25 jersey number in cricket

The numbers on cricketers’ shirts help identify a player to the officials, commentators, or even the spectators. The numbers on the front of a player’s shirt indicate the chronological position of their appearance for a particular country. Whereas, numbers on the back are typically self-chosen. However, these numbers are not always just useful for commentators or spectators alone. Sometimes, the jersey numbers of cricketers have much larger personal significance.

Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada is a South African international cricketer in all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He made his South African debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make his Test debut in November 2015. By January 2018, he had topped both the ICC ODI bowler rankings and the ICC Test bowler rankings aged 22. In July 2018, he became one of the youngest bowlers to take 150 wickets in Tests (23 years and 50 days).

In July 2016, Rabada became the first cricketer to win six awards at Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) annual dinner, including the prize for Cricketer of the Year. In June 2018, he again won six awards at CSA’s annual dinner, including Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer and ODI Cricketer of the Year. In August 2018, Wisden named him the best young player in the world.

Sandeep Lamichhane

Sandeep Lamichhane is a Nepalese cricketer known as the captain of the Nepalese national team. A right-arm leg spin bowler, Lamichhane has played for Twenty20 franchise sides across the world, including the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League (BBL), and the Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Lamichhane made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against the West Indies, where he represented a World XI side. He became the first cricketer to make a T20 international debut representing a combined team. Lamichhane was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal’s first One Day International (ODI) match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018. In December 2021, Lamichhane was named as the captain of Nepal’s national team, replacing Gyanendra Malla.

Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara is an Indian international cricketer known for playing Test cricket with India and representing Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman who made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at Bangalore in October 2010. He is one of the world’s Test batsmen, according to the ICC Player Rankings. He also played ODI matches for India.

He was a part of the India A team which toured England in the 2010 summers and was the highest scorer of the tour. In October 2011, the BCCI awarded him a D grade national contract. Known to have a sound technique and the temperament required to play long innings, he was one of the contenders for a spot in the Indian middle order after the retirement of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, and was a part of the IPL 2021 winning team Chennai Super Kings.

His Test comeback came against New Zealand in August 2012, scoring a century. He made his first double hundred against England at Ahmedabad in November 2012 and followed up with another double hundred against Australia in March 2013, both the times steering India to victory and becoming man of the match.

In the 2012 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, he was the highest scorer with two centuries and one half-century. He became one of the fastest batsmen to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket in just 11 matches and his 18th Test Innings. He won the Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2013.

In February 2017, during the one-off Test match against Bangladesh, he set a new record for the most runs by a batsman in an Indian first-class season, with 1,605 runs. The previous record was 1,604 runs set by Chandu Borde in 1964–65. In November 2017, he scored his twelfth double-century in first-class cricket, one of the most by an Indian batsman, breaking the previous record set by Vijay Merchant.

He was awarded a Grade B contract by the BCCI in March 2022.

Venkatesh Iyer

Venkatesh Rajasekaran Iyer is an Indian international cricketer known for playing with Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He made his international debut for the India Cricket Team in November 2021.

Ramesh Mendis

Wanigamuni Ramesh Tarinda Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer known for playing with the Sri Lanka cricket team. He was part of Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in January 2021.

Saqib Mahmood

Saqib Mahmood is an English cricketer known for playing with England, Lancashire and Sydney Thunder. Primarily he is a right-arm fast bowler. He made his international Twenty20 debut for England in November 2019, with his Test debut in March 2022.

As a result of Mahmood’s bowling action, his pace (up to 90mph), his use of reverse-swing and yorkers, especially during the death-overs, he has been compared to Waqar Younis.

Fawad Alam

Fawad Tariq Alam is a Pakistani cricketer and actor known for playing with Sindh and the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his international debut for Pakistan in May 2007. He returned to Pakistan’s Test team after a gap of 88 Tests and more than 10 years, this being onw of the longest gaps by a Pakistani in Test cricket. He was surprisingly overlooked from being selected to the Pakistan test cricket team for over a decade despite being a prolific run scorer in domestic first-class matches. With respect to career batting average, Fawad is among the all-time top 50 batsmen in first-class cricket; he is the sole Pakistani on the list.

Born in Karachi, Fawad plays primarily as a left-handed batsman, but also bowls slow left-arm orthodox. After not playing international cricket for more than 10 years for Pakistan, he returned to Test cricket against England, in August 2020. He is also known for his Ertuğrul Bey-type signature style celebration, which he emulated from the Turkish historical drama series Diriliş: Ertuğrul.