The year 2025 was great for many cricketers. However, there were many cricketers who could not perform well this year. India’s Shubman Gill was the highest run-scorer in 2025. Here let us tell you about the 10 batsmen who scored the most runs in this year i.e. 2025. A Pakistani batsman is also included in this list.

1- Shubhman Gill

India’s Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill was the highest run-scorer this year. Gill played 35 matches this year including Test, ODI and T20 International. During this period, 1764 runs were scored from his bat at an average of 49. Gill scored seven centuries and three half-centuries in international cricket this year. His highest score was 269 runs.

2- Shai Hope

West Indies wicketkeeper batsman Shai Hope scored 1760 runs in 42 matches in 2025. Hope scored 5 centuries and 9 half-centuries during this period.

3- Joe Root

England’s legendary batsman Joe Root has played only 24 matches this year. However, Root scored 1598 runs during this period. Root scored 7 centuries and 5 half-centuries in 2025.

4- Brian Bennett

Zimbabwe’s young batsman Brian Bennett played a total of 39 matches including Test, ODI and T20 in the year 2025. During this, Brian Bennett scored 1585 runs with 3 centuries and 8 half-centuries.

5- Salman Ali Aga

The year 2025 was also great for Pakistan’s Salman Ali Aga. Salman played maximum 56 matches this year. During this period, 1569 runs were scored from his bat. He scored 2 centuries and 9 half-centuries in 2025.

6- Karanbir Singh

Australia’s Karanbir Singh is also included in the list of batsmen who will perform well in 2025. Karanbir Singh scored 1488 runs in 32 matches in 2025. He scored two centuries and 13 half-centuries.

7- Harry Brook

Harry Brook of England scored 1468 runs in international cricket this year. In 37 matches, Brook scored 3 centuries and 7 half-centuries.

8- Ben Duckett

The year 2025 was also great for England opener Ben Duckett. Duckett scored 1448 runs in 32 matches this year. He scored 3 centuries and 8 half-centuries in 2025.

9- Pathum Nissanka

Sri Lanka’s explosive opener Pathum Nissanka played 34 matches in international cricket in 2025. During this period, 1414 runs were scored from Nissanka’s bat.

10- Rachin Ravindra

New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra played a total of 32 matches in 2025. During this period, Rachin scored 1382 runs in all formats. Rachin scored four centuries and six half-centuries in international cricket this year.

Babar Azam played his debut match in Big Bash League today, but it was a flop. Babar, who opened for Sydney Sixers, was out after scoring only 2 runs. He played 5 balls and had a narrow escape in the other 2 balls also. His team also lost this match.

Perth Scorchers won the toss and decided to bowl first. Daniel Hughes and Babar Azam started the innings for Sydney Sixers. Sydney did not have a good start, Hughes was out in the very first over off the bowling of Aaron Hardy. He could not even open the account, the last ball of the over went to Babar Azam, which he defended.

Babar Azam out after scoring 2 runs in debut match

Babar Azam defended the fifth ball of the second over. Joel Paris bowled the next ball on wicket length, on which Babar Azam hit. The ball went in the air and fell a short distance away from the fielder. This could have been a catch. On the fourth ball of the third over bowled by Couch, Babar Azam tried to hit a big shot using his steps, but the ball went in the air and fell between the two fielders. He survived once again. Babar ran on this ball and took 2 runs.

BABAR AZAM OUT FOR 2!#BBL15 pic.twitter.com/fqRiu8mewK

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 14, 2025

Babar Azam was out after hitting a lap shot

Looking at Babar Azam, it did not seem that he is such a big batsman, he was just playing lap shots on every ball. That means he was just swinging the bat. Babar bowled a similar shot on the fifth ball of the third over bowled by Brody Couch, on which he was caught out.

Batting first in this match of 11 overs due to rain, Sydney Sixers scored 113 runs for 5 wickets. Jack Edwards played a good inning of 46 runs in 21 balls. Earlier, Josh Philip had scored 28 runs in 18 balls.

