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Year-Ender 2025: Indian men’s cricketers to make international debut in 2025

Year-Ender 2025: Indian men's cricketers to make international debut in 2025

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Across formats, 6 players made their Team India debut in 2025.

The India cricket team played 45 matches in 2025: 14 ODIs, 10 Tests, and 21 T20Is. The Men in Blue have finished the year with a 30-11 record. Team India has been spotless in white-ball cricket, finishing 2025 with just 6 losses and 26 wins, including the 2025 Champions Trophy and 2025 Asia Cup trophies. However, the Test exploits weren’t that great.

On their way to another successful year, Team India handed debut caps to 6 cricketers. InsideSport brings you the entire list in the 2025 Year-Ender.

Indian men’s cricketers to make T20I debut in 2025

Considering their success in T20Is, the Men in Blue only handed out one cap in the format. Harshit Rana, who had made his Test debut just months ago in Australia, made his T20I debut in 2025 and went on to win the Asia Cup later in September.

Cap NumberPlayerMatch
119Harshit RanaIndia vs England, Pune
January 31, 2025

Indian men’s cricketers to make Test debut in 2025

In the aftermath of Virat Kohli’s retirement, Shubman Gill moved to number four. This left the number three spot open, and that’s why Sai Sudharsan made his Test debut on India’s tour of England. In the same series, Anshul Kamboj got his Test cap due to Akash Deep’s unavailability.

Cap NumberPlayerMatch
318Anshul KambojEngland vs India, Leeds
June 20, 2025
317Sai SudharsanEngland vs India, Manchester
July 23, 2025

Indian men’s cricketers to make ODI debut in 2025

A week after his ODI debut, Harshit made his T20I debut against England. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Varun Chakaravarthy also got their maiden caps. In what was India’s last series before the Champions Trophy, the Men in Blue decided to give each of them game time. Varun and Harshit ended up playing several matches in the tournament, which India won. In Hardik Pandya‘s absence, Nitish Kumar Reddy made his ODI debut. Unfortunately, he himself got injured later.

Cap NumberPlayerMatch
257Harshit RanaIndia vs England, Nagpur
February 6, 2025
258Yashasvi JaiswalIndia vs England, Nagpur
February 6, 2025
259Varun ChakaravarthyIndia vs England, Cuttack
February 9, 2025
260Nitish Kumar ReddyAustralia vs India, Perth
October 19, 2025
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