2025 in Indian sports

Archery

2025 World Archery Championships

India is participating in the 2025 edition of the World Archery Championships, being held from 5 to 12 September 2025 in Gwangju, South Korea. The Indian delegation will consist of a total of 12 players across 2 disciplines. India won their first-ever gold medal in the men's compound team event and a silver in the mixed team event. With one gold and a silver, India finished fourth in the medal tally.

Medallists

2025 World Archery Youth Championships

India participated in the 2025 World Archery Youth Championships, held in Winnipeg, Canada from 20 August (earlier scheduled to begin from 17 August) to 24 August 2025. India finished their campaign winning eight medals - four gold, two silver and two bronze and are placed third in the medal tally.

2025 Archery World Cup

India is participating in the 2025 Archery World Cup from 8 April to 19 October 2025. This will be India's 19th appearance at the tournament. India sent a team of 25 archers to compete in 9 events across 4 stages.

Medallists

World Cup Rankings

The top 8 archers with the highest scores across all stages in each event will qualify for the final stage. A player winning a gold medal in any stage will automatically qualify for the final.

Final

Three Indian compound archers qualified for the final, with Dhamangaonkar securing a direct qualification after winning Stage 2, while Vennam and Yadav qualified after finishing in the top 8 of their respective events.

Aquatics

World Aquatics Championships

India competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025. A total of 19 swimmers participated across 3 disciplines. India ended their campaign with no medals.

Athletics

2025 World Athletics Championships

India is competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025. India entered 19 athletes to the championships: 5 women and 14 men across 15 events.

2025 World Para Athletics Championships

India will host the upcoming edition of the World Para Athletics Championships at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi, from 27 September to 5 October 2025.

Badminton

2025 BWF World Championships

India participated in the 2025 edition of the BWF World Championships, held in Paris, France between 25 and 31 August 2025. A total of 15 athletes participated across 5 events. Malvika Bansod withdrew from the competition due to injury. Lakshya Sen was eliminated in the first round by the top-seed, China's Shi Yu Qi in straight sets. Prannoy H. S. also exited early after losing a close match to second seed Antonsen in the second round and concluded the men's individual campaign for the contingent. Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Rethinasabapathi were defeated by the Taipei pair of Liu and Yang in the first round. Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Gadde won the first round but were defeated by the Malaysian pair of Chen and Toh in the second round. P. V. Sindhu started her campaign on a brilliant note and caused a stellar performance against the World No. 2, China's Wang to book her spot at the quarter-finals, where she ultimately lost to the Indonesian player, Wardani in a hard-fought game. Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto also had a similar journey, where they caused an updet by defeating the fifth seed pair, Hong Kong's Tang and Tse but eventually lost to the Malaysian pair of Chen TJ and Toh in the quarter-finals. Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's path to a medal was not easy as they fought hard against world no.6, the Chinese Pair of Liang and Wang C and went on to comfortably beaten their toughest rivals World no. 2, Malaysia's Chia and Soh (who defeated the same Indian pair in the quarterfinals of 2024 Olympics at this same venue) in straight sets to ensure their second medal in World Championship history, after the bronze in Tokyo 2022. They lost to the Chinese pair of Chen and Liu after putting a clinical fight and ended their campaign with a bronze medal.

2025 BWF World Senior Championships

India is participating in the 2025 edition of the BWF World Senior Championships, held in Pattaya, Thailand between 7 to 14 September 2025. A total of 193 athletes represented the nation in the tournament across various age groups.

2025 BWF World Tour

India is participating in the 2025 BWF World Tour from 7 January to 21 December.

Winners

• 2025 U.S. Open - Ayush Shetty (Super 300)
• 2025 Australian Open -Lakshya Sen (Super 500)

Runners-up

• 2025 Malaysia Masters - Srikanth Kidambi (Super 500)
• 2025 U.S. Open - Tanvi Sharma (Super 300)
• 2025 Hong Kong Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 500)
• 2025 Hong Kong Open - Lakshya Sen (Super 500)