Perth Scorchers achieved the target of 114 with 5 balls remaining. Cooper Connolly scored 59 runs in 31 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours.

Talking about the most lethal bowlers in the world in the 2020s, names like Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah and Joffra Archer come to mind. Great fast bowlers have also been coming from Pakistan, currently bowlers like Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi are taking that legacy forward. Actually, some time ago Babar Azam was asked that if he had to save 10 runs in an over, whom would he choose? You will be shocked to hear Babar’s answer to this.

Want to save 10 runs in one over, Bumrah or Naseem?

Babar Azam was asked in a media interview that 10 runs have to be saved in the last over of a T20 match. He has two options in front of him in the form of Jasprit Bumrah and Naseem Shah, so whom will Babar choose? Let us tell you that T20 is a format where scoring 10 runs in 2 balls is not a big deal. In such a situation, saving 10 runs in 6 balls is considered a big thing.

On the question of saving 10 runs in the last over, Babar Azam took the name of Naseem Shah without hesitation. Babar cited Naseem’s commitment and cricket talent as the reason for his selection. Babar said that Shaheen Shah Afridi is on his way to becoming a great bowler. According to Babar, Naseem is also moving forward on the same path.

Naseem or Bumrah, whose figures are better?

Naseem Shah has so far played 33 matches in his T20 career and taken 29 wickets and his economy rate is 8.06. On the other hand, India’s Jasprit Bumrah had taken 40 wickets in the same number of matches and his economy rate after 33 T20 matches was 6.76. Obviously, Bumrah’s figures in equal matches are much better.

Jasprit Bumrah has recently become only the second Indian bowler to complete 100 wickets in International T20 cricket. Before him, Arshdeep Singh had completed a century of T20 wickets.

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India’s young opener Abhishek Sharma did such a feat in 2025 that people could not even imagine. He not only became the favorite of Indian cricket fans, but his popularity in Pakistan also left even Babar Azam behind. In Google Search Trends 2025, it became clear that the athlete most searched by cricket fans in Pakistan was not a Pakistani, but this young left-handed batsman from India.

Why did Abhishek’s craze increase in Pakistan?

The biggest reason for Abhishek Sharma’s popularity was his aggressive batting in the 2025 Asia Cup. Especially his two brilliant innings against Pakistan surprised even the people of the neighboring country.

In the group stage against Pakistan, he gave a strong start to the team by scoring 31 runs in 13 balls.

In the Super-Four match, he created new hope in the Indian camp by playing a blazing innings of 74 runs in 39 balls.

However, he was dismissed early by Faheem Ashraf in the final. Even after that, Abhishek’s impact was most visible in the entire tournament, and the Indian team was successful in winning the title.

Most searched athletes in Pakistan

According to Google’s report, Abhishek has become the number 1 searched athlete in Pakistan. After him came the names of these players,

Hasan Nawaz

Irfan Khan Niazi

Sahibzada Farhan

Mohammad Abbas

Even former Pakistan captain Babar Azam was left behind in this race, which shows the tremendous following of Abhishek among the fans.

Abhishek Sharma in top-3 in India also

Not only in Pakistan, but also in India, Abhishek Sharma was among the top-3 most searched people in 2025. Cricketers have dominated this list.

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Apart from this, among women cricketers,

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Made it to the top-10. CSK’s three uncapped players Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mhatre and Urvil Patel were also included in the list.

Cricket’s dominance in Google trends

IPL has also topped the ‘overall’ top searches of 2025 in India. In the sports category, four out of five tournaments were related to cricket, while Pro Kabaddi League stood at fifth position.

Pakistan has defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final of the tri-series. The Pakistani team first restricted Sri Lanka to a score of 114, after which the batsmen won the match by 6 wickets with 8 balls remaining. Babar Azam remained unbeaten after scoring 37 runs. Whereas Sam Ayyub played an inning of 36 runs. With this, Pakistan also avenged its defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in the league match.

