2025 in Indian sports

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2025 in Indian sports describes the year's events in Indian sport.

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Multi-sport

National Games of India

The 2025 National Games of India is the 38th edition of the National Games of India, which were held in the state of Uttarakhand from 28 January to 14 February. The games comprised over 10,000 athletes from 37 teams in 35 different sports. The games were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while Home Minister Amit Shah was the chief guest of the closing ceremony. [1] [2] [3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host state)

2025 National Games medal table [4] [5]
RankStateGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Indian Armed Forces.svg Services 682627121
2Seal of Maharashtra.svg Maharashtra 547176201
3Emblem of Haryana.svg Haryana 484758153
4Emblem of Madhya Pradesh.svg Madhya Pradesh 34262282
5Seal of Karnataka.svg Karnataka 34182880
6TamilNadu Logo.svg Tamil Nadu 27303592
7Seal of Uttarakhand.svg Uttarakhand*243544103
8Flag placeholder.svg West Bengal 16131847
9Seal of the Government Of Punjab (Black On White).svg Punjab 15203166
10Seal of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.svg Delhi 15182962
11Flag placeholder.svg Manipur 14162555
12Seal of Odisha.svg Odisha 14151746
13Seal of Uttar Pradesh.svg Uttar Pradesh 13202356
14 Kerala 13172454
15Flag of Rajasthan.svg Rajasthan 9112343
16Flag of Gujarat.svg Gujarat 8102038
17Flag of Jharkhand.svg Jharkhand 761225
18 Andhra Pradesh 71614
19Flag of Jammu and Kashmir.svg Jammu and Kashmir 561324
20 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 53210
21Flag of Chandigarh.svg Chandigarh 46919
22 Himachal Pradesh 43815
23Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg Arunachal Pradesh 43613
24Flag of Assam.svg Assam 3151634
25 Chhattisgarh 34916
26 Telangana 331218
27 Goa 24410
28 Mizoram 2013
29 Bihar 16512
30 Meghalaya 1225
31 Puducherry 0112
32 Nagaland 0022
Sikkim 0022
Totals (33 entries)4574566101,523

Asian Winter Games

India competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14. [6] [7] The final Indian team consisted of 59 athletes. [8] Alpine skier Arif Khan and cross-country skier Bhavani Thekkada were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers. [9] India finished the event with no medals. [10]

Special Olympics World Winter Games

India participated at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Turin, Italy from 8 to 15 March 2025. [11] [12] India secured 33 medals - 8 Gold, 18 Silver and 7 Bronze - making it their most successful campaign in Special Olympics World Winter Games history. [13] [14]

Khelo India Para Games

The 2025 Khelo India Para Games were the 2nd edition of the Khelo India Para Games, held in New Delhi from 20 to 27 March 2025. The games featured 6 sports with 189 gold medal events. Haryana topped the medal tally with 104 medals (34 Gold, 39 Silver, 31 Bronze), followed by Tamil Nadu (28 Gold, 19 Silver, 27 Bronze), and Uttar Pradesh (23 Gold, 21 Silver, 20 Bronze) respectively. [15]

Medal Standings

  *   Host nation (Host state)

2025 Khelo India Para Games Medal Table [16]
RankStateGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Haryana.svg Haryana 343931104
2Flag of Tamil Nadu.svg Tamil Nadu 28192774
3Flag of Uttar Pradesh.svg Uttar Pradesh 23212064
4Flag of Rajasthan.svg Rajasthan 22182464
5Flag of Maharashtra.svg Maharashtra 18131243
6Flag of Gujarat.svg Gujarat 12242359
7Flag of Karnataka.svg Karnataka 105722
8Seal of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.svg Delhi*8112039
9 Punjab 82515
10 Andhra Pradesh 48315
11 Telangana 4127
12Flag of Madhya Pradesh.svg Madhya Pradesh 35311
13 Kerala 34512
14 Bihar 33410
15 Chhattisgarh 2316
16Flag of Odisha.svg Odisha 22812
17Flag of Uttarakhand.svg Uttarakhand 14813
18Flag of Jammu and Kashmir.svg Jammu and Kashmir 1124
Flag of Jharkhand.svg Jharkhand 1124
20 Goa 1012
21Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg Arunachal Pradesh 1001
22 Himachal Pradesh 0325
23Flag of Chandigarh.svg Chandigarh 0123
24 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0112
25 West Bengal 0033
26Flag of Assam.svg Assam 0011
Nagaland 0011
Totals (27 entries)189189218596

Khelo India Youth Games

The 2025 edition of the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) was held from May 4 to May 15, 2025, marking the first time the event took place in Bihar. This national multi-sport event brought together over 10,000 athletes from 36 states and union territories, competing across 28 disciplines, including traditional Indian sports and esports as a demonstration category. [17] [18] Sepak takraw has been included for the first time on the back of India's gold medal in the 2025 ISTAF World Cup. [19] Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the games on May 4, 2025, with the opening ceremony held at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna. The event aimed to promote sports culture and infrastructure development in Bihar. [20] [21]

Maharashtra secured its third consecutive KIYG title with a record 158 medals, including 58 golds, showcasing dominance across multiple disciplines. Haryana excelled in sports like fencing and athletics, finishing second with 107 medals. Rajasthan achieved its best-ever finish, clinching third place with 22 golds. Bihar, the host state, delivered a historic performance, securing 7 golds among 36 total medals, marking a significant improvement from its previous standings having a Jump from 28th rank to 15th rank marking its best ever performance in the all editions of KIYG, they doubled their all edition medal tally having total of 29 medals in previous 6 editions by securing 36 medals in the single seventh edition including victories in athletics, Thang-Ta, and rugby. [22] [23] [24]

Medal Tally

RankState/UTGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Maharashtra584753158
2Haryana392751117
3Rajasthan24122460
4Karnataka17261558
5Delhi16203268
6Tamil Nadu15212965
7Uttar Pradesh14201852
8Kerala125825
9Manipur1181130
10Madhya Pradesh1091332
11Assam1051025
12Telangana931123
13Punjab8142544
14Jharkhand87621
15Bihar (Host)7111836
16Chandigarh67417
17Odisha56314
18Andhra Pradesh3111024
19Chhattisgarh311014
20Uttarakhand31711
21Gujarat24713
22West Bengal111416
23Jammu & Kashmir1225
24Nagaland1146
25Arunachal Pradesh1023
26Mizoram1012
27Himachal Pradesh0325
28Puducherry0112
29Meghalaya0022
29Tripura0022
30Andaman & Nicobar Islands0011
30Goa0011
30Sikkim0011

2025 Summer World University Games

India competed at the 2025 Summer World Universiade, which was held from 16 July to 27 July 2025 in Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany. India sent its largest-ever delegation, comprising over 300 student-athletes from various colleges nationwide. [25] India ended its campaign with 12 medals (2 gold, 5 Silver, 5 Bronze) and finished at 20th position in the medal tally. [26]

MedalNameSportEventDateRef.
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kushal Dalal
Parneet Kaur
Archery Mixed Compound Team 25 July [27]
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sahil Rajesh Jadhav Men's Compound Individual 26 July [28]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hritik Sharma
Kushal Dalal
Sahil Rajesh Jadhav
Men's Compound Team 25 July [29]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Parneet Kaur Women's Individual 26 July [30]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Praveen Chithravel Athletics Men's Triple Jump [31]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Seema Women's 5000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ankita Dhyani Women's 3000 metres steeplechase 27 July [32]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze India national badminton team
Badminton Mixed Team 20 July [33]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Vaishnavi Adkar Tennis Women's Individual24 July [34]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Avneet Kaur
Madhura Dhamangaokar
Parneet Kaur
Archery Women's Compound Team 25 July [35]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sejal Anil Singh
Munita Prajapati
Mansi Negi
Shalini
Mahima Choudhary
Athletics Women's 20 km Walk Team27 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mrutyam Dondapati
Gurindervir Singh
Lalu Prasad Bhoi
Animesh Kujur
Manikanta Hoblidhar
Men's 4 × 100 m relay [36]

World Games

India will compete at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025. [37] They sent a contingent comprising 17 athletes across five sports. [38] India won 3 medals (1 Silver and 2 bronze) and finished at 65th position in the medal table. This was India's second-best performance at the World Games, behind the 2013 edition. [39]

MedalNameSportEventDateRef.
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Namrata Batra Wushu Women's 52 kg Sanda 12 August [40]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Rishabh Yadav Archery Men's Compound Individual 9 August [41]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Anandkumar Velkumar Track speed skating Men's 1,000 m sprint 15 August [42]

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. [43] The Indian delegation will consist of a total of 12 players across 2 disciplines. [44] 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. [45]

Medallists

MedalPlayerDisciplineEventDateRef.
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Rishabh Yadav
Aman Saini
Prathamesh Fuge
CompoundMen's team7 September [46]
GMM - Won vs Flag of France.svg  France by 235-233
SF - Won vs Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey by 234-232
QF - Won vs Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States by 234-233
R16 - Won vs Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 23030-230
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Rishabh Yadav
CompoundMixed Team7 September [47]
GMM - Lost to Flag of the Netherlands.svg de Laat / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Schloesser by 155-157
SF - Won vs Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang by 157-155
QF - Won vs Flag of El Salvador.svg Paiz / Flag of El Salvador.svg Hernández by 157-153
R16 - Won vs Flag of Germany.svg Raab / Flag of Germany.svg Kunsch by 160-152

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. [48] [49] India finished their campaign winning eight medals - four gold, two silver and two bronze and are placed third in the medal tally. [50]

MedalPlayerSportCategoryEventDateRef.
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Mohit Dagar
Devansh Singh
Yogesh Joshi
CompoundUnder-18Men's Team22 August [51]
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Kushal Dalal
Apar Nitin
Ganesh Thirumuru
Under-21Men's Team [52]
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Chikitha Taniparthi Women's individual23 August [53]
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Sharvari Shende RecurveUnder-1824 August [54]
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Prithika Pradeep
Mohit Dagar
CompoundUnder-18Mixed Team23 August [55]
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Prithika Pradeep Women's individual
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Gatha Khadake
Jiana Kumar
Sharvari Shende
RecurveUnder-18Women's Team21 August [56]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Gatha Khadake
Agastay Singh
Mixed Team24 August [57]

2025 Archery World Cup

India is participating in the 2025 Archery World Cup from 8 April to 19 October 2025. [58] [59] 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. [60]

