 runs in 32 matches in the year 2025. He has hit 122 international sixes this year. These are so many, you can guess from the fact that Faiz Ahmed, who is at number two, has hit 69 sixes.

38-year-old Faiz Ahmed is a player of Bahrain team, who has scored 1251 runs in 37 innings of 40 matches played in the year 2025. South Africa’s Dewald Brevis is at third place in the list, he has hit a total of 65 sixes in 30 international matches this year.

How many sixes has Abhishek Sharma hit in 2025?

Indian batsman Abhishek Sharma has scored 859 runs in 21 matches played in the year 2025, which includes 1 century and 5 half-centuries. Abhishek has hit 54 sixes in international cricket this year. Shai Hope, who is at number seven, has also hit the same number of sixes.

Top-7 batsmen who hit most sixes in 2025

1. Karanbir Singh (Austria)- 122
2. Faiz Ahmed (Bahrain)- 69
3. dewald brevis (South Africa)- 65
4. Bilal Zalmai (Austria)- 57
5. Asif Ali (Bahrain)- 56
6. Abhishek Sharma (India)- 54
7. shy hope (West Indies)- 54

Most Run For India In 2025: The year 2025 has seen excellent performance by Indian batsmen. This year, many batsmen of Team India have scored a lot of runs in different formats, but in the year 2025, Indian Test and ODI team captain Shubman Gill is the highest run scorer for India. The performance of many other batsmen has been amazing in the year 2025, in which one batsman is included in the list of top-5 scorers of most runs for India this year by playing only one format. Here we are going to tell about those top-5 batsmen who have scored the most runs for India in the year 2025.

Top-5 batsmen who scored the most runs for India in the year 2025

1. Shubman Gill – 1,764 runs

Indian Test and ODI team captain Shubman Gill is at number one in the list of top-5 batsmen who have scored the most runs for India in the year 2025. Shubman scored a total of 1,764 runs in 35 matches this year, which included 7 centuries and three half-centuries.

2. KL Rahul – 1,180 runs

Experienced opener KL Rahul is at second place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs for India in the year 2025. Rahul played 24 matches this year, in which he scored a total of 1,180 runs with the help of 3 centuries and 5 half-centuries.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 916 runs

Team India’s young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal is at third place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs for India in the year 2025. Yashasvi scored a total of 916 runs in 14 matches this year, which included 4 centuries and 3 half-centuries.

4. Ravindra Jadeja – 870 runs

Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is at fourth place in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs for India in the year 2025. Jadeja played 20 matches this year, in which he scored a total of 870 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 6 half-centuries.

5. Abhishek Sharma – 859 runs

Team India’s explosive opening batsman Abhishek Sharma is at fifth position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs for India in the year 2025. Abhishek scored a total of 859 runs in 21 matches this year, which included 1 century and 5 half-centuries.

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.

Punjab Announces 18 member Squad For Vijay Hazare Trophy: Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 will start from December 24, for which Punjab has announced an 18-member team. Star players like Shubhman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh have been included in this team. At present the name of the captain has not been announced. India will play a series of ODI and T20 matches against New Zealand from January 11, 2026. In such a situation, it is not decided what will be the availability of Gill, Abhishek and Arshdeep.

Shubman Gill out of 2026 T20 World Cup

Shubman Gill has not been included in the Indian team for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 and the T20 series against New Zealand. However, Abhishek and Arshdeep are part of this T20 team. Apart from these three players, Punjab have selected a strong group of power-hitters and all-rounders including Prabhsimran Singh, Naman Dheer, Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sanvir Singh and Harpreet Brar. Gurnoor Brar and Krish Bhagat will lead the fast bowling attack.

Against Punjab in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26

Punjab had to face defeat in the quarter-finals of the last season. This team will play all its league matches in Jaipur and the Punjab team will face Maharashtra on December 24, 2025, after which it will face Chhattisgarh in the next match on December 26. On December 29, Punjab will face Uttarakhand, while on December 31, this team will face Himachal Pradesh. Next year, on January 3, 2026, Punjab will face Sikkim, while on January 6, this team will face Goa. He will face the Mumbai team on January 8. Punjab team will play all its 7 league matches in Jaipur. Punjab had to face defeat in the quarter finals last season. Arshdeep was their highest wicket-taker in the 2024-25 season.

Punjab team for Vijay Hazare Trophy:

Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Harnoor Pannu, Anmolpreet Singh, Uday Saharan, Naman Dhir, Salil Arora (wicketkeeper), Sanveer Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Jashanpreet Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Harpreet Brar, Raghu Sharma, Krish Bhagat, Gaurav Chaudhary, Sukhdeep Bajwa.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-2026 edition is going to start from 24th December. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant will be in action on the first day. A total of 19 matches will be played on the first day. The squads of all the teams have arrived, know which big players will be seen playing in this tournament.

There will be a first group stage in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Delhi is in Group D, Mumbai is in Group C. There are 8 teams each in Group A, B, C and D. There are 6 teams in the plate group. A total of 38 teams are included in the tournament, between which 135 matches will be played. Talking about the format, first there will be round robin and then knockout stage. Its final will be played on 18 January.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play 2 matches

Virat Kohli will be seen playing in Vijay Hazare Trophy after 15 years, he last played in this tournament in 2010. Rohit Sharma is playing in this tournament after 7 years. Virat Kohli has started practicing, while Rohit Sharma has reached Jaipur. Mumbai’s matches will be held in Jaipur. According to the report, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play only the first 2 matches for their respective teams. Both will be part of the ODI series against New Zealand, which will start from January 11.

Will Shubman Gill play?

Indian Test and ODI team captain Shubman Gill has been kept out of the T20 World Cup 2026, due to his form. Meanwhile, he has been included in Punjab’s squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. If his team goes to the next round, he will also not be able to play, because the ODI series against New Zealand is starting from January 11.

These star players including Rishabh Pant, Prasidh Krishna will also play

Abhishek Sharma (Punjab), Arshdeep Singh (Punjab), S Bharat (Andhra), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Andhra), Jitesh Sharma (Baroda), Hardik Pandya (Baroda), Krunal Pandya (Baroda), Akash Deep (Bengal), Mohammed Shami (Bengal), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar), Sarfaraz Khan (Mumbai), Shardul Thakur (Mumbai), Rahul Chahar (Rajasthan), Khalil Big players like Ahmed (Rajasthan) etc. will also play in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26.