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.

In the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), not only batting and bowling but also excellent fielding is seen. In this long format tournament, many players have changed the course of the match with their catching skills. If we look at the statistics, Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith is seen at the top of this list.

Steve Smith – Australia

Steve Smith has played 57 matches in the World Test Championship between 2019 and 2025. He has taken a total of 114 catches in 110 innings of these matches. That means on average more than one catch in every innings. His best performance in a match has been 5 catches. His quick reaction and strong grip in the slips make him different from other players.

Joe Root – England

England’s experienced batsman Joe Root is at second place in this list. Root has taken 105 catches in 137 innings of 71 matches. His catch per innings average has been 0.766. Joe Root is often deployed in the slip and infield and proves to be a reliable fielder in times of pressure.

Jack Crawley – England

England’s opening batsman Jack Crowley is at third place in this list. He has taken 59 catches in 54 matches between 2020 and 2025. His catch per innings average in 103 innings has been 0.572. Despite being young, Crawley has shown continuous improvement in fielding.

Aiden Markram – South Africa

South African captain Aiden Markram is at number four. He has taken 55 catches in just 33 matches, which is quite impressive in itself. His catches per innings average is 0.873, which shows how effective a fielder he has been even in less matches. His fielding in slip and cover has often proved to be match-winning.

Ben Stokes – England

England all-rounder Ben Stokes is at fifth place in this list. He has taken 55 catches in 114 innings of 59 matches. Although his catches per innings average is 0.482, his catches taken at difficult times have turned the tide of the match many times.

ear Ender Most Runs in ODI 2025:: Talking about men’s cricket, no major ICC tournament was played in 2025 apart from the Champions Trophy. Still many batsmen scored a lot of runs. Many players from India and abroad also scored many centuries. Now the year 2025 is about to end. Before that, see the list of those 10 batsmen who created a stir in ODI cricket throughout the year.

Top-10 batsmen of 2025:

1. Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has scored 651 runs in 13 ODI matches in the year 2025, in which his average was 65.10. He scored three centuries and 4 half-centuries this year. Virat had scored 218 runs in 5 matches in the Champions Trophy.

2. Matthew Britzke

27-year-old South African batsman Matthew Bretzke made a world record by scoring 150 runs in his ODI debut this year. This was the biggest innings played by a batsman in his ODI debut. He became the first batsman in the world to score 50+ consecutively in four or more innings of his ODI career.

3. Daryl Mitchell

Daryl Mitchell played 17 ODI matches and scored 761 runs in 2025. He is the second highest run scorer in ODIs this year. Mitchell also became the world’s number-1 ODI batsman in November, but after a few days, Rohit Sharma overtook him and regained the first position.

4. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma has scored 650 runs in 14 ODI matches this year. Rohit has scored 2 centuries and four fifties this year. Especially amidst the increasing pressure of retirement, Rohit has scored one century and three half-centuries in the last 5 ODI innings.

5. Joe Root

Joe Root is the highest run-scorer in ODIs in 2025. He has scored 808 runs in 15 matches this year, which include 3 centuries and 4 fifties. Despite this brilliant performance of Root, England could win only one ODI series this year.

6. Shay Hope

Shay Hope is the highest ODI run scorer for West Indies in 2025. He has scored 670 runs in 15 ODI matches. He is the only West Indies batsman to score more than 600 runs this year.

7. Rachin Ravindra

Rachin Ravindra has maintained his excellent form in ODI matches. In his debut year, 2023, he scored 820 runs. He did not play a single ODI match in 2024, but performed well in 2025 and scored 604 runs in 14 matches.

8. Ibrahim Zadran

Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran has been performing consistently well this year. He has scored 4129 runs in 6 ODI matches this year. He is currently placed at fourth place in the ranking of ODI batsmen.