Medallists

MedalPlayerSportEventDateRef.
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Rishabh Yadav
CompoundMixed Team12 April [61]
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Abhishek Verma
Rishabh Yadav
Ojas Pravin Deotale
Men's Team10 May [62]
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Madhura Dhamangaonkar Women's Individual [63]
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Dhiraj Bommadevara
Tarundeep Rai
Atanu Das
RecurveMen's Team13 April [64]
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Madhura Dhamangaonkar
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Chikitha Taniparthi
CompoundWomen's Team10 May [65]
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Parneet Kaur
Prithika Pradeep
12 July [66]
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Jyothi Surekha Vennam Women's Individual [67]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Rishabh Yadav
Abhishek Verma
Ojas Pravin Deotale
CompoundMen's Team10 April [68]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Dhiraj Bommadevara RecurveMen's Individual13 April [69]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Madhura Dhamangaonkar
Abhishek Verma
CompoundMixed Team10 May [70]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Rishabh Yadav Men's Individual [71]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Deepika Kumari RecurveWomen's Individual11 May [72] [73]
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Parth Salunkhe Men's Individual
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Rishabh Yadav
CompoundMixed Team12 July [74]

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. [75]

Men's Recurve
ArchersStep IStep IIStep IIIStep IVTotalRank
RankPts.RankPts.RankPts.RankPts.
Dhiraj Bommadevara Bronze medal icon.svg223301713302314
Parth Salunkhe 330Bronze medal icon.svg183301816
Atanu Das 957111711717
Tarundeep Rai 171330330330148
Neeraj Chauhan 171148
Rahul Singh 330079
Women's Recurve
ArchersStep IStep IIStep IIIStep IVTotalRank
RankPts.RankPts.RankPts.RankPts.
Deepika Kumari 513Bronze medal icon.svg181713303211
Simranjeet Kaur 3303305131320
Ankita Bhakat 17195330171726
Gatha Anandrao Khadake 95534
Sharvari Somnath Shende 171150
Anshika Kumari 1713300150
Men's Compound
ArchersStep IStep IIStep IIIStep IVTotalRank
RankPts.RankPts.RankPts.RankPts.
Rishabh Yadav 171Bronze medal icon.svg23811179435Q
Abhishek Verma 415179952911
Ojas Pravin Deotale 95330330536
Uday Kamboj 171171243
Aman Saini 171147
Priyansh 171147
Prathamesh Fuge 330067
Women's Compound
ArchersStep IStep IIStep IIIStep IVTotalRank
RankPts.RankPts.RankPts.RankPts.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam 99517171Silver medal icon.svg29553Q
Madhura Dhamangaonkar Gold medal icon.svg31518494Q
Parneet Kaur 4171715
Aditi Gopichand Swami 1717111220
Chikitha Taniparthi 17117195728
Prithika Pradeep 330078

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.

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Rishabh Yadav Men's
Individual
Flag of France.svg Girard
Jyothi Surekha Vennam Women's
Individual
Flag of Mexico.svg Bernal
Madhura Dhamangaonkar Flag of South Korea.svg Han

Aquatics

World Aquatics Championships

India competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025. [76] A total of 19 swimmers participated across 3 disciplines. [77] India ended their campaign with no medals. [78]

Athletics

2025 World Athletics Championships

India is competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025. [79] India entered 19 athletes to the championships: 5 women and 14 men across 15 events. [80]

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. [81]

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. [82] Malvika Bansod withdrew from the competition due to injury. [83] Lakshya Sen was eliminated in the first round by the top-seed, China's Shi Yu Qi in straight sets. [84] 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. [85] 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. [86] 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. [87] 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 [88] but eventually lost to the Malaysian pair of Chen TJ and Toh in the quarter-finals. [89] 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 [90] 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. [91] They lost to the Chinese pair of Chen and Liu after putting a clinical fight and ended their campaign with a bronze medal. [92]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lakshya Sen Men's
Singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi (1)
L 0-2 (17–21, 19–21)
Did not advance to next round; Rank: 33
Prannoy H. S. Flag of Finland.svg Oldorff
W2-0 (21–18, 21–15)
Flag of Denmark.svg Antonsen (2)
L 1-2 (7-21, 21–17, 21–23)
Did not advance to next round; Rank: 17
P. V. Sindhu (15) Women's
Singles
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nalbantova
W2-0 (23–21, 21–6)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Letshanaa
W2-0 (21–19, 21–15)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Z (2)
W2-0 (21–19, 21–15)
Flag of Indonesia.svg Wardani (9)
L 1-2 (14–21, 21–13, 16–21)
Did not advance to next round; Rank: 8
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty (9)
Men's
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liu K / Yang
W2-0 (22–20,21-13)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang / Wang C (6)
W2-1 (19–21, 21–15, 21–17)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chia / Soh (2)
W2-0 (21–12,21-19)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen / Liu (11)
L 1-2 (19–21, 21–18, 12–21)
Did not advanceBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Hariharan Amsakarunan
Ruban Rethinasabapathi
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liu K-h / Yang
L 0-2 (15–21, 5-21)
Did not advance to next round; Rank:33
Priya Konjengbam
Shruti Mishra
Women's
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Lambert / Pognante
L 0-2 (17–21, 16–21)
Did not advance to next round; Rank:33
Rutaparna Panda
Swetaparna Panda
Flag of Bulgaria.svg G Stoeva / S Stoeva
L 0-2 (12–21, 11–21)
Did not advance to next round; Rank:33
Dhruv Kapila
Tanisha Crasto (16)
Mixed
Doubles
Flag of Ireland.svg Magee / Ryan
W2-0 (21–11, 21–16)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tang / Tse (5)
W2-1 (19–21, 21–12, 21–15)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chen TJ / Toh (4)
L 0-2 (15–21, 13–21)
Did not advance to next round; Rank:8
Rohan Kapoor
Ruthvika Gadde
Flag of Macau.svg Leong / Chi
W2-1 (18–21, 21–16, 21–18)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chen TJ / Toh (4)
L 0-2 (16–21, 11–21)
Did not advance to next round; Rank: 17

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. [93] A total of 193 athletes represented the nation in the tournament across various age groups. [94]

MedalPlayerEventGroupDate
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Jessie Philip Women's Singles70+14 September
Final - Lost to Flag of Scotland.svg Black (17-21, 7-21)
SF - Won vs Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kuo (21-16, 19-21, 21-13)
QF - Won vs Flag of India.svg John (21-17, 21-18)
Silver medal world centered-2.svg B.V.S.K Lingeswara Rao
Suzanne Venglet
Mixed Doubles55+14 September
Final - Lost to Flag of Denmark.svg Sorensen / Flag of Denmark.svg Andersen (21-18, 12-21, 12-21)
SF - Won vs Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Li / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Kuo (22-20, 21-17)
QF - Won vs Flag of Indonesia.svg Soedarno / Flag of Indonesia.svg Tjendrawati (20-22, 21-12, 21-12)
R16 - Won vs Flag of Finland.svg Erikkson / Flag of Finland.svg Roivainen (21-11, 21-10)
R32 - Won vs Flag of Thailand.svg Aroonprasertkul / Flag of Thailand.svg Aunarrom (21-9, 21-13)
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Abhinand Shetty
Sangeetha Mari
Mixed Doubles40+13 September
SF - Lost to Flag of Indonesia.svg Rahmat / Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Nadeesha (22-20, 10-21, 13-21)
QF - Won vs Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chan / Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong (21-10, 21-17)
R16 - Won vs Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bless / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Monney (22-20, 14-21, 21-18)
R32 - Won vs Flag of Japan.svg Sakai / Flag of Japan.svg Kawashima (21-16, 21-14)
R64 - Won vs Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Seth / Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Kuttikrishnan (21-12, 19-21, 21-18)
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Philip Bency Men's Singles70+13 September
SF - Lost to Flag of Malaysia.svg Garip (20-22, 11-21)
QF - Won vs Flag of Sweden.svg Liljestrom (21-16, 21-11)
R16 - Won vs Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paynter (21-6, 21-10)
R32 - Won vs Flag of Germany.svg Faig (25-23, 2-0 RET)
R64 - Won vs Flag of France.svg Sethuraman (21-17, 21-16)
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Poonam Tatwawadi Women's Singles55+13 September
SF - Lost to Flag of Germany.svg Eberl (17-21, 13-21)
QF - Won vs Flag of Austria.svg Aberer (21-13, 21-16)
R16 - Won vs Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pittman (21-16, 21-15)
R32 - Won vs Flag of Germany.svg Cole (21-10, 21-10)
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Leena Dhapre Women's Singles50+13 September
SF - Lost to Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Hettiarachchige (17-21, 16-21)
QF - Won vs Flag of Japan.svg Kimura (21-14, 18-21, 21-13)
R16 - Won vs Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin (21-12, 21-15)
R32 - Won vs Flag of Denmark.svg Asmussen (21-14, 21-16)
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Abhinn Shyam Gupta Men's Singles45+13 September
SF - Lost to Flag of Denmark.svg Lund (16-21, 19-21)
QF - Won vs Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Colin (16-21, 21-13, 21-18)
R16 - Won vs Flag of Thailand.svg Chuaymak (21-17, 8-21, 23-21)
R32 - Won vs Flag of France.svg Fuchs (21-14, 21-12)
R64 - Won vs Flag of Norway.svg Karlsen (21-9, 7-1 RET)

2025 BWF World Tour

India is participating in the 2025 BWF World Tour from 7 January to 21 December. [95]

Winners

Runners-up

Semi-finalists

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. [107] [108]

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWLMFMAMDGFGAGDPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 22082+6185+13457329+1282 Knockout stage
2Flag of India.svg  India 21173+4158+7434357+771
3Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 20201010020202154202050
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. [113] 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. [114]

Sudirman Cup

India participated in the 2025 Sudirman Cup, held in Xiamen, China, between 27 April and 4 May 2025. [115] India qualified for the tournament by world rankings and entered with a low-strength squad. [116] India managed to win only one game in the group stage and was eliminated. [117]

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 330287+21713519+1943Advance to quarter-finals
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3212111+10606519+872
3Flag of India.svg  India 31213229582673911
4Flag of England.svg  England 303628224946841900
Source: BWF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
27 April 2025 (2025-04-27)
17:00
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg4–1Flag of India.svg  India
Report

29 April 2025 (2025-04-29)
17:00
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg4–1Flag of India.svg  India
Report
29 April 2025 (2025-04-29)
17:00
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg5–0Flag of England.svg  England
Report

1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)
17:00
India  Flag of India.svg3–2Flag of England.svg  England
Report

