India’s captain Rohit Sharma rose to 48th – from 20 places to 20 places – in 2025, the most powerful people in India in the IE 100 list.
Apart from Sharma, team partner Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are also included in the IE 100 rank. The list includes Chess legend Vishwanathan Anand (entering number 36), and the head of the International Cricket Council (ICC) J Shah (number 24, 2024 to 11 places) and Nita Ambani at number 26.
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After a tragic final defeat in Australia at home in the 2023 ODI World Cup final, Rohit scripted two ICC titles for the country since June 2024 from June 2024, which has been an incidentful semester in formats for Mumbaikar. The 37-year-old led India’s allegation in the T20 World Cup 2024 in the US, which emerged as the top-scorer of the side, as he won his first title in 17 years in the format. Rohit declared his T20i retirement after the final victory over South Africa, bending as a leading run-gate in the format.
Despite an appichal home test series defeat for New Zealand and a horror border-Gavaskar Trophy tour in Australia in Australia in late 2024, with questions on his game’s career, Rohit masked India for the Champions Trophy title in Dubai earlier this month. The final August In New Zealand, the skipper’s turbo-match 76 summit proved to be a major difference and the final player was prepared.
While Rohit made a big jump in the IE power list, team partner Kohli fell below 34 points number 72. However, 36 -year -old, no less than milestone on the pitch. Kohli was integral to India’s Champions Trophy Triumph, scoring his record-expansion 51st ton against Pakistan and won the semi-final over Australia and with 84 filled with strokes.
Meanwhile, Bumrah entered the list after steller campaigns for India in the T20 World Cup and Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Bumrah also, in Rohit’s absence for two tests, filled as captain and almost led to a single-hand Indian bowling attack.