Afridi-Nawaz laid the foundation of victory

Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz laid the foundation of Pakistan’s victory in the final match. Both of them took three wickets each and bowled tightly and prevented Sri Lanka from making a big score. Afridi took 3 wickets for 18 runs in 3 overs, on the other hand Mohammad Nawaz dismissed three batsmen for 17 runs in 4 overs.

Kamil Mishara played an innings of 59 runs for Sri Lanka, but apart from him no other batsman could make a run. At one time, Sri Lanka had scored 84 runs at the loss of one wicket, but after that the Pakistani bowlers wreaked such havoc that within the next 30 runs, Sri Lanka dismissed all the remaining 9 batsmen. For Pakistan, Abrar Ahmed took two wickets, while Sam Ayyub and Salman Mirza took one wicket each.

Babar Azam showed his strength

The Sri Lankan team was all out on the score of 114. Pakistan team also lost wickets at regular intervals, but thanks to Sam Ayyub’s 36 runs and Babar Azam’s 37 runs, Pakistan won the title. Sahibzada Farhan also contributed 23 runs. Pawan Ratnayake took the most wickets for Sri Lanka. He dismissed 2 batsmen. Zimbabwe was also playing in this tri-series, but it could register only one win in the entire series.

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2021 T20 World Cup, date 21st October, when every Indian was left stunned. Pakistan had defeated Team India by 10 wickets in that World Cup match. Babar Azam returned unbeaten after scoring 68 runs and Mohammad Rizwan returned unbeaten after scoring 79 runs. The Indian bowlers were not able to break the opening pair of these two. Veteran cricketer Kevin Pietersen recently asked Babar Azam how he felt after defeating the Indian team. Know what Babar Azam replied on this.

Veteran England cricketer Kevin Pietersen had asked Babar Azam the question of defeating the Indian team on his YouTube channel. Babar said, “Defeating India means a lot to me. When we defeated India in T20, it was one of the best memories of my career. As Pakistan captain, I defeated India in the World Cup match.”

In the same interview, Kevin Pietersen described India vs Pakistan as the biggest rivalry in cricket. On this Babar Azam said, “The level of India-Pakistan match is different.” Let us remind you that after that victory in 2021, Pakistan has never been able to defeat the Indian team in any ICC event.

The popularity of Babar Azam, who defeated India as captain in a World Cup match, started touching the sky and his stature in the Pakistan team also increased. Babar Azam has now become the highest run scorer in T20 International cricket by surpassing Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

On the other hand, the captaincy has now been snatched from Babar Azam. After the poor performance of the Pakistan team under the captaincy of Babar in the 2023 ODI World Cup and 2024 T20 World Cup, he was removed from the captaincy.

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Today, on 19th November, ICC has released its latest rankings, in which Rohit Sharma has been stripped of his crown of being the number-1 ODI batsman. Indian cricket fans celebrate this day with sadness because two years ago, under the captaincy of Rohit, India lost the ODI World Cup final. Now today itself, snatching away the crown of being number-1 in the ranking from Rohit is another sad news.

Who replaced Rohit Sharma?

Rohit Sharma has now slipped to second place in the ICC ODI batting rankings. Rohit has 781 rating points. Now New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell has become the world’s number-1 ODI batsman. He has 782 rating points, i.e. just 1 point more than Rohit. Earlier he was at number three.

Pakistan-Zimbabwe-Sri Lanka tri series has started from today. In the first match, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 5 wickets. Babar Azam and captain Salman Aga flopped badly, but the Pakistan team, despite faltering, somehow won the match by 5 wickets. Babar could not even open an account. Zimbabwe had scored 147 runs while playing first, in reply Pakistan team ensured victory by 5 wickets in the last over.

Zimbabwe was given a good start by Brian Bennett and T Marumani. There was an opening partnership of 72 runs between the two. Bennett scored 49 runs and Marumani scored 30 runs. But after that wickets kept falling continuously, but in the meantime captain Sikandar Raza played an unbeaten inning of 34 runs.

