2025 was full of sweet and sour memories for Virat Kohli.Image Credit source: PTI
The year 2025 was full of ups and downs for Indian cricket fans. Apart from the performance of Team India, star batsman Virat Kohli was also the reason for this. This year was full of sour and sweet memories for Virat Kohli, where he achieved new successes and also took some surprising decisions. When questions were raised about his future in Team India, he also replied to the critics. But in 2025, there were 5 such milestones in Kohli’s career which garnered the most discussion.
Become champion again after 12 years
Team India started this year by winning the Champions Trophy title. On March 9, India won this tournament again after 12 years by defeating New Zealand in the final. Virat Kohli Played a big role in this. First he scored a match-winning century against Pakistan and then played an innings of 84 runs against Australia in the semi-finals and became Player of the Match both times. He scored 218 runs in the tournament and was India’s second most successful batsman.
goodbye to test cricket
Meanwhile, on May 12, Kohli made an announcement which shocked the entire cricket world and broke the hearts of Kohli fans. After spending nearly 14 years in Test cricket, Virat Kohli announced his retirement from his most favorite format. With this decision, Virat’s 123 test match long journey ended, which ended without 10 thousand runs and with an average of only 46.
17 years of wait is over
However, after a few days, Virat Kohli got the success for which he was yearning for the last 17 years. Not only Virat, but his fans were also waiting for this moment. In the final played on June 3 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the IPL title for the first time by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs. Kohli scored 43 runs in the final, while he scored the maximum 657 runs for RCB in the entire season.
First a duck, then a century
After his retirement from Test, Kohli has remained a player of only one format but in this too there is constant speculation about his future. Especially his start in the ODI series on Australia tour surprised him. In the first and second matches of the series, Kohli was out for two consecutive ducks i.e. 0, which was the first time in his career. But he ended the series with a match-winning half-century and then scored two consecutive centuries in the series against South Africa.
Sachin’s record broken, big jump in ranking too
Kohli scored the 52nd century of his ODI career in Ranchi ODI against South Africa. With this, he broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar (51 centuries in Test) for most centuries in one format. Kohli ended the series with the highest score of 303 runs and was chosen Player of the Series for a record 22nd time in international cricket. Not only this, Kohli was the highest batsman scoring 651 runs in ODI for India in 2025. Not only this, in the last two years he had fallen from the top-2 position in the ICC rankings and fell below the 5th rank. But on the basis of his excellent performance against South Africa, he ended the year with number-2 rank.