Semi-finalists

• 2025 Malaysia Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 1000)
• 2025 India Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 750)
• 2025 German Open - Dhruv Kapila / Tanisha Crasto (Super 300)
• 2025 Orléans Masters - Ayush Shetty (Super 300)
• 2025 Swiss Open - Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand (Super 300)
• 2025 Taipei Open - Ayush Shetty (Super 300)
• 2025 Taipei Open - Unnati Hooda (Super 300)
• 2025 Singapore Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 750)
• 2025 Canada Open - Srikanth Kidambi (Super 300)
• 2025 China Open - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Super 1000)
• 2025 Macau Open - Lakshya Sen (Super 300)
• 2025 Macau Open - Tharun Manepalli (Super 300)
• 2025 Vietnam Open - Ashmita Chaliha (Super 100)

2025 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships

India participated in the 2025 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, which was held at the Conson Gymnasium, Qingdao, China, from 11 to 16 February 2025.

Group Stage

Source: BWF

Quarter-finals

2025 Badminton Asia Championships

India participated in the 2025 Badminton Asia Championships which took place at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China, from 8 to 13 April 2025. India entered with 31 players across five events. Indian athletes displayed a poor performance at the tournament, with no one except Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila reaching the quarter-finals, where they lost and ended the campaign with no podium finish.

Sudirman Cup

India participated in the 2025 Sudirman Cup, held in Xiamen, China, between 27 April and 4 May 2025. India qualified for the tournament by world rankings and entered with a low-strength squad. India managed to win only one game in the group stage and was eliminated.

Group Stage

Source: BWF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Asian Junior Championships

India participated in the 2025 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, held in Surakarta, Indonesia between 18 and 27 July 2025. India won two medals in the tournament, both bronze and won in girls' singles event by Tanvi Sharma and Vennala Kalagotla, and finished 5th at the medals tally.

Basketball

FIBA Asia Cup

India is competing in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup, held in Saudi Arabia from 5–17 August 2025. India qualified for the tournament after topping Group H in the qualifying tournament. India were grouped with the sixteen-times winners China, the hosts Saudi Arabia and Jordan, all having higher FIBA ranking than India. In their first match against Jordan, India reached close to cause an upset but were ultimately defeated by their opponent in overtime by 84–91. India lost their remaining two matches against China and Saudi Arabia and finished 15th overall in the medal table.

Group Stage

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Chess

2025 Women's Chess World Cup

India participated in the Women's Chess World Cup 2025, which was a 107-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Batumi, Georgia, from 5 July to 29 July 2025.

Divya Deshmukh, seeded 15th, defeated 2nd seed Zhu Jiner in the fourth round, 10th seed Harika Dronavalli in the quarterfinals, and 3rd seed Tan Zhongyi in the semifinals. In the final, she defeated 4th seed Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks to win the tournament. With this win, she earned the grandmaster title, which is directly awarded to the winner of the World Cup without requiring the usual three norms. She became India's 88th grandmaster and the fourth Indian woman to become a grandmaster. Additionally, she qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.

Summary

Finals

2025 Tata Steel Chess Tournament

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 was held from 17 January to 2 February 2025 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. In the Masters section, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in tiebreaks to win the tournament

Masters

Challengers

Cricket

Women's Cricket World Cup

India will host the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup across five venues (with Sri Lanka hosting some of their matches and matches involving Pakistan). The tournament will be played in a round-robin format from 30 September to 2 November 2025. India reached the knockout stages with 3 wins, 3 losses and 1 no-result, finishing 4th in the points table. In the semi-finals, India chased down the highest successful score in Women's ODIs and qualified for their third final since 2005 and 2017. In the final, India defeated South Africa by 52 runs to win their maiden World Cup title.

Squad

On 19 August 2025, India became the first to announce their squad for the tournament. Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Uma Chetry, Sayali Satghare and Minnu Mani were named as reserves.

League Stage

Source: International Cricket Council
ESPN Cricinfo
(H) Host

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Ireland Women's tour of India

The Ireland women's cricket team toured India in January 2025 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against India women's cricket team. The series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship. It was the Ireland women's side's first tour to India and first ever bilateral series between the two sides.

India won the first match by six wickets, with Pratika Rawal and Tejal Hasabnis' match winning performance. The hosts won the second match by 116 runs and secured the series 2–0, with Jemimah Rodrigues' maiden ODI century (102) India recorded their highest total in women's ODIs (370). Later it broke in third ODI when India scored 435. With the magnificent maiden century of Pratika Rawal (154) and Smriti Mandhana's 10th and fastest century, India won final ODI match by 304 run, which was India's biggest margin of victory in terms of runs.