Babar out on ‘0’, Fakhar Zaman shines

Babar Azam is coming back after ending the century drought in the recent ODI series against Sri Lanka. Now he could not even open his account against Zimbabwe. For this he has to get trolled again. Whereas captain Salman Aga could score only 1 run.

Pakistan had lost 4 wickets at the score of 54. After that Fakhar Zaman and Usman Khan made a partnership of 61 runs in 39 balls and brought Pakistan back into the match. Fakhar played an inning of 44 runs in 32 balls. On the other hand, Usman Khan returned unbeaten after scoring 37 runs. Mohammad Nawaz’s cameo inning of 21 runs also played an important role in Pakistan’s victory. Nawaz scored 21 runs in 12 balls, during which he also hit 2 fours and a six.

Zimbabwe has defeated Pakistan thrice in the last 7 T20 matches and now came close to defeating them once again. But it lost the match which lasted till the last over.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken action against former Pakistan captain and star batsman Babar Azam. Babar Azam has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for violating Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct. Babar was found guilty of violating the ICC Code of Conduct during the third ODI against Sri Lanka. This match was played on Sunday.

Let us tell you that this incident happened in the 21st over of Pakistani innings. After getting out, Babar hit the ball on the stumps with his bat before leaving the crease. Babar was found guilty of breaching Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which relates to the misuse of cricket equipment/clothing, on-field equipment and fittings during an international match.

ICC said in the press release that apart from this, one demerit point has been added to Babar’s disciplinary record. This was Babar Azam’s first crime in a period of 24 months. On-field umpires Alex Wharf and Rashid Riaz, third umpire Sharafuddaula Ibne Shahid and fourth umpire Faisal Afridi decided the charges. Babar admitted his crime and accepted the punishment proposed by Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referee Ali Naqvi. In such a situation, there was no need for a formal hearing.

In the third match of the series played on 16 November in Rawalpindi, Pakistan had won by 6 wickets. The Sri Lankan team was reduced to just 211 runs in 45.2 overs. On behalf of this team, Sadira Samarawickrama scored 48 runs in 65 balls with 2 fours. From the opposition team, Mohammad Wasim Jr. took maximum 3 wickets, while Haris Rauf and Faisal Akram took 2-2 wickets.

In response, Pakistan registered victory in 44.4 overs. For this team, Fakhar Zaman scored 55 runs, while Mohammad Rizwan played an inning of 61 runs. Apart from these, Hussain Talat scored unbeaten 42 runs. Geoffrey Vandersay took maximum 3 wickets for Sri Lanka.

South Africa’s tour of India will start with a test series. The 2-match series will start from November 14, the first test will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata. Gill has a chance to make a big record in this series. Currently, Babar is the Asian batsman who has scored the most runs in the history of the World Test Championship, but Gill is not far behind him.

Will become the first player to do so

Shubman Gill has played 7 matches in the World Test Championship 2025-2027 cycle, in which he has scored 946 runs in 13 innings at an average of 78.83. There are 5 century innings in this, he has scored 50 plus runs 6 times. By scoring 54 runs, he will become the first player to score 1000 runs in this cycle, KL Rahul is second in the list. Rahul has scored 728 runs in 13 innings.

Shubman Gill can break Babar Azam’s record

Joe Root is the highest run-scorer batsman in the history of the World Test Championship, he has scored 6080 runs in 126 innings. Apart from him, no other batsman has even crossed the mark of 5000 runs. Babar Azam is at number 7 in the list, he is the Asian batsman who has scored the most runs in the WTC. But Gill can break his record in this series.

Babar Azam has scored 3129 runs in 70 innings of 38 matches. This includes 8 centuries and 19 half-centuries. The second Asian batsman is Shubhman Gill, who has scored 2839 runs in 72 innings of 39 matches at an average of 43.01. Shubman Gill has 10 centuries to his name.

When and where to watch India vs South Africa Test live?

The first Test between India and South Africa will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata from 14 to 18 November. The second Test will be held from 22 to 26 November at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati. The match will be telecast live on Star Sports Network channel. Live streaming will be on JioHotstar app and website.