Asian Junior Championships

India participated in the 2025 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, held in Surakarta, Indonesia between 18 and 27 July 2025. [118] India won two medals in the tournament, both bronze and won in girl's singles event by Tanvi Sharma and Vennala Kalagotla, and finished 5th at the medals tally. [119]

Basketball

FIBA Asia Cup

India is competing in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup, held in Saudi Arabia from 5–17 August 2025. [120] India qualified for the tournament after topping Group H in the qualifying tournament. [121] India were grouped with the sixteen-times winners China, the hosts Saudi Arabia and Jordan, all having higher FIBA ranking than India. [122] 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. [123] India lost their remaining two matches against China and Saudi Arabia and finished 15th overall in the medal table. [124]

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 330283225+586 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (H)321249225+245 Playoffs
3Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 312232251194
4Flag of India.svg  India 303212275633
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
5 August 2025
14:00
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg9184 (OT)Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by quarter:18–14, 20–24, 22–17, 20–25,  Overtime:11–4
Pts: Tucker 30
Rebs: Abbas, Ibrahim 7
Asts: Ibrahim 6
Pts: Muthu Krishnan 14
Rebs: Prince 7
Asts: Prince 5
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 175
Referees: Scott Beker (AUS), Ahmed Al-Bulushi (OMA), Preeda Muongmee (THA)

7 August 2025
11:00
India  Flag of India.svg69100Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 14–29, 17–24, 17–22, 21–25
Pts: Muthu Krishnan 16
Rebs: Prince 7
Asts: Dagar 5
Pts: Hu M., Zhao J. 17
Rebs: Hu J. 10
Asts: Liao 8
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 39
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Paul Skayem (LBN)

9 August 2025
18:00
India  Flag of India.svg5984Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter:25–24, 6–21, 18–21, 10–18
Pts: Brar 20
Rebs: Prince 4
Asts: Muthu Krishnan, Sekhon 5
Pts: Al-Suwailem 15
Rebs: Al-Suwailem 14
Asts: Abdel Gabar 7
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 2,350
Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Park Kyoung-jin (KOR)

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. [125]

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. [126] In the final, she defeated 4th seed Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks to win the tournament. [127] 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. [128] [129] Additionally, she qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026. [130]

Summary

AthleteRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kiran Manisha Mohanty Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Song
L 0.5-1.5
Did not advance to next round
Padmini Rout Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang
W 2–0
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kosteniuk
L 3.5-4.5
Did not advance to next round
Priyanka K Flag of Hungary.svg Gaal
W 5–3
Flag of Poland.svg Kulon
L 1–3
Did not advance to next round
Koneru Humpy Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Khamdamova
W 1.5-0.5
Flag of Poland.svg Kulon
W 1.5-0.5
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kosteniuk
W 2.5-1.5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Song
W 1.5-0.5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lei
W 5-3
Flag of India.svg Deshmukh
L 1.5-2.5
Silver medal world centered-2.svg
Vaishali Rameshbabu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ouellet
W 2-0
Flag of the United States.svg Yip
W 4-2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kamalidenova
W 4.5-3.5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan
L 0.5-1.5
Did not advance to next round
Vantika Agrawal Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Shohradova
W 1.5-0.5
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ushenina
W 4.5-3.5
FIDE flag icon.png Lagno
L 2.5-3.5
Did not advance to next round
P. V. Nandhidhaa Flag of Ecuador.svg Ortiz Verdezoto
W 2-0
Flag of India.svg Dronavalli
L 0.5-1.5
Did not advance to next round
Harika Dronavalli Flag of India.svg Nandhidhaa
W 1.5-0.5
Flag of Greece.svg Tsolakidou
W 4-2
FIDE flag icon.png Lagno
W 3.5-2.5
Flag of India.svg Deshmukh
L 1-3
Did not advance to next round
Divya Deshmukh Flag of Georgia.svg Mgeladze
W 1.5-0.5
Flag of Serbia.svg Injac
W 1.5-0.5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu
W 2.5-1.5
Flag of India.svg Dronavalli
W 3-1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan
W 1.5-0.5
Flag of India.svg Koneru
W 2.5-1.5
Gold medal world centered-2.svg

Finals

SeedNameRating12TB1TB2Total
4 Flag of India.svg Koneru Humpy 2536½½½0
15 Flag of India.svg Divya Deshmukh 2463½½½1

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. [131] In the Masters section, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in tiebreaks to win the tournament [132]

Masters

Category XX (2726) [133]
RankPlayer Rating 1234567891011121314TotalTB SB TPR
1Flag of India.svg  R Praggnanandhaa  (India)2741Does not appear½½10½1011½11½252.752834
2Flag of India.svg  Gukesh Dommaraju  (India)2777½Does not appear½½1½11½0½½11153.002832
7Flag of India.svg  Pentala Harikrishna  (India)269500½0½½Does not appear½½1½1½137.752728
10Flag of India.svg  Arjun Erigaisi  (India)28010110½½0½½Does not appear½½½037.502663
13Flag of India.svg  Leon Luke Mendonca  (India)26390001½½½0½½½½Does not appear½531.252645
Tie-breaker [134]
Name12SDTotal
Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 0112
Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 1001

Challengers

Category XII (2546.5) [135]
Player Rating 1234567891011121314Total SB TPR
9Flag of India.svg  GM Vaishali Rameshbabu  (India)24760011½0½0Does not appear½½½1½635.502523
12Flag of India.svg  IM Divya Deshmukh  (India)2490½0000100½0½Does not appear0119.002376

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). [136] The tournament will be played in a round-robin format from 30 September to 2 November 2025. [137]

Squad

On 19 August 2025, India became the first to announce their squad for the tournament. [138] [139] Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Uma Chetry, Sayali Satghare and Minnu Mani were named as reserves. [140]

Indian women's squad
No.PlayerBirth dateBatting styleBowling style
Batters
18 Smriti Mandhana (vc)July 18, 1996 (age 29)Left handedRight-arm medium-fast
33 Harleen Deol June 21, 1998 (age 27)Right handedRight-arm leg break
64 Pratika Rawal September 1, 2000 (age 25)Right handedRight-arm off break
5 Jemimah Rodrigues September 5, 2000 (age 25)Right handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
19 Yastika Bhatia November 1, 2000 (age 24)Left handed
13 Richa Ghosh (2003-09-28) September 28, 2003 (age 21)Right handed
All-rounders
23 Harmanpreet Kaur (c)March 8, 1989 (age 36)Right handedRight-arm off break
30 Amanjot Kaur August 25, 2000 (age 25)Right handedRight-arm medium
6 Deepti Sharma August 24, 1997 (age 28)Left handedRight-arm off break
Spin bowlers
40 Shree Charani August 4, 2004 (age 21)Left handed Slow left-arm orthodox
2 Sneh Rana February 18, 1994 (age 31)Right handedRight-arm off break
21 Radha Yadav April 21, 2000 (age 25)Right handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
26 Kranti Goud August 11, 2003 (age 22)Right handedRight-arm medium-fast
20 Arundhati Reddy October 4, 1997 (age 27)Right handedRight-arm medium-fast
10 Renuka Singh Thakur January 2, 1996 (age 29)Right handedRight-arm medium-fast

League Stage

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 00000Advance to the
knockout stage
2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 00000
3Flag of England.svg  England 00000
4Flag of India.svg  India (H)00000
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 00000
6Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 00000
7Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 00000
8Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 00000
First match(es) will be played: 30 September 2025. Source: [ ESPNCricinfo]
(H) Host
Match 1
30 September 2025
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v

Match 6
5 October 2025
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v


Match 13
12 October 2025
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v

Match 20
19 October 2025
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v

Match 24
23 October 2025
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v

Match 28
26 October 2025
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v

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. [141] [142] The series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship. [143] [144] It was the Ireland women's side's first tour to India and first ever bilateral series between the two sides. [145] [146]

India won the first match by six wickets, with Pratika Rawal and Tejal Hasabnis' match winning performance. [147] [148] 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). [149] [150] Later it broke in third ODI when India scored 435. [151] [152] 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. [153] [154] [155]

1st ODI

10 January 2025
11:00
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
238/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
241/4 (34.3 overs)
Gaby Lewis 92 (129)
Priya Mishra 2/56 (9 overs)
Pratika Rawal 89 (96)
Aimee Maguire 3/57 (8 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Pratika Rawal (Ind)

2nd ODI

12 January 2025
11:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
370/5 (50 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
254/7 (50 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 102 (91)
Orla Prendergast 2/75 (8 overs)
Christina Coulter Reilly 80 (113)
Deepti Sharma 3/37 (10 overs)
India won by 116 runs
Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Ind)

3rd ODI

15 January 2025
11:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
435/5 (50 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
131 (31.4 overs)
Pratika Rawal 154 (129)
Orla Prendergast 2/71 (8 overs)
Sarah Forbes 41 (44)
Deepti Sharma 3/27 (8.4 overs)
India won by 304 runs
Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Pratika Rawal (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Smriti Mandhana scored fastest century for India in the terms of balls (70) and became the first Indian female cricketer to score 10 centuries in ODIs. [165] [166]
  • Pratika Rawal (Ind) scored her first century in ODIs. [167]
  • India's total was their highest score in ODIs. [168] [169]
  • India registered their highest ever total in ODIs, across the men's and women's. [170]
  • This was India's biggest margin of victory (in terms of runs) in women's ODIs. [171]
  • Women's Championship points: India 2, Ireland 0.

Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

India entered as the defending champions [172] in the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, held in Malaysia from 18 January to 2 February 2025. [173] [174] India won their second consecutive title by defeating South Africa by 9 wickets in the final. [175] [176]

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of India.svg  India 3300065.035Advanced to the Super 6
2Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3210042.667
3WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 312002−2.119
4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (H)303000−5.261Advanced to the play-offs
Source: ESPNcricinfo [177]
(H) Host
19 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
44 (13.2 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
47/1 (4.2 overs)
Kenika Cassar 15 (29)
Parunika Sisodia 3/7 (2.2 overs)
Sanika Chalke 18* (11)
Jahzara Claxton 1/18 (2 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Shathira Jakir (Ban) and Dedunu Silva (SL)
Player of the match: VJ Joshitha (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

21 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
31 (14.3 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
32/0 (2.5 overs)
Nazatul Hidayah Husna 5 (10)
Vaishnavi Sharma 5/5 (4 overs)
Gongadi Trisha 27* (12)
India won by 10 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)
Player of the match: Vaishnavi Sharma (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

23 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
118/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
58/9 (20 overs)
Gongadi Trisha 49 (44)
Pramudi Methsara 2/10 (3 overs)
Rashmika Sewwandi 15 (12)
Parunika Sisodia 2/7 (4 overs)
India won by 60 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
Player of the match: Gongadi Trisha (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Super Six

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of India.svg  India 4400085.724Advanced to the semi-finals
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4310061.377
3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4210150.550
4Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 422004−0.500
5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 403011−4.595
6WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 404000−4.153
26 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
64/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
66/2 (7.1 overs)
Sumaiya Akter 21* (29)
Vaishnavi Sharma 3/15 (4 overs)
Gongadi Trisha 40 (31)
Habiba Islam 1/15 (2 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Ashlee Gibbons (Aus) and Saleema Imtiaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Vaishnavi Sharma (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

28 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
208/1 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
58 (14 overs)
Gongadi Trisha 110* (59)
Maisie Maceira 1/25 (4 overs)
Pippa Kelly 12 (8)
Aayushi Shukla 4/8 (3 overs)
India won by 150 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Maria Abbott (WI) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA)
Player of the match: Gongadi Trisha (Ind)
  • 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. [178]

Semi-final

31 January 2025
14:30
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
113/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
117/1 (15 overs)
Davina Perrin 45 (40)
Parunika Sisodia 3/21 (4 overs)
G Kamalini 56* (50)
Phoebe Brett 1/30 (4 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Ashlee Gibbons (Aus) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA)
Player of the match: Parunika Sisodia (Ind)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

2 February 2025
14:30
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
82 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
84/1 (11.2 overs)
Mieke van Voorst 23 (18)
Gongadi Trisha 3/15 (4 overs)
Gongadi Trisha 44* (33)
Kayla Reyneke 1/14 (4 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Ashlee Gibbons (Aus)
Player of the match: Gongadi Trisha (Ind)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

England's tour of India

The India cricket team hosted the England cricket team [179] to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches from 22 January to 12 February 2025. [180] The ODI series was used as preparation ahead of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. [181]

1st T20I

22 January 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
132 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
133/3 (12.5 overs)
Jos Buttler 68 (44)
Varun Chakravarthy 3/23 (4 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 79 (34)
Jofra Archer 2/21 (4 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Ind)

2nd T20I

25 January 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
165/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
166/8 (19.2 overs)
Jos Buttler 45 (30)
Axar Patel 2/32 (4 overs)
Tilak Varma 72* (55)
Brydon Carse 3/29 (4 overs)
India won by 2 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Tilak Varma (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jamie Smith (Eng) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

28 January 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
171/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
145/9 (20 overs)
Ben Duckett 51 (28)
Varun Chakravarthy 5/24 (4 overs)
Hardik Pandya 40 (35)
Jamie Overton 3/24 (4 overs)
England won by 26 runs
Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

4th T20I

31 January 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
181/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
166 (19.4 overs)
Hardik Pandya 53 (30)
Saqib Mahmood 3/35 (4 overs)
Harry Brook 51 (26)
Ravi Bishnoi 3/28 (4 overs)
India won by 15 runs
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Shivam Dube (Ind)

5th T20I

2 February 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
247/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
97 (10.3 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 135 (54)
Brydon Carse 3/38 (4 overs)
Phil Salt 55 (23)
Mohammed Shami 3/25 (2.3 overs)
India won by 150 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Ind)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • India made their highest powerplay score (95/1). [187]
  • 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. [188] [189]
  • India recorded their second-biggest victory in T20Is. [190]

1st ODI

6 February 2025
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
248 (47.4 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
251/6 (38.4 overs)
Jos Buttler 52 (67)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/26 (9 overs)
Shubman Gill 87 (96)
Adil Rashid 2/49 (10 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Ind)
  • 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, [191] and thus became the first Indian spinner to complete 6000 runs and 600 wickets in international cricket. [192]
  • Harshit Rana became the first Indian bowler to take a 3-wicket haul on debut in all three formats of international cricket. [193]

2nd ODI

9 February 2025
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
304 (49.5 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
308/6 (44.3 overs)
Joe Root 69 (72)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/35 (10 overs)
Rohit Sharma 119 (90)
Jamie Overton 2/27 (5 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)

3rd ODI

12 February 2025
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
356 (50 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
214 (34.2 overs)
Shubman Gill 112 (102)
Adil Rashid 4/64 (10 overs)
Gus Atkinson 38 (19)
Axar Patel 2/22 (6.2 overs)
India won by 142 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Ind)
  • 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. [197]
  • 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. [198]
  • Shubman Gill scored his 5,000th run in international cricket. [199]
  • Shubman Gill became only the fifth player in international cricket history to score a century in all three formats at a single venue. [200]

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. [201] The tournament was played across four venues: Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mumbai and Vadodara. [202]

League Stage

PosTeamPldWLPts NRR Qualification
1 Delhi Capitals (R)853100.396Advanced to the Final
2 Mumbai Indians (C)853100.192Advanced to the Eliminator
3 Gujarat Giants (3rd)84480.228
4 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 8356−0.196Eliminated
5 UP Warriorz 8356−0.624
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up
TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
12345678EF
Delhi Capitals 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 L
Gujarat Giants 0 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 L
Mumbai Indians 0 2 4 6 6 8 10 10 W W
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6
UP Warriorz 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 6
WinLossNo result
  • 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.
Visitor team → DC GG MI RCB UPW
Home team ↓
Delhi Capitals Delhi
6 wickets
Delhi
9 wickets
Bengaluru
8 wickets
Lucknow
33 runs
Gujarat Giants Gujarat
5 wickets
Mumbai
5 wickets
Bengaluru
6 wickets
Gujarat
6 wickets
Mumbai Indians Delhi
2 wickets
Mumbai
9 runs
Bengaluru
11 runs
Mumbai
8 wickets
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Delhi
9 wickets
Gujarat
6 wickets
Mumbai
4 wickets
Lucknow
Super Over
UP Warriorz Delhi
7 wickets
Gujarat
81 runs
Mumbai
6 wickets
Lucknow
12 runs
Home team wonVisitor team won
  • 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

Eliminator Final
1 Delhi Capitals 141/9 (20 overs)
2 Mumbai Indians 213/4 (20 overs)EW Mumbai Indians 149/7 (20 overs)
3 Gujarat Giants 166 (19.2 overs)

Final

Final
15 March 2025
20:00 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
149/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
141/9 (20 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 66 (44)
Marizanne Kapp 2/11 (4 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 40 (26)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 3/30 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 8 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Ankita Guha and Anish Sahasrabudhe
Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians)
  • 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. [204] India qualified for the tournament after finishing in the top eight of the 2023 Cricket World Cup. [205] 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. [206] 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. [207]

India became the champions by defeating New Zealand in the final and also became the first team to win three Champions Trophy titles. [208]

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of India.svg  India 330060.715Advanced to the knockout stage
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 321040.267
3Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 30211−0.443Eliminated
4Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (H)30211−1.087
Source: ESPNcricinfo [209]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Initial group stage seedings [210]
(H) Host
20 February 2025
13:00  UTC+4 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
228 (49.4 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
231/4 (46.3 overs)
Towhid Hridoy 100 (118)
Mohammed Shami 5/53 (10 overs)
Shubman Gill 101* (129)
Rishad Hossain 2/38 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Ind)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) played in his 200th ODI match. [211]
  • 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. [212]
  • Shami also took his 60th wicket in an ICC ODI tournament: the most by an Indian bowler, moving past Zaheer Khan. [213]
  • 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. [214]
  • Towhid Hridoy (Ban) scored his maiden century in ODIs. [215]
  • 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. [216]
  • Rohit Sharma (Ind) reached 100 wins as an international captain. [217]

23 February 2025
13:00  UTC+4 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
241 (49.4 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
244/4 (42.3 overs)
Saud Shakeel 62 (76)
Kuldeep Yadav 3/40 (9 overs)
Virat Kohli 100* (111)
Shaheen Afridi 2/74 (8 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
  • 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). [218]
  • 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. [219]
  • 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. [220]

2 March 2025
13:00  UTC+4 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
249/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
205 (45.3 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 79 (98)
Matt Henry 5/42 (8 overs)
Kane Williamson 81 (120)
Varun Chakravarthy 5/42 (10 overs)
India won by 44 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Ind)

Semi-final

4 March 2025
13:00  UTC+4 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
264 (49.3 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
267/6 (48.1 overs)
Steve Smith 73 (96)
Mohammed Shami 3/48 (10 overs)
Virat Kohli 84 (98)
Nathan Ellis 2/49 (10 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rohit Sharma (Ind) surpassed Chris Gayle for the most sixes in ICC ODI events. [223]
  • Kohli became India's highest run-getter in Champions Trophy, surpassing Shikhar Dhawan's 701 runs. [224]
  • Kohli became the first ever cricketer to score 1,000 runs and 10 fifty-plus scores in ICC knockout matches. [225]
  • KL Rahul (Ind) completed 3,000 runs in 77 innings in ODIs. [226]
  • India qualified for the third consecutive final in Champions Trophy. [227]
  • Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first captain to reach the final in all four ICC men's tournaments. [228]
  • Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell (Aus) both played their last ODI match. [229] [230]
  • India surpassed Australia with 14 ICC final appearances, the most in history. [231]

Final

9 March 2025
13:00  UTC+4 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
251/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
254/6 (49 overs)
Daryl Mitchell 63 (101)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/40 (10 overs)
Rohit Sharma 76 (83)
Michael Bracewell 2/28 (10 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)
  • 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. [232]
  • Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to win multiple ICC trophies. [233]
  • India won their record third Champions Trophy title after 2002 and 2013. [234]

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. [235] The matches resumed from 17 May across six venues, with the final rescheduled from 25 May to 3 June, [236] Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs to win their maiden title after 18 years. [237] [238]

