While the white-ball trophy cabinet kept getting heavier, Team India's fortunes in Test cricket swung wildly between hope and despair in 2025.
Check out how India's players reacted after victory over South Africa in the final.
'You have to move on quickly in international cricket as we now have another important series coming up'
BCCI tweeted pictures of the Indian team enjoying their day-off before the Test series against New Zealand.
Virat Kohli celebrated the New Year with his family and team-mates in South Africa.
Will this (Rohit, KL Rahul and Kohli), be India's top three going into the T20 World Cup?
Mahendra Singh Dhoni -- the Indian team mentor for the T20I World Cup and likely the only person in the dressing room who calls Kohli by his nickname 'Chikoo' -- supervised the preparations as he made sure the cake and the candles were in place before Kohli arrived on the scene.
The Indian team enjoyed their day off from practice with a game of beach volleyball in Dubai on Friday.
Captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma were the first to hit the nets as the frontline pacers like Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami gave the session a miss in order to recover for Wednesday's game.
'We are going to be encountering different grounds wherever we are going to be playing, so the challenges are going to be different'
It was a proper Test innings, it was of the highest class, and given the circumstances it came in, it was one of the best innings by an Indian batsman in recent memory, applauds Prem Panicker.
It was a special evening for the Indian team as they trounced England by 151 runs in the second Test and they celebrated it in some style inside the dressing room of the iconic Lord's stadium.
Bumrah was rested for the second Test at Chepauk, which India won by 317 runs to level the four-match series 1-1.
A look at how India's players fared at the T20 World Cup.
According to SKY, the team atmosphere is very relaxed.
'Thank you @incredibleindia for all the wonderful memories'
Bharat Army celebrated India's historic Test series win against Australia.
The Indian team management believes the best way for players to switch off from the game is enjoying each other's company off the field.
Limited-overs vice-captain K L Rahul has revealed the secret behind India's brilliant comeback, saying after losing the first two ODIs the visitors treated the remaining matches of the contest as a new series.
Indian team to stay in Indore for nets under lights
Dhawan, Pujara, Ashwin, Jadeja shone, but Pandya is the standout performer in the Sri Lanka series for Rediff.com's Harish Kotian.
India coach Ravi Shastri is happy that his team responded magnificently after he sought accountability post back-to-back defeat in the first two Tests.
BCCI Secretary Ajay Shirke explains the process of zeroing in on the preferred candidate from the 57 applications received for the job of India coach.
India's dominating showing in the just-concluded Test series was built on impressive performances by several young players. Check out how M S Dhoni's squad performed.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a statistical outlook of the team's showing in the year gone by.
As India goes into the four-match Test series against Australia, which commences in Adelaide on Tuesday, an analysis of the team.
The World Twenty20 begins on Friday in the West Indies, and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is confident his team can go all the way. His confidence stems from the good showing of some of his team members in the just-concluded IPL.
India lead South Africa by five points and need to win two matches in order to stop falling behind the Proteas.
Batting ace Rahul Dravid tells Harish Kotian India needs to sort out its bowling woes to get back to the top of the Test rankings.
Rajneesh Gupta explains how team India performed during the year across all the three formats.
'The 2014 Australia tour and the brand of cricket played by the team laid a great foundation of the brilliant run of success enjoyed across all formats and conditions.' 'It also coincided with Virat Kohli enjoying the responsibilities of leading the team and then putting his heart and soul into taking the Indian team to ascend many unconquered summits.'
Ravindra Jadeja stole the show while Umesh Yadav bowled his heart out.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji check out how Team India fared on the Sri Lanka tour and find out which cricketers were truly valuable to the team.
Haresh Pandya picks his all-time best Indian Test team which is packed with some exciting stroke-players, a couple of heavy-scorers known to play monumental innings, some superb spinners, a world-class all-rounder and a top-notch wicketkeeper. Check out his list and then create your own Dream India XI, and share it with family and friends!
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