9. Charith Asalanka

Sri Lankan captain Charith Asalanka also looked in tremendous form this year. He scored 494 runs in 12 matches including two centuries and three fifties. He is now at 9th place in the ODI batting rankings.

10. Shreyas Iyer

Indian ODI team vice-captain Shreyas Iyer could not play many matches in the second phase of the year 2025, but still remained one of the best batsmen of the year. He was the highest run-scorer for India in the Champions Trophy 2025. He scored 243 runs in the Champions Trophy and 496 runs in the entire year.

The Ashes Series 2025-26: The second match of the ongoing 5-match 2025-26 Ashes series between Australia and England was played as a day-night test in Brisbane. Australia has taken a strong 2-0 lead in the series by defeating England by eight wickets in this match. After achieving a decisive victory in the Brisbane Test, Australia remains on top in the current rankings of the World Test Championship (WTC). At the same time, England’s problems have increased in this ranking.

Brisbane Test account

In the Brisbane Test, England won the toss and decided to bat first. England did not have a good start in the first innings and lost 2 wickets for just 5 runs. After this, thanks to the brilliant century of England’s legendary batsman Joe Root (138 runs) and half-century of Jack Crawley (76 runs), England was able to score 334 runs in its first innings. In reply, Australia managed to take a huge lead of 177 runs in the first innings with all its batsmen scoring double digit runs.

The England team was seen struggling in the second innings and lost six wickets for just 128 runs, but captain Ben Stokes (50 runs) and Will Jacques (41 runs) played a fighting innings. These two batsmen did not lose any wicket in the first session of the fourth day and made an important partnership of 96 runs for the seventh wicket, due to which Australia got the target of only 65 runs to win. Chasing this small target, Australia achieved it in just 10 overs, despite losing two wickets in the form of Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne. Steve Smith won this match brilliantly by hitting a six off Gus Atkinson.

Australia on top in WTC rankings

After a spectacular win in the day-night Test, Australia remains on top of the 2025-27 WTC standings with 100% percentage points (PCT), having won all five of its matches. At the same time, England has suffered a big loss due to the defeat in Brisbane Test and it has slipped from sixth position to seventh position. If we talk about Team India, it remains at 5th position in the current ranking of Test Championship (WTC).

Australia has defeated England by 8 wickets in the second test match. In the second Ashes Test played at Gabba, Australia had a target of only 65 runs, which it achieved by losing only 2 wickets. Now the Kangaroos have taken a 2-0 lead over England in the five-match series. In this match, Joe Root scored the first Test century on Australian soil.

Earlier in the Perth Test also, Australia had won by 8 wickets. Thanks to Joe Root’s unbeaten 138 runs in the Gabba Test, England had scored 334 runs in the first innings. In reply, Australia scored 511 runs, giving it a huge lead of 177 runs in the first innings. For Australia, no batsman scored a century in the first innings, but Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Jack Weatherald, Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc scored half-centuries.

To stay in the match, England had to score a big score in the second innings, but wickets kept falling one by one and the team collapsed for 241 runs in the second innings. In the second innings, Ben Stokes contributed 50 runs and Will Jacques contributed 41 runs. In this way Australia got the target of only 65 runs.

Steve Smith created a ruckus

Chasing the small target of 65 runs, Australia lost the first wicket for 37 runs and the second wicket just four runs later. Steve Smith came to bat at fourth position, who scored 23 runs in 9 balls while playing at a stormy strike rate of 255. By hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes, he ensured Australia’s victory in the Gabba Test.

Mitchell Starc became the player of the match, who took 6 wickets in the first innings and 2 wickets in the second innings. Starc is the bowler taking the most wickets in this series so far. He has taken 18 wickets in 2 matches, whereas Brayden Kars, who is at number two, has been able to take only 9 wickets so far.

The second Test of the Ashes series 2025-26 between Australia and England is being played at The Gabba Stadium in Brisbane. This is a day-night test being played with pink ball, in which three days of play has ended and Australia has maintained a strong hold. By the end of the day’s play, England had scored 134 runs after losing 6 wickets. The team is still 43 runs behind Australia.