1st ODI

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Women's Championship points: India 2, Ireland 0.

2nd ODI

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Women's Championship points: India 2, Ireland 0.

3rd ODI

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Women's Championship points: India 2, Ireland 0.

Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

India entered as the defending champions in the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, held in Malaysia from 18 January to 2 February 2025. India won their second consecutive title by defeating South Africa by 9 wickets in the final.

Group Stage

Source: ESPNcricinfo
(H) Host

• India won the toss and elected to field.

• India won the toss and elected to field.

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Super Six

Source: ESPNcricinfo

• India won the toss and elected to field.

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• Gongadi Trisha (Ind) scored her maiden century in YWT20I. She also became the first player to score a century in the history of U19 Women's T20 World Cup.

Semi-final

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

England's tour of India

The India cricket team hosted the England cricket team to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches from 22 January to 12 February 2025. The ODI series was used as preparation ahead of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.

1st T20I

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Arshdeep Singh became India's leading wicket taker in T20Is (97) going past Yuzvendra Chahal (96).

2nd T20I

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Jamie Smith (Eng) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

• India won the toss and elected to field.

4th T20I

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Saqib Mahmood (Eng) became only the second bowler, after West Indies' Jerome Taylor to complete a triple wicket maiden over in T20Is.
• Harshit Rana (Ind) made his T20I debut after replacing Shivam Dube (Ind) as a concussion substitute for India during the second innings. He became the first player from a full member team to make his T20I debut as a concussion substitute.

5th T20I

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• India made their highest powerplay score (95/1).
• Abhishek Sharma (Ind) set the highest individual score (135) surpassing Shubman Gill (126) and hit most sixes in an innings (13) going past Rohit Sharma (10) by an Indian player in T20Is.
• India recorded their second-biggest victory in T20Is.

1st ODI

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Yashasvi Jaiswal and Harshit Rana (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
• Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) took his 600th wicket in international cricket, and thus became the first Indian spinner to complete 6000 runs and 600 wickets in international cricket.
• Harshit Rana became the first Indian bowler to take a 3-wicket haul on debut in all three formats of international cricket.

2nd ODI

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Varun Chakravarthy (Ind) made his ODI debut.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) played his 50th ODI as captain.
• Joe Root (Eng) scored his 56th fifty-plus score in ODIs, the most for England breaking the record of Eoin Morgan.
• Rohit Sharma surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to become the 2nd highest run-scorer as an opener for India in international cricket.

3rd ODI

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Shubman Gill (Ind) became the fastest batsman to cross 2,500 runs, in terms of innings (50), surpassing South Africa's Hashim Amla in ODIs.
• Virat Kohli (Ind) scored 16,000 runs across all formats in Asia, becoming the 4th player overall to achieve this milestone. He also became the fastest to reach this feat in just 340 innings, surpassing Kumar Sangakkara's 410 innings record.
• Shubman Gill scored his 5,000th run in international cricket.
• Shubman Gill became only the fifth player in international cricket history to score a century in all three formats at a single venue.

Women's Premier League

The 2025 Women's Premier League was the third season of the Women's Premier League, featuring five teams and was held from 14 February to 15 March 2025. The tournament was played across four venues: Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mumbai and Vadodara.

League Stage

Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

• Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
• Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

Playoffs

Final

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Champions Trophy

India was one of the eight teams that participated in the 2025 Champions Trophy held in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March 2025. India qualified for the tournament after finishing in the top eight of the 2023 Cricket World Cup. In November 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed the International Cricket Council that India wouldn't travel to Pakistan for the tournament, citing security concerns. On 19 December 2024, following an agreement between BCCI and PCB, the ICC in an update issued on India and Pakistan hosted matches at ICC events, established that the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played across Pakistan and a neutral venue.

India became the champions by defeating New Zealand in the final and also became the first team to win three Champions Trophy titles.