League Stage

PosGrpTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1A Punjab Kings (R)14941190.372Advanced to Qualifier 1
2A Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C)14941190.301
3B Gujarat Titans (4th)14950180.254Advanced to Eliminator
4B Mumbai Indians (3rd)14860161.142
5B Delhi Capitals 14761150.011Eliminated
6B Sunrisers Hyderabad 1467113−0.241
7B Lucknow Super Giants 1468012−0.376
8A Kolkata Knight Riders 1457212−0.305
9A Rajasthan Royals 1441008−0.549
10A Chennai Super Kings 1441008−0.647
Source: ESPNcricinfo [239]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up
TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
1234567891011121314Q1EQ2F
Chennai Super Kings 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 8
Delhi Capitals 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 12 13 13 13 15
Gujarat Titans 0 2 4 6 8 8 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 18 L
Kolkata Knight Riders 0 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 7 9 11 11 12 12
Lucknow Super Giants 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 12 12
Mumbai Indians 0 0 2 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 W L
Punjab Kings 2 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 11 13 15 17 17 19 L W L
Rajasthan Royals 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 8
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 14 16 17 17 19 W W
Sunrisers Hyderabad 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 7 9 11 13
WinLossNo result
  • 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.
Visitor team → CSK DC GT KKR LSG MI PBKS RR RCB SRH
Home team ↓
Chennai Super Kings Delhi
25 runs
Kolkata
8 wickets
Chennai
4 wickets
Punjab
4 wickets
Rajasthan
6 wickets
Bengaluru
50 runs
Hyderabad
5 wickets
Delhi Capitals Gujarat
10 wickets
Kolkata
14 runs
Delhi
1 wicket
Mumbai
12 runs
Delhi
Super Over
Bengaluru
6 wickets
Delhi
7 wickets
Gujarat Titans Chennai
83 runs
Gujarat
7 wickets
Lucknow
33 runs
Gujarat
36 runs
Punjab
11 runs
Gujarat
58 runs
Gujarat
38 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai
2 wickets
Gujarat
39 runs
Lucknow
4 runs
Match
abandoned
Kolkata
1 run
Bengaluru
7 wickets
Kolkata
80 runs
Lucknow Super Giants Chennai
5 wickets
Delhi
8 wickets
Lucknow
6 wickets
Lucknow
12 runs
Punjab
8 wickets
Bengaluru
6 wickets
Hyderabad
6 wickets
Mumbai Indians Mumbai
9 wickets
Mumbai
59 runs
Gujarat
3 wickets (DLS)
Mumbai
8 wickets
Mumbai
54 runs
Bengaluru
12 runs
Mumbai
4 wickets
Punjab Kings Punjab
18 runs
Delhi
6 wickets
Punjab
16 runs
Punjab
37 runs
Punjab
7 wickets
Rajasthan
50 runs
Bengaluru
7 wickets
Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan
6 runs
Rajasthan
8 wickets
Kolkata
8 wickets
Lucknow
2 runs
Mumbai
100 runs
Punjab
10 runs
Bengaluru
9 wickets
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bengaluru
2 runs
Delhi
6 wickets
Gujarat
8 wickets
Match
abandoned
Punjab
5 wickets
Bengaluru
11 runs
Hyderabad
42 runs
Sunrisers Hyderabad Match
abandoned
Gujarat
7 wickets
Hyderabad
110 runs
Lucknow
5 wickets
Mumbai
7 wickets
Hyderabad
8 wickets
Hyderabad
44 runs
Home team wonVisitor team won
  • Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
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Playoffs

Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Final
29 May 2025 – Mullanpur 3 June 2025 – Ahmedabad
1 Punjab Kings 101 (14.1 overs)Q1W Royal Challengers Bengaluru 190/9 (20 overs)
2 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 106/2 (10 overs)1 June 2025 – Ahmedabad Q2W Punjab Kings 184/7 (20 overs)
Q1L Punjab Kings 207/5 (19 overs)
Eliminator EW Mumbai Indians 203/6 (20 overs)
30 May 2025 – Mullanpur
3 Gujarat Titans 208/6 (20 overs)
4 Mumbai Indians 228/5 (20 overs)

Final

Final
3 June 2025 (2025-06-03)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
190/9 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
184/7 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 43 (35)
Arshdeep Singh 3/40 (4 overs)
Shashank Singh 61* (30)
Krunal Pandya 2/17 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

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. [242] 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. [243] In the final, India defeated Sri Lanka by 97 runs to win the series. [244] [245]

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of India.svg  India 4310060.457Advanced to the final
2Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka (H)422004−0.542
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4130020.083
Source: ESPNcricinfo [246]
(H) Host
27 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
147 (38.1 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
149/1 (29.4 overs)
Hasini Perera 30 (46)
Sneh Rana 3/31 (8 overs)
Pratika Rawal 50* (62)
Inoka Ranaweera 1/32 (7.4 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Player of the match: Pratika Rawal (Ind)

29 April 2025
10:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
276/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
261 (49.2 overs)
Pratika Rawal 78 (91)
Nonkululeko Mlaba 2/55 (10 overs)
Tazmin Brits 109 (107)
Sneh Rana 5/43 (10 overs)
India won by 15 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Dedunu Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Sneh Rana (Ind)

4 May 2025
10:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
275/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
278/7 (49.1 overs)
Richa Ghosh 58 (48)
Chamari Athapaththu 3/43 (10 overs)
Nilakshi de Silva 56 (33)
Sneh Rana 3/45 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Dedunu Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Nilakshi de Silva (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Smriti Mandhana (Ind) played in her 100th ODI match. [249]
  • This was the highest match aggregate (553) involving India and Sri Lanka in women's ODIs. [250]

7 May 2025
10:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
337/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
314/7 (50 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 123 (101)
Nadine de Klerk 2/54 (9 overs)
Annerie Dercksen 81 (80)
Amanjot Kaur 3/59 (9 overs)
India won by 23 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Ind)

Final

11 May 2025
10:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
342/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
245 (48.2 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 116 (101)
Sugandika Kumari 2/59 (10 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 51 (66)
Sneh Rana 4/38 (9.2 overs)
India won by 97 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)
  • 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. [254] The Players' Draft was held at 19 May 2025. [255] Adamas Howrah Warriors won their maiden men's event title [256] whereas the Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers won the women's event title for the consecutive second time. [257]

Anderson Tendulkar Trophy

The India cricket team toured England from June to August 2025 to play the England cricket team. [258] The tour consisted of five Test matches. [259] [260] The series formed part of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship. [261] The Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy is awarded to the winner of the series. The trophy honours Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson. [262] The series was ended in 2-2, with both sides sharing the trophy and receiving the Pataudi medal of excellence.

1st Test

20–24 June 2025
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
471 (113 overs)
Shubman Gill 147 (227)
Ben Stokes 4/66 (20 overs)
465 (100.4 overs)
Ollie Pope 106 (137)
Jasprit Bumrah 5/83 (24.4 overs)
364 (96 overs)
KL Rahul 137 (247)
Josh Tongue 3/72 (18 overs)
373/5 (82 overs)
Ben Duckett 149 (170)
Shardul Thakur 2/51 (10 overs)
England won by 5 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Ben Duckett (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sai Sudharsan (Ind) made his Test debut. [263]
  • Shubman Gill captained India for the first time in Tests. [264]
  • Shubman Gill (Ind) scored his 2,000th run in Tests. [265]
  • 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. [266]
  • 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. [267]
  • Chris Woakes (Eng) scored his 2,000th run in Tests. [268]
  • KL Rahul (Ind) completed 1,000 Test runs against England matched the second-most fifty-plus scores by an Indian opener in SENA Tests. [269]
  • Rishabh Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in both innings of a Test. [270]
  • Five centuries were scored by Indian batsmen for the first time in a single Test. [271] 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

2–6 July 2025
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
587 (151 overs)
Shubman Gill 269 (387)
Shoaib Bashir 3/167 (45 overs)
407 (89.3 overs)
Jamie Smith 184* (207)
Mohammed Siraj 6/70 (19.3 overs)
427/6d (83 overs)
Shubman Gill 161 (162)
Josh Tongue 2/93 (15 overs)
271 (68.1 overs)
Jamie Smith 88 (99)
Akash Deep 6/99 (21.1 overs)
India won by 336 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Ind)

3rd Test

10–14 July 2025
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
387 (112.3 overs)
Joe Root 104 (199)
Jasprit Bumrah 5/74 (27 overs)
387 (119.2 overs)
KL Rahul 100 (177)
Chris Woakes 3/84 (27 overs)
192 (62.1 overs)
Joe Root 40 (96)
Washington Sundar 4/22 (12.1 overs)
170 (74.5 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 61* (181)
Ben Stokes 3/48 (24 overs)
England won by 22 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Joe Root (Eng) became the first ever cricketer to complete 3,000 Test runs against India. [283]
  • Jamie Smith (Eng) became the joint-fastest wicket-keeper-batter to complete 1,000 runs in Tests. [284]
  • World Test Championship Points: England 10, India 0. [a]

4th Test

23–27 July 2025
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
358 (114.1 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 61 (151)
Ben Stokes 5/72 (24 overs)
669 (157.1 overs)
Joe Root 150 (248)
Ravindra Jadeja 4/143 (37.1 overs)
425/4 (143 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 107* (185)
Chris Woakes 2/67 (23 overs)
Match drawn
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Eng)

5th Test

31 July – 4 August 2025
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
224 (69.4 overs)
Karun Nair 57 (109)
Gus Atkinson 5/33 (21.4 overs)
247 (51.2 overs)
Zak Crawley 64 (57)
Prasidh Krishna 4/62 (16 overs)
396 (88 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 118 (164)
Josh Tongue 5/125 (30 overs)
367 (85.1 overs)
Harry Brook 111 (98)
Mohammed Siraj 5/104 (30.1 overs)
India won by 6 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammed Siraj (Ind)

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. [299] [300] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [301] [302] The series ran alongside the men's series between England and India. [303]

India won the T20I series by 3–2, [304] with the Women in Blue again dominating England with their ODI series victory by 2–1. [305] [306]

1st T20I

28 June 2025
14:30
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
210/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
113 (14.5 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 112 (62)
Lauren Bell 3/27 (4 overs)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 66 (42)
Shree Charani 4/12 (3.5 overs)
India won by 97 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: James Middlebrook (Eng) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)

2nd T20I

1 July 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
181/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
157/7 (20 overs)
Amanjot Kaur 63* (40)
Lauren Bell 2/17 (4 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 54 (35)
Shree Charani 2/28 (4 overs)
India won by 24 runs
County Cricket Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and James Middlebrook (Eng)
Player of the match: Amanjot Kaur (Ind)

3rd T20I

4 July 2025
18:35 (N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
171/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
166/5 (20 overs)
Sophia Dunkley 75 (53)
Deepti Sharma 3/27 (4 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 56 (49)
Lauren Filer 2/30 (4 overs)
England won by 5 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Sophia Dunkley (Eng)

4th T20I

9 July 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
126/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
127/4 (17 overs)
Sophia Dunkley 22 (19)
Radha Yadav 2/15 (4 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 32 (31)
Issy Wong 1/18 (3 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Ian Blackwell (Eng) and Anna Harris (Eng)
Player of the match: Radha Yadav (Ind)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sophie Ecclestone (Eng) played in her 100th T20I match. [322]
  • Deepti Sharma (Ind) took her 300th wicket in international cricket. [323] She took second highest wickets and took highest wickets among spinners surpassing Nida Dar in T20Is (145). [324]
  • Sophie Ecclestone (Eng) took her 300th wicket in international cricket. [325]