The third day started with Australia’s first innings, Alex Carey (46) and Michael Neser (15) took the innings to 378/6. Neser was able to add only 1 run and was out on the ball of Ben Stokes after scoring 16 runs. Carey completed his half-century, scoring 63 runs in 69 balls with the help of 6 fours.

Mitchell Starc created history

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc not only did wonders in bowling, he also performed brilliantly with the bat. Mitchell Starc faced 141 balls and scored 77 runs with the help of 13 fours. He became the second player in the history of the World Test Championship to complete 1000 runs along with 200 wickets. Before him, Pat Cummins had done this.

Starc was dismissed by Brayden Carse. After this, Will Jacques ended the Australian innings in the form of Brendan Doggett (13). Australia scored 511 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 177 runs.

For England today, Gus Atkinson, Ben Stokes, Braydon Carse and Will Jacques took 1 wicket each. 5 Australian batsmen (Jake Weatherald, Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc) scored half-centuries in the first innings.

England’s middle order flopped in the second innings too

In the second innings of England, Jack Crawley and Ben Duckett made a partnership of 48 runs for the first wicket, Duckett was bowled by Scott Boland after scoring 15 runs. After this there was a partnership of 42 runs between Crawley and Ollie Pope. Pope (26) was dismissed by Michael Neser. Joe Root (15), who scored a century in the first innings, flopped in the second innings and was made his victim by Mitchell Starc.

After this, Harry Brook and Jamie Smith also returned to the pavilion in a gap of 4 overs. Brook (15) was dismissed by Boland and Smith (4) was dismissed by Mitchell Starc. By the end of the third day’s play, England had scored 134 runs after losing 6 wickets, still England were 43 runs behind. There is 98 percent chance that Australia will win this match.

Joe Root’s long wait to score a century on Australian soil has ended. Joe Root scored a century on the very first day of Brisbane Test. This is Root’s first century on Australian soil, and the 40th century of his Test career. Root’s century has increased Australia’s anxiety, but Australia’s former great batsman Matthew Hayden has heaved a sigh of relief.

Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden had said before the start of the Ashes that if Root could not score a century during the 2025-26 Ashes, he would run without clothes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Root’s century saved Hayden from any kind of uncomfortable situation.

After Root’s century, Hayden congratulated him on the X and said, “Joe, congratulations friend. It took you a while. Ten fifties and finally a century, well done friend, great innings.”

Last week, Hayden appeared on the All Over The Cricket podcast in disbelief that Root had not been included in the panellist’s all-time Ashes XI. In a mixture of anger and showmanship, he vowed that if Root did not score a century in this Ashes, he would roam around Melbourne without clothes. This statement of Hayden became a topic of discussion.

Looking at Root’s past record, people on social media started talking different things about Hayden.

Root, who could not score even a single century in the last 15 Tests played in Australia, scored a brilliant century in his 16th Test. At the end of the first day at Gabba, where batting is very difficult, Root is unbeaten on 135 runs. On the basis of his century, England has scored 325 runs for 9 wickets by the end of the first day’s play.

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Former England captain Joe Root has scored the 40th Test century of his career. He achieved this feat in the second Ashes Test against Australia. He has now come to fourth place in terms of scoring most centuries in Test cricket history. This was the total 59th century of his international career. See here the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries in international cricket and along with Root, at which number are Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma?

Most centuries in international cricket

Most centuries in international cricket are in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who is also the only batsman to score 100 centuries in the history of cricket. Second in this list is Virat Kohli, who recently scored his 84th international century in the second ODI against South Africa. Ricky Ponting (71) and Kumar Sangakkara (63) are also in this list.