Group Stage

Source: ESPNcricinfo
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Initial group stage seedings
(H) Host

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) played in his 200th ODI match.
• Mohammed Shami (Ind) took his 200th wicket in ODIs. He became the joint second-fastest man to take 200 ODI wickets, in terms of matches played and the fastest to 200 by balls bowled.
• Shami also took his 60th wicket in an ICC ODI tournament: the most by an Indian bowler, moving past Zaheer Khan.
• The 154-run partnership between Jaker Ali and Towhid Hridoy was Bangladesh's highest for the 6th wicket in ODIs breaking the record of Mahmudullah and Jaker Ali.
• Towhid Hridoy (Ban) scored his maiden century in ODIs.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) completed 11,000 runs in ODIs, becoming the fourth Indian batter to do so. He became the second-quickest to reach 11,000 runs in 261 innings, after Virat Kohli.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) reached 100 wins as an international captain.

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Virat Kohli (Ind) took his 158th catch, the most for India in ODIs, going past Mohammad Azharuddin (156).
• Virat Kohli (Ind) completed 14,000 runs in 287 innings in ODIs, becoming the fastest player to do so, going past Sachin Tendulkar's 350 innings. He also became the third-highest run-scorer (27,503 runs) in international cricket, surpassing Ricky Ponting.
• Virat Kohli (Ind) scored an unbeaten 100, marking his 51st century in One Day Internationals. His century brought his tally of 50+ scores in ICC ODI events to 23, equaling Sachin Tendulkar's record. At 36 years and 110 days old, he became the oldest player to record a century in the ICC Champions Trophy.

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Virat Kohli (Ind) played in his 300th ODI match.
• Varun Chakravarthy (Ind) took his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs and became the third Indian to do so in the Champions Trophy.

Semi-final

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) surpassed Chris Gayle for the most sixes in ICC ODI events.
• Kohli became India's highest run-getter in Champions Trophy, surpassing Shikhar Dhawan's 701 runs.
• Kohli became the first ever cricketer to score 1,000 runs and 10 fifty-plus scores in ICC knockout matches.
• KL Rahul (Ind) completed 3,000 runs in 77 innings in ODIs.
• India qualified for the third consecutive final in Champions Trophy.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first captain to reach the final in all four ICC men's tournaments.
• Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell (Aus) both played their last ODI match.
• India surpassed Australia with 14 ICC final appearances, the most in history.

Final

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Daryl Mitchell (NZ) completed 1,000 runs in ICC limited-over tournaments.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first captain to win the Player of the Match award in the final of the Champions Trophy.
• Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to win multiple ICC trophies.
• India won their record third Champions Trophy title after 2002 and 2013.

Indian Premier League

The 2025 Indian Premier League was the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. The tournament featured 10 teams competing in 74 matches. It began on 22 March and was held across 13 venues before being suspended on 9 May due to the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis. The matches resumed from 17 May across six venues, with the final rescheduled from 25 May to 3 June, Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs to win their maiden title after 18 years.

League Stage

Source: ESPNcricinfo

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

• Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
• Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

Playoffs

Final

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 25 May at the Eden Gardens, before being rescheduled.
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their maiden title after 18 years.

2025 Sri Lanka Women's Tri-Nation Series

The 2025 Sri Lanka Women's Tri-Nation Series was a cricket series that took place in Sri Lanka in April and May 2025. It was a tri-nation series involving India, South Africa and Sri Lanka cricket teams, with the matches played in One Day International (ODI) format. In the final, India defeated Sri Lanka by 97 runs to win the series.

Group Stage

Source: ESPNcricinfo
(H) Host

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 39 overs per side due to rain and wet outfield.
• Malki Madara, Piumi Wathsala (SL), Shree Charani and Kashvee Gautam (Ind) all made their ODI debuts.

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Karabo Meso (SA) made her ODI debut.
• Sneh Rana (Ind) took her first five-wicket haul in ODIs.

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Smriti Mandhana (Ind) played in her 100th ODI match.
• This was the highest match aggregate (553) involving India and Sri Lanka in women's ODIs.

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Shuchi Upadhyay (Ind) and Miané Smit (SA) both made their ODI debuts.
• Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues's 122 run partnership became India's highest for the 5th wicket in women's ODIs, breaking the record of 108 between Mithali Raj and Veda Krishnamurthy in 2017.
• This was the highest match aggregate (651) involving India and South Africa in women's ODIs.

Final

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kranti Goud (Ind) made her ODI debut.

Bengal Pro T20 League

The 2025 Bengal Pro T20 League was held from 11 to 28 June 2025, consisting of eight teams playing in both men's and women's events respectively. The Players' Draft was held at 19 May 2025. Adamas Howrah Warriors won their maiden men's event title whereas the Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers won the women's event title for the consecutive second time.

