The 2025 County Championship, also often popularly referred to as the “Rothesay County Championship”, kicked off on 4 April 2025 and will witness the final showdown on 27 September 2025. The premier four‑day first-class league in England and Wales features two divisions, including a total of ten and eight teams respectively. The ongoing 2025 County Championship has already witnessed a series of path-breaking events, including the most significant being Jofra Archer’s red-ball comeback for Sussex.
As of now, the reigning champions Surrey are topping the charts with a strong unbeaten record with eight points, followed by Nottinghamshire and Sussex with seven points each. The ongoing 2025 County Championship has also witnessed the historical inclusion of some of the most prominent Indian cricketers, including Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Verma and a few others.
In this article we will take a look at the top four Indian cricketers who are displaying their cricketing prowess in the ongoing 2025 County Championship.
Top 4 Indian Cricketers Playing County Cricket in 2025 Season
Tilak Verma
The 22-year-old Indian professional cricketer, Tilak Verma, is at the first spot in our list of the top four Indian cricketers who are all geared up to dominate the County Championship 2025 season. Tilak Verma has joined the County Cricket circuit after signing a short-term deal with Hampshire for a total of four matches in June and July. The Indian batting all-rounder, Tilak Verma, has already proved his dominance on the field for the Indian national cricket team in the T20 international match against West Indies on 3 August 2023.
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As of June 2025, Tilak Verma has also played for Hyderabad in domestic cricket and for the Mumbai Indians (MI) franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL). With an average of 50.16 and five roaring centuries in a total of eighteen first-class games that he has played in his cricketing career so far, Tilak Verma is anticipated to leave an indelible mark on the ongoing County Championship 2025 season.
Ishan Kishan
At the second spot in our list of the top four Indian cricketers who are displaying their cricketing prowess in the ongoing 2025 County Championship, we have the 26-year-old Indian international cricketer Ishan Kishan, who plays for the Indian national cricket team as a wicket-keeper batsman. Ishan Kishan has been under the limelight since he made his international debut against England in 2021.
Ishan Kishan made his roaring County Championship debut for Nottinghamshire against Yorkshire on 22 June 2025 at Trent Bridge. Next, Ishan Kishan will play against Somerset on 29 June 2025 after his successful debut stint against Yorkshire. Although Ishan Kishan was picked up by Nottinghamshire as a replacement for South Africa’s Kyle Verreynne, he might prove to be a mainstay in the league with his dominant exploits on the field for Nottinghamshire.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Next, at the third spot in our list of the top four Indian cricketers who are all geared up to dominate the County Championship 2025 season, we have the iconic Indian international cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal, who was a part of the Indian national cricket team that clinched the 2024 T20 World Cup. The 34-year-old sensational Indian bowler, Yuzvendra Chahal, joined the Northants on June 22 in the ongoing County Championship 2025 season.
Well, with his formidable past County Championship record of picking up a phenomenal total of nineteen wickets in just four Championship matches, Yuzvendra Chahal is anticipated to be one of the most reliable and annihilating bowlers for Northants in the ongoing Championship season.
Although Chahal has been a bit out of the limelight in the past few years, he made a roaring comeback for Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the most recent IPL 2025 edition and picked up a total of sixteen wickets in fourteen matches that he played throughout the tournament.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Finally, at the fourth spot in our list of the top four Indian cricketers who are displaying their cricketing prowess in the ongoing 2025 County Championship, we have the 28-year-old Indian international cricketer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, who captains the Maharashtra cricket team in the T20, List A format and the current captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Owing to his dominant batting exploits, Yorkshire signed Ruturaj Gaikwad for the ongoing 2025 County Championship for a total of five Championship matches starting in July. With a phenomenal average of 41.77 and seven tons in first-class cricket and a striking average of 56.15 and sixteen tons in List A cricket, Ruturaj Gaikwad can undoubtedly prove to be a game game-changing player for Yorkshire in the ongoing 2025 County Championship.
