And there was also loss of the sense that Indian cricket, especially in Tests, always knew where it was going. It began with the Under-19 side defending their T20 World Cup crown. 3 11Harmanpreet Kaur’s team were never the favourites in the 50-over World Cup. The women’s game, long starved of attention, felt like it belonged at the centre of Indian cricket rather than on its fringes. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma followed soon after, drawing the curtain on two careers that had defined Indian Test cricket for over a decade.

Source: The Telegraph December 29, 2025 14:18 UTC