Joe Root, who has scored the 59th century of his career in the second Ashes Test. He has come sixth in terms of scoring most centuries in international cricket. Whereas India’s Rohit Sharma is at number 10 in this list. There are three Indians among the top-10 cricketers who have scored the most centuries.

• 100 centuries – Sachin Tendulkar
• 84 centuries – Virat Kohli
• 71 century – Ricky Ponting
• 63 centuries – Kumar Sangakkara
• 62 Centuries – Jacques Kallis
• 59 century – Joe Root
• 55 centuries – Hashim Amla
• 54 centuries – Mahela Jayawardene
• 53 centuries – Brian Lara
• 50 centuries – Rohit Sharma

The record of scoring most centuries in ODI cricket is in the name of Virat Kohli. He has scored 53 ODI centuries so far, followed by Sachin Tendulkar who had scored 49 centuries in his ODI career. On the other hand, Sachin Tendulkar has the most centuries in Test cricket, who has 51 centuries to his name. Jacques Kallis is at second place in this list, who had scored 45 centuries.

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It took 13 years, Joe Root did this feat for the first time in his career, created history by scoring a century in the second Ashes

By the end of the first day’s play, England had scored 325 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. The second Ashes Test is being played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane, in which Joe Root scored the 40th century of his Test career (Joe Root Centuries). By the end of the first day’s play, Joe Root and Joffra Archer had made a brisk partnership of 61 runs in 44 balls.

For England, opener Jack Crawley scored 76 runs, but Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope were out without opening the account. Crawley and Root rescued the England team from trouble by making a partnership of 117 runs. Harry Brook was out after scoring only 31 runs, while captain Ben Stokes was run out by Josh English with an excellent throw.

Joe Root’s historic century

By the end of the first day’s play, Joe Root had scored 135 runs in the second test against Australia. This was the 40th century of his Test career. This is the first time in Test cricket history that Root has scored a Test century on Australian soil. Root has achieved this feat 13 years after his Test debut.

Root-Archer made the Kangaroos cry

England lost its 9th wicket at the score of 264. At one time England had scored 273 runs for 9 wickets in 69 overs. After this, Joe Root and Joffra Archer batted stormily and added 52 runs in the next 5 overs. Archer has scored 32 runs in 26 balls and along with Joe Root has made a partnership of 61 runs for the 10th wicket.

The most successful bowler for Australia was Mitchell Starc, who dismissed 6 batsmen in the first innings. Starc has been the most successful bowler in this series so far. So far in this series, he has taken 16 wickets in 43.5 overs.

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It took 13 years, Joe Root did this feat for the first time in his career, created history by scoring a century in the second Ashes

The second Ashes Test between Australia and England is being played in Brisbane. In this match, Joe Root has scored the 40th century of his Test career (Joe Root 40th Century). This is the first time that Root has scored a Test century on Australian soil. Joe Root has now become the eighth England cricketer to score a Test century at the historic ground of Gabba. Before him, 7 cricketers including Andrew Strauss and Ian Botham had done this.

Did this for the first time in 13 years

Joe Root made his Test debut against India in 2012. Till now, Root had scored centuries in 7 different countries, but had not been able to play any century innings in Australia till now. Till now, Joe Root’s highest individual score in Australia was 89 runs, but now he has ended his century drought on Australian soil.

Joe Root has now become one of the players who have played the most innings to score his first Test century in Australia. Root got the pleasure of scoring a century in Australia after waiting for 30 innings. Before him, Ian Healy (41 innings), Bob Simpson (36 innings), Gordon Greenidge (32 innings) and Steve Waugh also had to wait for 32 innings to score their first century in Australia.

Status of second Ashes test

The second Ashes Test is being played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane. In this match, England won the toss and chose to bat first. Till the time of writing this article, England has scored 272 runs. Joe Root scored the 40th test century of his career. Root is currently at fourth place in terms of scoring most centuries in Test cricket history. Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45) and Ricky Ponting (41) are ahead of him in the list of most centuries.

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