5th T20I

12 July 2025
18:35 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
167/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
168/5 (20 overs)
Shafali Verma 75 (41)
Charlie Dean 3/23 (4 overs)
Danni Wyatt-Hodge 56 (37)
Deepti Sharma 2/31 (4 overs)
England won by 5 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Ian Blackwell (Eng) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Charlie Dean (Eng)
  • 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. [326]
  • Richa Ghosh (Ind) scored her 2,000th run in international cricket. [327]

1st ODI

16 July 2025
13:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
258/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
262/6 (48.2 overs)
Sophia Dunkley 83 (92)
Sneh Rana 2/31 (10 overs)
Deepti Sharma 62* (64)
Charlie Dean 2/52 (10 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Ind)

2nd ODI

19 July 2025
11:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
143/8 (29 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
116/2 (21 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 42 (51)
Sophie Ecclestone 3/27 (6 overs)
Amy Jones 46* (57)
Sneh Rana 1/12 (3 overs)
England won by 8 wickets (DLS method)
Lord's, London
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Rob White (Eng)
Player of the match: Sophie Ecclestone (Eng)
  • 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

22 July 2025
13:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
318/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
305 (49.5 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 102 (84)
Sophie Ecclestone 1/28 (10 overs)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 98 (105)
Kranti Goud 6/52 (9.5 overs)
India won by 13 runs
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Rob White (Eng) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind)

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. [338]

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. [339] 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. [340]

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. [341] [342] 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. [343] [344] India won their fourth Asia Cup title, defeating South Korea in the final [345] and qualified for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. [346]

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of India.svg  India (H)3300225+179 Super4s
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3111187+114
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3111115+64
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3003135340
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
29 August 2025
15:00
India  Flag of India.svg4–3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Jugraj Field hockey ball.svg 18'
Harmanpreet Field hockey ball.svg 20', 33', 47'
Report Du Field hockey ball.svg 12'
Chen B. Field hockey ball.svg 35'
Gao Field hockey ball.svg 41'
Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)

31 August 2025
15:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–3Flag of India.svg  India
Kawabe Field hockey ball.svg 38', 59' Report Mandeep Field hockey ball.svg 4'
Harmanpreet Field hockey ball.svg 5', 46'
Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

1 September 2025
19:30
India  Flag of India.svg15–0Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Abhishek Field hockey ball.svg 5', 8', 20', 59'
Sukhjeet Field hockey ball.svg 15', 32', 38'
Jugraj Field hockey ball.svg 24', 31', 47'
Harmanpreet Field hockey ball.svg 26'
Amit Field hockey ball.svg 29'
Rajinder Field hockey ball.svg 32'
Sanjay Field hockey ball.svg 54'
Dilpreet Field hockey ball.svg 55'
Report
Umpires:
Zhou Fuyi (CHN)
Khamis Al-Balushi (OMA)

Super 4s

In the first match, India drew with South Korea by 2-2. [347] In the second match, India defeated Malaysia comfortably by 4-1. [348] In the third match, India thrashed China again, this time with a one-sided victory by 7-0, and qualified for the final. [349]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of India.svg  India (H)3210133+107 Final
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 31116824
3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 31026823 Third place match
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 31023963
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
3 September 2025
19:30
India  Flag of India.svg2–2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Hardik Field hockey ball.svg 8'
Mandeep Field hockey ball.svg 53'
Report Yang Field hockey ball.svg 12'
Kim H-h Field hockey ball.svg 14'
Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Khamis Al-Balushi (OMA)

4 September 2025
19:30
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg1–4Flag of India.svg  India
Hassan Field hockey ball.svg 2' Report Manpreet Field hockey ball.svg 17'
Sukhjeet Field hockey ball.svg 19'
Lakra Field hockey ball.svg 24'
Prasad Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)

6 September 2025
19:30
India  Flag of India.svg7–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Lakra Field hockey ball.svg 4'
Dilpreet Field hockey ball.svg 7'
Mandeep Field hockey ball.svg 18'
Pal Field hockey ball.svg 37'
Sukhjeet Field hockey ball.svg 39'
Abhishek Field hockey ball.svg 46', 50'
Report
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

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). [350]

7 September 2025
19:30
India  Flag of India.svg4–1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Sukhjeet Field hockey ball.svg 1'
Dilpreet Field hockey ball.svg 28', 45'
Amit Field hockey ball.svg 50'
Report Son Field hockey ball.svg 51'
Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Michiel Otten (NED)

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. [351]

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of India.svg  India 3210252+237 Super4s
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3210172+157
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3102218163
4Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3003123220
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. [352]
5 September 2025
14:30
India  Flag of India.svg11–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Mumtaz Field hockey ball.svg 7', 49'
Sangita Field hockey ball.svg 10'
Navneet Field hockey ball.svg 16'
Lalremsiami Field hockey ball.svg 18'
Udita Field hockey ball.svg 30+', 52'
Beauty Field hockey ball.svg 45', 54'
Sharmila Field hockey ball.svg 57'
Rutuja Field hockey ball.svg 60'
Report
Umpires:
Kim Yoon-seon (KOR)
Li Lulu (CHN)

6 September 2025
19:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–2Flag of India.svg  India
Murayama Field hockey ball.svg 10'
Fujibayashi Field hockey ball.svg 58'
Report Rutuja Field hockey ball.svg 30'
Navneet Field hockey ball.svg 60+'
Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Meghan McLennan (CAN)

8 September 2025
14:30
India  Flag of India.svg12–0Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Mumtaz Field hockey ball.svg 2', 32', 39'
Neha Field hockey ball.svg 11', 38'
Lalremsiami Field hockey ball.svg 13'
Navneet Field hockey ball.svg 14', 20', 28'
Udita Field hockey ball.svg 29'
Sharmila Field hockey ball.svg 45'
Rutuja Field hockey ball.svg 53'
Report
Umpires:
Li Lulu (CHN)
Shahiela Johari (MAS)

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, [353] [354] [355] [356] 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. [357] [358] [359] [360]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Inter Kashi (C, P)2212644231+1142 [b] Promotion to ISL and qualification for Super Cup (April) and (October)
2 Churchill Brothers 2211744525+2040 [c]
3 Real Kashmir 2210753125+637 [d] Qualification for Super Cup (October)
4 Gokulam Kerala 2211474529+1637 [e] Qualification for Super Cup (April) and (October) [363]
5 Rajasthan United 229673433+133Qualification for Super Cup (October)
6 Dempo 228593533+229 [f]
7 Namdhari 228592830229 [g]
8 Shillong Lajong 227784645+128
9 Sreenidi Deccan 227783437328
10 Aizawl 22651135461123 [h]
11 Sporting Bengaluru 22561124421821
12 Delhi 22351421442314
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
Notes:
  1. England were deducted a total of 2 points for maintaining a slow over-rate. [285]
  2. Inter Kashi was awarded and then stripped of points in multiple rulings. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ultimately ruled in their favor, restoring four deducted points. [361]
  3. Churchill Brothers were deducted one point and awarded two, which were later revoked by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Churchill Brothers challenges this decision in Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, which was dismissed, preventing further changes in points table. [362]
  4. The forfeit win originally awarded to Real Kashmir was revoked by CAS in favor of Inter Kashi. [362]
  5. Head-to-head: Real Kashmir 4, Gokulam Kerala 1
  6. Head-to-head: Dempo 4, Namdhari 1
  7. Namdhari was deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player, then awarded three in another ruling, which was also later overturned. [361]
  8. Aizawl was awarded two points after Churchill Brothers fielded an ineligible player. [362]

    League fixtures

    Home \ Away AIZ CHB DEL DEM GOK IKA NAM RAJ REK SHL SCB SRD
    Aizawl 3–0 [a] 4–20–01–20–33–01–21–11–32–03–4
    Churchill Brothers 6–02–22–02–12–2 [b] 0–13–13–16–11–11–1
    Delhi 0–21–22–10–50–10–21–11–23–10–10–1
    Dempo 5–21–31–00–10–12–20–41–12–28–12–3
    Gokulam Kerala 1–10–16–33–46–20–20–00–13–42–01–0
    Inter Kashi 4–31–35–10–23–23–2 [c] 3–11–3 [d] 2–11–03–1
    Namdhari 3–11–10–00–11–30–3 [e] 1–31–05–22–11–1
    Rajasthan United 0–01–03–11–10–31–12–14–04–02–11–2
    Real Kashmir 2–11–12–12–01–11–11–02–02–03–12–2
    Shillong Lajong 4–42–20–00–20–00–03–28–01–05–04–0
    Sporting Bengaluru 1–21–32–23–11–20–00–02–23–22–01–0
    Sreenidi Deccan 3–02–10–10–12–32–20–12–11–15–52–2
    Source: I-League
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    1. Churchill Brothers were deducted one point and three points given to Aizawl for fielding an ineligible player. Initially the match was drawn 1–1.
    2. Inter Kashi were deducted one point and two points were given to Churchill Brothers, after Inter Kashi fielded an ineligible player. Initially the match was drawn by 2–2. On 18 July 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport revoked the two points previously awarded to Churchill Brothers from Inter Kashi match.
    3. Inter Kashi were deducted three points and given to Namdhari for fielding an ineligible player. Initially Inter Kashi won the match by 3-2. On 18 July 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of Inter Kashi, revoked the three points previously awarded to Namdhari in the return leg.
    4. The match was forfeited in favour of Real Kashmir as Inter Kashi fielded an ineligible player. Initially Real Kashmir already won the match by 1-3. On 18 July 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of Inter Kashi, revoked the forfeiture previously awarded to Real Kashmir.
    5. Namdhari were deducted three points and given to Inter Kashi for fielding an ineligible player in Match 45. Initially Namdhari won the match by 2–0. However, later AIFF Appeal Committee reverted the decision later that was again reverted back in favour of Inter Kashi by an appeal to Court of Arbitration of Sports. [364]

    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. [365] [366] Diamond Harbour FC won the league and was promoted, along with Chanmari FC to the 2025–26 I-League.