Anderson Tendulkar Trophy

The India cricket team toured England from June to August 2025 to play the England cricket team. The tour consisted of five Test matches. The series formed part of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship. The Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy is awarded to the winner of the series. The trophy honours Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson. The series was ended in 2-2, with both sides sharing the trophy and receiving the Pataudi medal of excellence.

1st Test

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Sai Sudharsan (Ind) made his Test debut.
• Shubman Gill captained India for the first time in Tests.
• Shubman Gill (Ind) scored his 2,000th run in Tests.
• Rishabh Pant (Ind) scored his 3,000th run in Tests, becoming the leading Asian wicketkeeper in SENA countries and the Indian wicketkeeper with the most Test centuries (7), both surpassing MS Dhoni and most sixes (62) by an Indian in the WTC, surpassing Rohit Sharma.
• Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) held the record for the highest number of Test wickets in SENA nations by any Asian bowler and equalled Kapil Dev’s away five-wicket haul tally.
• Chris Woakes (Eng) scored his 2,000th run in Tests.
• KL Rahul (Ind) completed 1,000 Test runs against England matched the second-most fifty-plus scores by an Indian opener in SENA Tests.
• Rishabh Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in both innings of a Test.
• Five centuries were scored by Indian batsmen for the first time in a single Test. It was also the first occurrence of the losing team scoring five centuries in a Test.
• Ben Stokes (Eng) became the third England captain to claim 50 wickets in Test cricket .
• World Test Championship Points: England 12, India 0.

2nd Test

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Shubman Gill (Ind) scored his maiden double century in Tests. He also broke Virat Kohli's (254) record of highest individual score by an Indian captain in Tests. This score combined with his century in the second innings made the second-highest aggregate score ever.
• Ravindra Jadeja became the first-ever player to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in WTC history.
• Jamie Smith (Eng) broke Alec Stewart's record (173) for the highest score by an English wicket-keeper.
• Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind) scored his 2,000th run in Tests.
• Akash Deep (Ind) took his first five-wicket haul and ten-wicket haul in Tests.
• This was India's first ever Test win at this venue. It also became the first Asian team to win at this venue.
• This was also India's biggest Test victory by margin of runs away from home.
• World Test Championship Points: India 12, England 0.

3rd Test

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Joe Root (Eng) became the first ever cricketer to complete 3,000 Test runs against India.
• Jamie Smith (Eng) became the joint-fastest wicket-keeper-batter to complete 1,000 runs in Tests.
• World Test Championship Points: England 10, India 0.

4th Test

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Anshul Kamboj (Ind) made his Test debut.
• Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind) completed 1,000 Test runs against England.
• KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) all crossed 1,000 runs in England in Tests. Thus, Pant also became the first ever visiting wicket-keeper to do so in England.
• Joe Root (Eng) surpassed Ricky Ponting (Aus) to become the second highest run-scorer of all time in Tests.
• Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) took his 50th wicket in England.
• Ben Stokes (Eng) became the first English captain to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test match. He also scored his 7,000th run in Tests.
• This was England's highest total at this venue.
• Shubman Gill (Ind) surpassed Virat Kohli's (692) record of scoring most runs by an Asian batter in a Test series played in SENA countries.
• Washington Sundar (Ind) scored his maiden century in Tests.
• World Test Championship Points: England 4, India 4.

5th Test

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• This was India's lowest Test victory by margin of runs.
• World Test Championship Points: India 12, England 0.

India Women's tour of England

The India women's cricket team toured England in June and July 2025 to play the England women's cricket team. The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The series ran alongside the men's series between England and India.

India won the T20I series by 3–2, with the Women in Blue again dominating England with their ODI series victory by 2–1.

1st T20I

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Shree Charani (Ind) made her T20I debut.
• Harleen Deol (Ind) scored her 1,000th run in international cricket.
• Lauren Bell (Eng) took her 100th wicket in international cricket.
• Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma (Ind) recorded the most fifty-plus partnerships (21) in women's T20Is and breaking the record of Australia's Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney (20).
• Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian woman cricketer to score centuries in all three formats. She recorded the highest score by an Indian woman in T20Is, and recorded the most boundary runs in a T20I innings for India with 78, both surpassing Harmanpreet Kaur in 2018.

