India, Dec. 31 -- Cricket in 2025 didn't merely produce champions; it produced new categories of history. The year's defining moments weren't all about volumes of runs or the inevitability of greatness; they were about things that, until this year, simply had not happened in the sport.

Here are the 10 cricket events that happened for the first time in the history of the game in 2025.

Sonam Yeshey from Bhutan delivered the first-ever 8-wicket haul in T20I cricket (male or female). He picked up 8/7 in four overs against Myanmar, who were bundled out for just 45. It is the kind of spell that changes what people believe is even possible in a 20-over game.

Indonesia's Gede Priandana became the first bowler to take five-wickets in an over in...