    League table

    PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
    1 Diamond Harbour (C, P)1611502810+1838Promotion to I-League
    2 Chanmari (P)1610333610+2633
    3 Sporting Goa 167541812+626
    4 Bengaluru United 166552111+1023
    5 SAT 166462123222
    6 United 165651517221
    7 NEROCA 1652919291017
    8 TRAU (R)16331014301612Relegation to I-League 3
    9 KLASA (R)162113838307
    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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

    League fixtures

    Home \ Away BEN CHN DHB KLA NER SAT SCG TRU USC
    Bengaluru United 0–21–27–01–20–01–13–00–0
    Chanmari 1–00–14–01–03–01–17–14–1
    Diamond Harbour 0–02–01–01–14–12–13–10–0
    KLASA 0–20–81–31–20–10–10–00–1
    NEROCA 0–21–20–22–30–12–11–11–0
    SAT 1–01–11–22–05–21–12–30–0
    Sporting Goa 0–01–01–11–03–02–31–02–0
    TRAU 1–20–10–21–31–22–10–12–0
    United 1–21–12–22–02–13–11–01–1
    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. [367] [368]

    PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
    1Flag of India.svg  India 4400241+2312 Final tournament
    2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)4301232+219
    3Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 41123964
    4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 411251494
    5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 4004332290
    Source: AFC
    Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
    (H) Hosts
    Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg0–13Flag of India.svg  India
    Report

    India  Flag of India.svg4–0Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste
    Report

    India  Flag of India.svg5–0Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
    Report
    700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai
    Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

    Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg1–2Flag of India.svg  India
    Report

    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. [369] Initially, Indonesian Army had assured to participate in this tournament but later on they withdrew their name and was replaced by Malaysian Army. [370]

    Quarter-finals

    Match 37 (1st Quarter-finals)
    Shillong Lajong 2–1 Indian Navy
    Report
    PDF Report
    • Vijay Marandi Soccerball shade.svg38'
    Attendance: 8,337
    Referee: Pratik Mondal
    Man of the Match: Everbrightson Mylliempdah (Shillong Lajong)

    Match 38 (2nd Quarter-finals)
    Bodoland 0–4 NorthEast United
    Report
    PDF Report
    Attendance: 14,970
    Referee: Surajit Das
    Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)

    Match 39 (3rd Quarter-finals)
    Jamshedpur 0–2 Diamond Harbour
    Report
    PDF Report
    Attendance: 11,472
    Referee: Lakshay
    Man of the Match: Sairuat Kima (Diamond Harbour)

    Match 40 (4th Quarter-finals)
    East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan
    Report
    PDF Report
    Attendance: 58,676
    Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran
    Man of the Match: Dimitrios Diamantakos (East Bengal)

    Semi-finals

    Match 41 (1st Semi-finals)
    Shillong Lajong 0–1 NorthEast United
    Report
    PDF Report
    Attendance: 14,911
    Referee: Senthil Nathan (sub. Lalit Singh Rawat)
    Man of the Match: Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United)

    Match 42 (2nd Semi-finals)
    Diamond Harbour 2–1 East Bengal
    Report
    PDF Report
    Attendance: 18,960
    Referee: Harish Kundu
    Man of the Match: Mirshad Michu (Diamond Harbour)

    Final

    NorthEast United 6–1 Diamond Harbour
    Report
    PDF Report
    Attendance: 16,920
    Referee: Venkatesh Ramachadran
    Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)

    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. [371] India received the invitation after the Malaysian team withdrew from the competition. [372] This will be India's first tournament under the new coach Khalid Jamil. [373] In first round, India defeated a higher ranked Tajikistan by 2–1. [374]

    Group Stage (Group B)

    PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
    1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 321083+57Advance to final
    2Flag of India.svg  India 31112424 [a] Advance to third place match
    3Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan (H)311154+14 [a]
    4Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 30121541
    Source: Soccerway
    Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
    (H) Hosts
    Notes:
    1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: India 3, Tajikistan 0.

    Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svg1–2Flag of India.svg  India
    GSA Report
    Attendance: 17,450
    Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)
    Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan (India)

    India  Flag of India.svg0–3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
    GSA Report
    Attendance: 1,050
    Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
    Man of the Match: Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Iran)

    Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg0–0Flag of India.svg  India
    GSA Report
    Attendance: 1,100
    Referee: Nurzatbek Abdıkadırov (Kyrgyzstan)
    Man of the Match: Anwar Ali (India)

    Third place match

    India  Flag of India.svg1–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
    GSA Report
    Penalties
    3–2
    Referee: 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. [375] [376] Mohun Bagan Super Giants 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
    Goa Flag of India.svg 2–1 Flag of Oman.svg Al-Seeb
    Report
    Attendance: 12,314
    Referee: Zhang Lei (China)
    Group C
    PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification AHA ALH MBG SEP
    1 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Ahal 110010+13Advance to round of 16 30 Sep 25 Nov 21 Oct
    2 Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Hussein 110010+13 23 Dec 21 Oct 1–0
    3 Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan 10010110 0–1 4 Nov 23 Dec
    4 Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan 10010110 4 Nov 25 Nov 30 Sep
    Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2025. Source: ACL2
    Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
    Mohun Bagan Flag of India.svg 0–1 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Ahal
    Report
    Attendance: 41,003
    Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
    Sepahan Flag of Iran.svg v Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
    Al-Hussein Flag of Jordan.svg v Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
    Mohun Bagan Flag of India.svg v Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Hussein
    Ahal Flag of Turkmenistan.svg v Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
    Arkadag Stadium , Arkadag , Turkmenistan
    Mohun Bagan Flag of India.svg v Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan
    Group D
    PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification NSR ZWR GOA IST
    1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Nassr 110050+53Advance to round of 16 24 Dec 5 Nov 5–0
    2 Flag of Iraq.svg Al-Zawraa 110020+23 1 Oct 26 Nov 5 Nov
    3 Flag of India.svg Goa 10010220 22 Oct 0–2 24 Dec
    4 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol 10010550 26 Nov 22 Oct 1 Oct
    Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2025. Source: ACL2
    Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
    Goa Flag of India.svg 0–2 Flag of Iraq.svg Al-Zawraa
    Report
    Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)
    Istiklol Flag of Tajikistan.svg v Flag of India.svg Goa
    Goa Flag of India.svg v Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Nassr
    Al-Nassr Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg v Flag of India.svg Goa
    Al-Awwal Park , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Al-Zawraa Flag of Iraq.svg v Flag of India.svg Goa
    Goa Flag of India.svg v Flag of Tajikistan.svg Istiklol

    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. [377]

    Points Table

    PosTeamPldWLSDPts
    1 Puneri Paltan 9635112Qualified for Qualifiers
    2 Dabang Delhi K.C. 7613012
    3 Haryana Steelers 862812Qualified for Mini-qualifier
    4 Telugu Titans 10551810
    5 Jaipur Pink Panthers 853810Qualified for Play-ins
    6 Bengaluru Bulls 954-710
    7 U Mumba 844-28
    8 UP Yoddhas 734-76
    9 Tamil Thalaivas 835-276
    10 Patna Pirates 725-124
    11 Bengal Warriorz 725-304
    12 Gujarat Giants 817-312
    Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2025. Source: ProKabaddi
    Rules for classification:
    • 2 points for a win
    • 0 point for a loss

    Kho Kho

    Kho Kho World Cup

    India hosted the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup, [378] [379] which was held at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India from 13 to 19 January 2025. [380] [381] India defeated Nepal in both the men's and women's competition to be crowned champions. [382]

    Men's Group Stage

    PosTeamPldWLTPSPLPDPtsQualification
    1Flag of India.svg  India (H)4400249143+10612Advanced to knockout stage
    2Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 431034992+2579
    3Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 4220196207-116
    4Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4130139274-1353
    5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 404090307-2170
    Source: KKWC 2025
    (H) Host
    13 January 2025
    20:30 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg42–37Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
    India won by 5 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi


    14 January 2025
    20:15 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg66–34Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
    India won by 32 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi


    15 January 2025
    20:15 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg70–38Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
    India won by 32 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi


    16 January 2025
    20:15 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg71–34Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
    India won by 37 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

    Men's Knockouts

    Quarter-Final 4
    17 January 2025
    20:15 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg100–40Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
    India won by 60 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

    Player of the match: Ramji Kashyap (India)


    Semi-Final 2
    18 January 2025
    20:15 IST
    Result
    South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg42–62Flag of India.svg  India
    India won by 20 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

    Player of the match: Gowtham MK (India)


    Final
    19 January 2025
    20:15 IST
    Result
    Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg36–54Flag of India.svg  India
    India won by 18 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

    Player of the match: Mehul (India)

    Women's Group Stage

    PosTeamPldWLTPSPLPDPtsQualification
    1Flag of India.svg  India (H)330037554+3219Advanced to knockout stage
    2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3210167138+396
    3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 312090316-2263
    4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 303080204-1240
    Source: KKWC 2025
    (H) Host
    14 January 2025
    19:00 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg175–18Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
    India won by 157 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi


    15 January 2025
    19:00 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg100–16Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
    India won by 84 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi


    16 January 2025
    19:00 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg100–20Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
    India won by 80 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

    Women's knockouts

    Quarter-Final 4
    17 January 2025
    19:00 IST
    Result
    India  Flag of India.svg109–16Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
    India won by 93 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

    Player of the match: Ashwani Shinde (India)


    Semi-Final 2
    18 January 2025
    19:00 IST
    Result
    South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg16–66Flag of India.svg  India
    India won by 50 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

    Player of the match: Vaishnavi Bajrang (India)


    Final
    19 January 2025
    19:00 IST
    Result
    Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg40–78Flag of India.svg  India
    India won by 38 points
    Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

    Player of the match: Chaithra B (India)

    Rugby

    Rugby Premier League

    The 2025 Rugby Premier League was the first season of the Rugby Premier League. [383] It was held from 15 to 29 June 2025 with 6 city-based teams. [384] Chennai Bulls defeated Delhi Redz 41–0 to win the inaugural title. [385]

    League table

    PosTeamPldWDLPtsQualification
    1 Hyderabad Heroes 1090136Advance to playoffs
    2 Chennai Bulls (C)1061325
    3 Bengaluru Bravehearts 1051421
    4 Delhi Redz 1032514
    5 Kalinga Black Tigers 1022610
    6 Mumbai Dreamers 101276
    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

    28 June 2025
    19:30
    Chennai Bulls 31–12 Bengaluru Bravehearts
    Report
    Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai
    Referee: Craig Chan

    28 June 2025
    20:00
    Hyderabad Heroes 7–14 Delhi Redz
    Report
    Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai
    Referee: Ibuki Tetsuka

    Third place playoff

    29 June 2025
    19:30
    Bengaluru Bravehearts 12–17 Hyderabad Heroes
    Report
    Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai
    Referee: Tetsuya Hirakawa

