Year Ender 2022: The Top Moments From The World of Cricket

A red-hot U-19 men's team, led by Yash Dhull, bulldozed their way to win a record-extending junior world cup in West Indies earlier this year. They remained unbeaten throughout their campaign. (Pic Credit: ICC)

Making their IPL debut, Gujarat Titans became the champions under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya who was leading in the tournament for the first time in full-time capacity. (Pic Credit: BCCI)

Women's cricket made its Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham, creating history. India finished with the silver medal while Australia won the gold. (AFP Photo)

Deepti Sharma ran out England's Charlie Dean for backing up too far during an ODI which led to a worldwide 'spirit of cricket' debate despite it being a legitimate dismissal. (AP Photo)

Australian women cricket team continued their domination as they became the ODI world champion beating then holders England in the final. They remained unbeaten throughout their campaign. (Pic Credit: ICC)

Unhappy with the DRS reversing an on-field lbw decision against South Africa captain Dean Elgar, India cricketers vented their frustration while speaking on the stump mic, accusing the official broadcaster of favouring the hosts. (Reuters Photo)

The legendary Jhulan Goswami played the final match of her international career at the Lord's and bid goodbye to international cricket at the hallowed venue. (Reuters Photo)

Brendon McCullum (in picture) was appointed as England Test team's head coach and thus began  the era of 'Bazball'. McCullum's partnership with Ben Stokes who succeeded Joe Root as the captain, has revolutionised how Test cricket is played with England bossing over India, New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan in the format with their ultra-aggressive approach. (AFP Photo)

Superstar engineered what is being described as the greatest T20I innings in history as he drove India to a nerve-shredding last-ball win over Pakistan at the T20 Cup. Kohli's mind-bending straight six off Haris Rauf became the moment of the tournament. (AFP Photo)

Meanwhile, England continued proving the world how they are miles ahead of their opponents in white-ball cricket by storming to the T20 world title in Australia - their second such trophy. They thus became the first ever men's team to hold both the ODI and T20 world titles at the same time. (AFP Photo)

Ishan Kishan etched his names in ODI history by scoring the fastest ever double-century in the format. Ishan also broke the record for the fastest double-ton in the format. (AFP Photo)

It was a mixed year for Virat Kholi who ended his wait for an international ton when he scored a maiden T20I century during the Asia Cup. He then also scored his first ODI century in over three years later which was his 72nd such score at the international level. He thus went past the tally of 71 international hundreds of the legendary Ricky Ponting (AFP Photo)