2nd T20I

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Smriti Mandhana became the second Indian woman cricketer to play 150 T20I matches.
• Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma (Ind) recorded the most runs (2,724) as a pair in women's T20Is, going past the Australia's Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy (2,720).
• Richa Ghosh (Ind) scored her 1,000th run in T20Is.
• Tammy Beaumont (Eng) scored her 7,000th run in international cricket.

3rd T20I

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tammy Beaumont (Eng) captained England for the first time in T20Is.
• Radha Yadav (Ind) took her 100th wicket in T20Is.
• Deepti Sharma (Ind) became the joint-second highest wicket taker (144) in women's T20Is.
• Smriti Mandhana (Ind) scored her 9,000th run in international cricket.

4th T20I

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sophie Ecclestone (Eng) played in her 100th T20I match.
• Deepti Sharma (Ind) took her 300th wicket in international cricket. She took second highest wickets and took highest wickets among spinners surpassing Nida Dar in T20Is (145).
• Sophie Ecclestone (Eng) took her 300th wicket in international cricket.

5th T20I

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Kranti Goud (Ind) made her T20I debut.
• Danni Wyatt-Hodge became the second English woman cricketer to play 300 international matches.
• Richa Ghosh (Ind) scored her 2,000th run in international cricket.

1st ODI

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng) crossed 2,000 runs in England in ODIs.
• Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal (Ind) scored 1,000th run as a pair in women's ODIs.
• This was India's second-highest successful run chase in women's ODIs.

2nd ODI

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 29 overs per side due to rain.
• England were set a revised target of 115 runs from 24 overs due to rain.

3rd ODI

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jemimah Rodrigues (Ind) played in her 50th ODI match.
• Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind) scored her 4,000th run, and became the second Indian woman to cross 1,000 runs in England in ODIs.
• Jemimah Rodrigues (Ind) scored her 4,000th run in international cricket.
• Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng) scored her 4,000th run in ODIs.
• Kranti Goud (Ind) took her maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs.

Delhi Premier League T20

The 2025 season of the Delhi Premier League T20 (DPLT20) is scheduled to take place from 2 August to 31 August 2025. It consists of 8 men's and 4 women's teams respectively, with all matches hosted at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Andhra Premier League

The 2025 Andhra Premier League will be held from 8 to 23 August 2025, consisting seven teams representing parts of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh High Court stays Andhra Premier League 2025 franchise auctions until further orders. Major relief for existing team owners challenging Andhra Cricket Association's unilateral and misleading auction process.

Darts

World Darts Championship

India's Nitin Kumar competed in the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, held in London, England from 15 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 after qualifying for the tournament through nation qualifier. Kumar lost to Martin Lukeman by 1-3 and was eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

Field Hockey

2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2025 edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup is being held at the Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium in Rajgir Sports Complex, Bihar, India from 29 August to 7 September 2025. India won their fourth Asia Cup title, defeating South Korea in the final and qualified for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.

Group Stage

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
(H) Hosts

Super 4s

In the first match, India drew with South Korea by 2-2. In the second match, India defeated Malaysia comfortably by 4–1. In the third match, India thrashed China again, this time with a one-sided victory by 7–0, and qualified for the final.

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts

Final

This was the fourth encounter between the teams in the Asia Cup finals, after 1994, 2007 and 2013 edition respectively. India leads in the head-to-head record against South Korea in Asia Cup history by 6-3 (with 4 matches being drawn).

2025 Women's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2025 edition of the Women's Hockey Asia Cup is being held at Gongshu Canal Sports Park Hockey Field in Hangzhou, China, from 5 to 14 September 2025.

Group Stage

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Football

I-League

The 2024–25 I-League was the 18th season of the I-League and the third season as the second tier of the Indian football league system. Mohammedan were the reigning champions, having won the 2023–24 I-League. Churchill Brothers were initially declared the provisional champions of I-League by AIFF, but the decision was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) who declared Inter Kashi the champions, allowing them promotion to the Indian Super League.

