These greats died in the year 2025. (Photo- GETTY/PTI)
Cricketers Who Passed Away In 2025: The year 2025 was not only full of exciting matches for cricket fans, but was also a year where dozens of legends associated with the sports field left forever. This year, some legendary players of India also said goodbye to the world. This loss was not only a big blow for the teams, but also deeply shocked the entire cricket community. Come, let us remember these great personalities, who passed away in the year 2025.
Padmakar Shivalkar said goodbye to the world
The cricket world remained in mourning since the initial months of this year. India’s legendary left-arm spinner Padmakar Shivalkar passed away in March. On March 3, at the age of 88, he said goodbye to the world. Although he never played international cricket for India, his achievement of 636 wickets at the domestic level is legendary. BCCI named him C.K. Was honored with Naidu Lifetime Achievement Award.
Pakistani origin player dies in live match
In the same month, on March 18, Pakistani-origin player Junail Zafar Khan died during a club match in Australia. Junail Zafar Khan died after falling on the field during a local match played in the scorching heat. Junail Zafar was playing for Olympic Concordians Cricket Club. Junail Zafar, who was more than 40 years old, had fielded for 40 overs and batted for seven overs in this match and then he fell on the field.
Bob Cowper passed away
Australian cricket suffered a major blow in May, when Bob Cowper died at the age of 84. Cowper, who played 27 Tests for Australia in the 1960s, played a historic inning of 307 runs in the 1968 Ashes series. Cowper, who achieved success in the financial sector, was known as ‘Wallaby’. Bob retired from cricket at the age of just 28. After Victoria won the Sheffield Shield in 1970, he focused his attention towards business instead of cricket.
Dilip Doshi died in London
In June, former Indian spinner Dilip Doshi died in London at the age of 77. Who played 33 Tests and 15 ODIs for India, which included 114 Test wickets. Doshi, who entered international cricket late, was a pillar of domestic cricket. Dilip played first class cricket for Saurashtra and Bengal. He also played cricket for England’s Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire. Apart from this, on October 28, Ben Austin of Australia passed away, who was injured after being hit by a ball during practice. This incident again sparked debate on security measures in cricket.
In December, former England batsman Robin Smith died at the age of 62. This news came on 2 December, who scored more than 4,000 runs in 62 tests. Born in South Africa, Smith was England’s leading batsman in the 1980-90s. Smith is known for courageously facing West Indies fast bowlers like Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Malcolm Marshall and Patrick Patterson in the 80s and 90s. His unbeaten inning of 167 runs against Australia in the Edgbaston ODI in 1993 is also always remembered.