    Final

    29 June 2025
    20:00
    Chennai Bulls 41–0 Delhi Redz
    Report
    Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai
    Referee: Craig Chan

    Sepak takraw

    ISTAF World Cup

    India hosted the 2025 ISTAF World Cup, held at the Patliputra Indoor Stadium, Bihar. [386] [387] India secured their first men's team regu gold medal and their second overall gold in World Cup history. [388] India ended with one bronze, one silver and five bronze medals, making it their most successful World Cup campaign. [389]

    EventGroup StageQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    RankOpposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Men's DoublesFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
    W 2–0
    Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
    L 0–2
    Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
    W 2–0
    Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
    W 2–1
    2QFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
    L 0–2
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg
    Men's ReguFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
    W 2–0
    Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
    W 2–0
    1QFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
    W 2–0
    Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
    W 2–1
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg
    Men's QuadrantFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
    W 2–0
    Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
    W 2–1
    Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
    W 2–1
    1QFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
    W 2–1
    Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
    L 1–2
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg
    Women's DoublesFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
    w/o
    Flag of France.svg  France
    w/o
    Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
    W 2–0
    1QFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
    W 2–0
    Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
    L 0–2
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg
    Women's ReguFlag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
    W 2–0
    Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
    W 2–0
    Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
    W 2–0
    1QFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
    L 0–2
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg
    Women's QuadrantFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
    w/o
    Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
    W 2–0
    Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
    W 2–0
    Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
    L 1–2
    2QFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
    L 0–2
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg
    Mixed QuadrantFlag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
    W 2–0
    Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
    W 2–0
    Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
    W 2–0
    1QFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
    L 0–2
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg

    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. [390] [391]

    MedalPlayerEventCategoryDateRef.
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Sift Kaur Samra Rifle50m Rifle 3 Positions Women4 April [392]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil Rifle10m Air Men6 April [393]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Suruchi Inder Singh Pistol10m Air Women8 April [394]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Vijayveer Sidhu Pistol25m Rapid Fire Men8 April [395]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Suruchi Inder Singh Pistol10m Air Women15 April [396]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Suruchi Inder Singh
    Saurabh Chaudhary
    Pistol10m Air Mixed Team16 April [397]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Suruchi Inder Singh Pistol10m Air Women13 June [398]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Arya Borse
    Arjun Babuta
    Rifle10m Air Mixed Team14 June [399]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Esha Singh Pistol10m Air Women13 September [400]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Esha Singh Pistol25m Women5 April [401]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Arya Borse
    Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil
    Rifle10m Air Mixed Team9 April [402]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Manu Bhaker Pistol10m Air Women15 April [403]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Arjun Babuta Rifle10m Air Men19 April [404]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Arya Borse
    Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil
    Rifle10m Air Mixed Team20 April [405]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Simranpreet Kaur Brar Pistol25m Women21 April [406]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Chain Singh Rifle50m Rifle 3 Positions Men4 April [407]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Suruchi Inder Singh
    Saurabh Chaudhary
    Pistol10m Air Mixed Team10 April [408]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Saurabh Chaudhary Pistol10m Air Men15 April [409]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Kynan Chenai
    Sabeera Haris
    ShotgunTrap Mixed Team11 May [410]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Elavenil Valarivan Rifle10m Air Women10 June [411]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Sift Kaur Samra Rifle50m Rifle 3 Positions Women12 June [412]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Meghana Sajjanar Rifle10m Air Women14 September [413]

    2025 Asian Shooting Championships

    Senior

    MedalPlayerEventCategoryDateRef.
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Rudrankksh Patil
    Arjun Babuta
    Kiran Jadhav
    RifleMen's 10m Air Team21 August
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Elavenil Valarivan RifleWomen's 10m Air22 August
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Elavenil Valarivan
    Arjun Babuta
    Rifle10m Air Mixed Team23 August
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Aishwary Pratap Singh RifleMen's 50m Rifle 3 Positions24 August
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Sift Kaur Samra
    Ashi Chouksey
    Anjum Moudgil
    RifleWomen's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team26 August
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Sift Kaur Samra RifleWomen's 50m Rifle 3 Positions26 August
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold Ankur Mittal ShotgunMen's Double Trap29 August
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Anmol Jain
    Aditya Malra
    Saurabh Chaudhary
    PistolMen's 10m Air Team18 August
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Aishwary Pratap Singh
    Chain Singh
    Akhil Sheoran
    RifleMen's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team24 August
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Bhowneesh Mendiratta ShotgunMen's Trap25 August
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Adarsh Singh
    Anish Bhanwala
    Neeraj Kumar
    PistolMen's 25m Rapid Fire Team26 August
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Anish Bhanwala PistolMen's 25m Rapid Fire26 August
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Kumar Yogesh
    Amanpreet Singh
    Ravinder Singh
    PistolMen's 50m Team27 August
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver Manini Kaushik
    Surabhi Rapole
    Vidarsa Vinod
    RifleWomen's 50m Prone Team29 August
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Manu Bhaker
    Suruchi Singh
    Palak Gulia
    PistolWomen's 10m Air Team19 August
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Manu Bhaker PistolWomen's 10m Air19 August
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Suruchi Singh
    Saurabh Chaudhary
    Pistol10m Air Mixed Team20 August
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Elavenil Valarivan
    Mehuli Ghosh
    Ananya Naidu
    RifleWomen's 10m Air Team22 August
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Esha Singh
    Manu Bhaker
    Simranpreet Brar
    PistolWomen's 25m Team24 August
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze Manini Kaushik RifleWomen's 50m Prone29 August
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze

    Squash

    2025 Men's World Squash Championship

    India participated in the 2025 Men's World Squash Championship and entered three players for the tournament. [414]

    AthleteRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Abhay Singh Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Müller
    W 3-1
    Flag of Egypt.svg Ibrahim
    L 0-3
    Did not advance to next round
    Ramit Tandon Flag of Japan.svg Tsukue
    W 3-1
    Flag of England.svg El Shorbagy
    L 2-3
    Did not advance to next round
    Veer Chotrani Flag of England.svg James
    W 3-1
    Flag of Egypt.svg Farag
    L 1-3
    Did not advance to next round

    2025 Women's World Squash Championship

    India participated in the 2025 Women's World Squash Championship. Only Anahat Singh qualified for the tournament. [415]

    AthleteRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Anahat Singh Flag of the United States.svg Stefanoni
    W 3-2
    Flag of Egypt.svg Aboelkheir
    L 1-3
    Did not advance to next round

    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. [416]

    AthleteEventSeedFirst RoundSecond RoundThird RoundFourth RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Ankur Bhattacharjee Men's
    Singles
    Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lam
    L 1-4
    Did not advance to next round
    Manush Shah Flag of Portugal (official).svg Apolónia
    L 2-4
    Did not advance to next round
    Manav Thakkar Flag of New Zealand.svg Choi
    W 4-1
    Flag of Japan.svg Harimoto
    L 2-4
    Did not advance to next round
    Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Flag of France.svg Poret
    L 0-4
    Did not advance to next round
    Diya Chitale Women's
    Singles
    Flag of Spain.svg Zhang
    W 4-0
    Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng
    L 1-4
    Did not advance to next round
    Manika Batra 22 Flag of Nigeria.svg Bello
    W 4-0
    Flag of South Korea.svg Park
    L 0-4
    Did not advance to next round
    Sreeja Akula 25 Flag of Thailand.svg Sawettabut
    L 1-4
    Did not advance to next round
    Yashaswini Ghorpade Flag of France.svg Yuan
    L 1-4
    Did not advance to next round
    Harmeet Desai
    Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
    Men's
    Doubles
    Flag of Chile.svg Burgos / Gómez
    L 1-3
    Did not advance to next round
    Manush Shah
    Manav Thakkar
    8 Flag of Slovenia.svg Hribar / Kozul
    W 3-1
    Flag of Germany.svg Qiu / Duda
    L 1-3
    Did not advance to next round
    Diya Chitale
    Yashaswini Ghorpade
    Women's
    Doubles
    12 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Magdieva / Erkebaeva
    W 3-1
    Flag of Singapore.svg Zeng / Ser
    W 3-1
    Flag of Japan.svg Harimoto / Kihara
    L 0-3
    Did not advance to next round
    Sutirtha Mukherjee
    Ayhika Mukherjee
    14 Flag of Turkey.svg Yilmaz / Harac
    W 3-2
    Flag of Germany.svg Kaufmann / Shan
    L 0-3
    Did not advance to next round
    Diya Chitale
    Manush Shah
    Mixed
    Doubles
    9 Flag of Algeria.svg Bouloussa / Nasri
    W 3-0
    Flag of South Korea.svg Oh / Kim
    L 0-3
    Did not advance to next round
    Harmeet Desai
    Yashaswini Ghorpade
    14 Flag of France.svg Poret / Hochart
    L 2-3
    Did not advance to next round

    2025 Asian Table Tennis Championships

    India will host the 2025 Asian Table Tennis Championships, held in Bhubaneshwar from 11 to 15 October 2025. [417] Only team events will be played in this edition. [418]

    2025 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup

    India participated in the 34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup held in Shenzhen, China from 19 to 23 February 2025. [419] Six players were sent to participate in the tournament, with no one crossing the group stage mark and were thus eliminated. [420]

    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. [421] 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. [422]

    Weightlifting

    2025 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships

    The 2025 edition of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships was held in Ahmedabad, India, between 24 and 30 August 2025. [423] The event was inaugurated by Indian sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya. [424] Mirabai Chanu won gold in the women's 48 kg event. [425] She lifted a record-breaking total of 193 kg (84 kg snatch and 109 kg clean and jerk), setting a new commonwealth championship record. [426] Priteesmita Bhoi and Dharamjyoti Dewghariya also won gold medal in women's 44–48 kg and men's 56–60 kg events respectively. [427]

    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. [428] [429] India finished their campaign with 9 medals - 2 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze - and were placed 4th at the medal tally. [430]

    MedalPlayerCategoryEventDateRef.
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Tapasya Gahlawat FreestyleWomen's 57 kg20 August [431]
    Gold medal world centered-2.svg Kajal Dochak Women's 72 kg22 August [432]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Sumit Malik FreestyleMen's 57 kg19 August [433]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Srishti Women's 68 kg20 August [434]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Reena Women's 55 kg21 August [435]
    Silver medal world centered-2.svg Priya Malik Women's 76 kg [436]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Suraj Greco-RomanMen's 60 kg22 August [437]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Shruti FreestyleWomen's 50 kg [438]
    Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Saarika Women's 53 kg

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