League table

Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head applies only after all relevant matches are played)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

League fixtures

Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

I-League 2

The 2024–25 I-League 2 was the 17th season of the I-League 2, held from 25 January to 26 April 2025. It was also the 3rd season as the third tier of the Indian football league system. The top two clubs secured a place in the 2025–26 I-League season. In October 2024, Sudeva Delhi withdrew from the tournament. This brought the total number of teams participating in the league to nine. Diamond Harbour FC won the league and was promoted, along with Chanmari FC to the 2025–26 I-League.

League table

Source: I-League 2 AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(C) Champions

League fixtures

Source: I-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

In July 2025, India secured a berth at the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time via qualification. India defeated group qualifiers host Thailand 2–1 to earn a berth at the 2026 edition set to be hosted in Australia.

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts 23 June 202516:00700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang MaiReferee: Jon Sol-mi (North Korea) 29 June 202516:00700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang MaiReferee: Doumouh Al-Bakkar (Lebanon) 2 July 202516:00700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang MaiReferee: Azusa Sugino (Japan) 5 July 202519:30700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang MaiReferee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Durand Cup

The 2025 Durand Cup is the 134th edition of the Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, and the fourth edition since the Asian Football Confederation supported it. The tournament is hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society in co-operation with the AIFF, Eastern Command of the Indian Armed Forces and the Government of West Bengal, supported by the governments of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jharkhand. Initially, Indonesian Army had assured to participate in this tournament but later on they withdrew their name and was replaced by Malaysian Army.

Quarter-finals

16 August 202516:00 ISTMatch 37Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, MeghalayaAttendance: 8,337Referee: Pratik Mondal
Man of the Match: Everbrightson Mylliempdah (Shillong Lajong) 16 August 202519:00 ISTMatch 38SAI Stadium, Kokrajhar (BTR), AssamAttendance: 14,970Referee: Surajit Das
Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United) 17 August 202516:00 ISTMatch 39JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, JharkhandAttendance: 11,472Referee: Lakshay
Man of the Match: Sairuat Kima (Diamond Harbour) 17 August 202519:00 ISTMatch 40Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, West BengalAttendance: 58,676Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran
Man of the Match: Dimitrios Diamantakos (East Bengal)

Semi-finals

19 August 202519:00 ISTMatch 41Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, MeghalayaAttendance: 14,911Referee: Senthil Nathan (sub. Lalit Singh Rawat)
Man of the Match: Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United) 20 August 202519:00 ISTMatch 42Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, West BengalAttendance: 18,960Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Mirshad Michu (Diamond Harbour)

Final

23 August 202517:30 ISTVivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, West BengalAttendance: 16,920

2025 CAFA Nations Cup

India is participating in the 2025 edition of the CAFA Nations Cup, a biennial international men's football championship of Central Asia, being held in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan from 29 August to 8 September 2025. India received the invitation after the Malaysian team withdrew from the competition. This will be India's first tournament under the new coach Khalid Jamil. In first round, India defeated a higher ranked Tajikistan by 2–1.

Group Stage (Group B)

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes: 29 August 202520:30Hisor Central Stadium, HisorAttendance: 17,450Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)
Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan (India) 1 September 202517:00Hisor Central Stadium, HisorAttendance: 1,050Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Man of the Match: Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Iran) 4 September 202517:00Hisor Central Stadium, HisorAttendance: 1,100Referee: Nurzatbek Abdıkadırov (Kyrgyzstan)
Man of the Match: Anwar Ali (India)

Third place match

8 September 202517:00Hisor Central Stadium, HisorReferee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)
Man of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (India)

AFC Champions League Two

The 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two is the 22nd edition of Asia's second-tier club football tournament, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the second under the AFC Champions League Two title. Mohun Bagan qualified directly for the group stage of West Region as the 2024–25 Indian Super League champions, while FC Goa qualified for the qualifying playoff for the West Region as they were the 2025 Indian Super Cup April edition winners. Goa qualified for the group stages after defeating Oman's Al-Seeb.

