Delhi: The new year 2025 has arrived and the international matches and tests of the new year have also started. Although cricket records change with every run and every ball of every match, let us discuss which big records we can see changing in Test cricket in 2025:
Joe Root's run record: He is currently on 12972 runs and having completed 13 thousand runs, the records of Rahul Dravid (13288), Jacques Kellis (13289) and Ricky Ponting (13378) are not far away for him. With this, he will become number 2 in the run chart in Test cricket and the focus will be directly on the Everest total of Sachin Tendulkar (15921).
Record of counting to 100: Among the active cricketers currently, those who have scored at least 30 scores of 100 are Virat Kohli (30), Kane Williamson (33), Steve Smith (34) and Joe Root (36). Now, the number of 100s scored by one of these bats will decide who shakes the 100 count record by how much?
Rishabh Pant's score of 90: At the end of the year 2024, Rishabh had only 7 scores in 42 Tests, 90 and if he scores one more such score, he will equal the record of Inzamam, AB de Villiers and it is possible that this record will come to his name in less Tests than these three. . Well, there are such 9 and 10 scorers also.
Jasprit Bumrah's batting record of 0: Everyone talks about his wicket. Has been out on 0 24 times so far and with one more 0 he will become the third Indian batsman to feature in the list with at least 25 0s (others: Zaheer Khan 29 and Ishant Sharma 34).
10 thousand runs of Steve Smith and Virat Kohli: Before the Sydney Test, Virat had 9207 runs in his name and his record of 10 thousand runs will depend on his form and Test cricket future, but this record can almost be said to be in Smith's name because he is on 9962 runs and it is quite possible that Join this club in Sydney Test itself.
Pat Cummins's 300 wickets: He was on 289 wickets before the Sydney Test and the record of 300 wickets is not far for him. The attraction for the cricket lovers of India will be the record of Ravindra Jadeja who has taken 323 wickets.
Jasprit Bumrah's bowling average less than 20: There are other active bowlers who have taken more wickets than him, but among those who have taken at least 28 wickets, not a single one has an average of less than 20. However, none of the bowlers in Test history whose average is less than 20 has a career of 44 Tests. This is Sydney Bumrah's 45th Test and will he be able to keep an average less than 20 in this too (currently: 19.42)? Among those with an average below 20, Bumrah is the only one with 200+ wickets to his name.
Steve Smith's 200 catches: Before the Sydney Test, he had 192 catches in his name and till the time of writing this report, this count has reached 193. Smith can become only the 5th fielder to take 200 catches.
India's record of 3 lakh test runs: During this year, India can be seen completing 3 lakh runs in its test history. The record before the Sydney Test was 296800 runs and 3200 runs are needed during the year for this record. If this happens, India will become only the third country to score 3 lakh runs (other two: England and Australia).
Australian batsmen scored 900 and 100: Before the start of the Sydney Test, he has scored 896 scores including 100s and this count has to reach 900. They will become only the second country to make such a record (before them: England 930).