After a relatively better year in 2024, the Indian Men's national cricket team is set to enter 2025 following a defeat in the Boxing Day Test match against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. (More Cricket News)
Men In Blue finished the wait of 11 years for an ICC trophy when they defeated South Africa in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados in June.
They won the Test series against Bangladesh but lost to New Zealand 0-3 at home. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy started with a thumping win in Perth, but they lost in Adelaide and drew the next match in Gabba. The year ended with a shock defeat in Melbourne.
Now, the 2025 campaign will start with the fifth and last Test match against Australia in Sydney on January 3.
2025 will see the Indian team fighting for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in February-March and the ACC Men's Asia Cup 2025 in October. This year, the Asia Cup will be played in the T20I format.
India will welcome England for five T20Is and three ODI matches after the Sydney Test in January. The focus will shift to ICC Champions Trophy 2025 with India playing all of their matches in Dubai. Pakistan is the official host of the tournament.
After the Champions Trophy, Indian players will play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The world's biggest franchise T20 cricket tournament will start on 14 March and conclude on 25 May.
If India qualify for the World Test Championship Final 2025, then they will face South Africa in the final starting on 11 June at the Lord's in England.
After that, they will face England for the five-match Test series starting on 20 June in Leeds. The Test bilateral series will end on 4th August.
Then, Men In Blue is set to play Bangladesh for an away white-ball series in August. After that, India will host West Indies for two Test matches in October.
Asia Cup 2025 will be hosted by India in October-November. After that, India will visit Australia for three ODIs and Five T20Is. Then, the Indian cricket team will host South Africa for two Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is.
India's Full Schedule For 2025
India vs Australia, 5th Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test 바카라“ January 3-7 (Sydney)
India vs England (5 T20Is, 3 ODIs) -- January-February 2025
1st T20I: January 22 (Chennai)
2nd T20I: January 25 (Kolkata)
3rd T20I: January 28 (Rajkot)
4th T20I: January 31 (Pune)
5th T20I: February 2 (Mumbai)
1st ODI: February 6 (Nagpur)
2nd ODI: February 9 (Cuttack)
3rd ODI: February 12 (Ahmedabad)
ICC Champions Trophy -- February-March 2025
India vs Bangladesh: February 20 (Dubai)
India vs Pakistan: February 23 (Dubai)
India vs New Zealand: March 2 (Dubai)
Semi-final (if qualified): March 4 (Dubai)
Final (if qualified): March 9 (Dubai)
World Test Championship final (if qualified) 바카라“ June 2025 (Lord's Cricket Ground)
India vs England (5 Tests) -- June-August 2025 (Away)
1st Test: June 20-24 (Headingley)
2nd Test: July 2-6 (Edgbaston)
3rd Test: June 10-14 (Lord's)
4th Test: June 23-27 (Manchester)
5th Test: July 31-August 4 (Oval)
India vs Bangladesh (3 ODIS, 3 T20Is) -- August 2025 (Away)
India vs West Indies (2 Tests) -- October 2025 (Home)
Asia Cup T20s -- October-November 2025 (Home)
India vs Australia (3 ODIs, 5 T20Is) -- November 2025 (Away)
India vs South Africa (2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is) -- November-December 2025 (Home)