Qualifying play-offs

13 August 202519:30 ISTPreliminary stageJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa, IndiaAttendance: 12,314Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

Group C

Source: ACL2
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes: 16 September 202519:15 ISTGroup StageVivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, IndiaAttendance: 41,003Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines) 30 September 202521:30 ISTGroup StageNaghsh-e-Jahan Stadium, Isfahan, Iran 21 October 202523:45 ISTGroup StageAmman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 4 November 202519:15 ISTGroup StageVivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, India 25 November 202519:15 ISTGroup StageArkadag Stadium, Arkadag, Turkmenistan 23 December 202519:15 ISTGroup StageVivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, India

Group D

Source: ACL2
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers 17 September 202519:30 ISTGroup StageJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa, IndiaAttendance: 8,756Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine) 1 October 202519:15 ISTGroup StageHisor Central Stadium, Hisor, TajikistanAttendance: 5,750Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia) 22 October 202519:30 ISTGroup StageJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa, IndiaAttendance: 14,389Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates) 6 November 202500:15 ISTGroup StageAl-Awwal Park, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAttendance: 6,736Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea) 26 November 202521:30 ISTGroup StageAl Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad, IraqAttendance: 8,322Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan) 24 December 202521:30 ISTGroup StageJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa, IndiaAttendance: 1,083Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

Kabaddi

Pro Kabaddi League

The 2025 Pro Kabaddi League will be the 12th edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, a franchise-based Kabaddi league in India, organised by Mashal Sports since 2014. The season will begin on 29 August 2025 and will conclude on TBD.

Points Table

Source: ProKabaddi
Rules for classification:

• 2 points for a win
• 0 point for a loss

(C) Champion; (R) Runners up

Kho Kho

Kho Kho World Cup

India hosted the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup, which was held at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India from 13 to 19 January 2025. India defeated Nepal in both the men's and women's competition to be crowned champions.

Men's Group Stage

Source: KKWC 2025
(H) Host

Men's Knockouts

Women's Group Stage

Source: KKWC 2025
(H) Host

Women's knockouts

Rugby

Rugby Premier League

The 2025 Rugby Premier League was the first season of the Rugby Premier League. It was held from 15 to 29 June 2025 with 6 city-based teams. Chennai Bulls defeated Delhi Redz 41–0 to win the inaugural title.

League table

First match(es) will be played: 1 June 2025. Source: Rugby Premier League
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.
(C) Champion

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Final

Sepak takraw

ISTAF World Cup

India hosted the 2025 ISTAF World Cup, held at the Patliputra Indoor Stadium, Bihar. India secured their first men's team regu gold medal and their second overall gold in World Cup history. India ended with one bronze, one silver and five bronze medals, making it their most successful World Cup campaign.

Shooting

2025 ISSF World Cup

India is participating in the 2025 ISSF World Cup from 1 April to 9 December 2025, which is held across various locations.

2025 Asian Shooting Championships

Senior

Squash

2025 Men's World Squash Championship

India participated in the 2025 Men's World Squash Championship and entered three players for the tournament.

2025 Women's World Squash Championship

India participated in the 2025 Women's World Squash Championship. Only Anahat Singh qualified for the tournament.

Table Tennis

2025 World Table Tennis Championships

India participated in the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships held in Doha, Qatar, from 17 to 25 May 2025.

2025 Asian Table Tennis Championships

India will host the 2025 Asian Table Tennis Championships, held in Bhubaneshwar from 11 to 15 October 2025. Only team events will be played in this edition.

2025 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup

India participated in the 34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup held in Shenzhen, China from 19 to 23 February 2025. Six players were sent to participate in the tournament, with no one crossing the group stage mark and were thus eliminated.

Tennis

Bengaluru Open

The 2025 Bengaluru Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bengaluru, from 24 February to 2 March 2025. Anirudh Chandrasekar and Taipei's Ray Ho won the men's doubles title after defeating Blake Bayldon and Matthew Romios 6–2, 6–4 in the final.

Weightlifting

2025 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships

The 2025 edition of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships was held in Ahmedabad, India, between 24 and 30 August 2025. The event was inaugurated by Indian sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Mirabai Chanu won gold in the women's 48 kg event. She lifted a record-breaking total of 193 kg (84 kg snatch and 109 kg clean and jerk), setting a new commonwealth championship record. Priteesmita Bhoi and Dharamjyoti Dewghariya also won gold medal in women's 44–48 kg and men's 56–60 kg events respectively.

Wrestling

2025 U20 World Wrestling Championships

The 2025 edition of the U20 World Wrestling Championships were held in Samokov, Bulgaria between 17 and 24 August 2025. India finished their campaign with 9 medals - 2 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze - and were placed 4th at the medal tally.