25-year-old South Africa women’s national cricket team left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba dismissed India women’s national cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025.
Nonkululeko Mlaba bids a fond farewell to Harmanpreet Kaur after taking a big wicket in the final match at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai on Sunday, November 2.
Harmanpreet Kaur delivers her worst ever knockout performance in a World Cup
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur is considered one of the best batsmen in the world in women’s cricket and is known for playing excellent innings in high-profile matches.
Kaur is a clutch player and has played some very impressive innings in the knockout matches of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup over the years.
Harmanpreet played a brilliant inning of 171* runs against Australia women’s national cricket team in the semi-finals of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017. Furthermore, in the final of the same tournament, she scored 51 against England Women.
Meanwhile, in the semi-finals of the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, she scored a sensational 89 but for the first time, she failed and was out for 20 in the final.
On the sixth ball of the 39th over, Nonkululeko Mlaba bowled a straight ball to Harmanpreet Kaur, who was looking to play a cut shot, but it was too late and her stumps were uprooted.
After taking the wicket, the South African spinner was in high spirits and gave a roaring farewell to the Indian captain. Although Harmanpreet failed to score big, she managed to become the highest run-scorer in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Knockout.
Most runs in Women’s ODI World Cup Knockout:
331 -Harmanpreet Kaur (4 innings)
330 – Belinda Clark (6 innings)
309 – Alyssa Healy (4 innings)
281 – Nate Sciver-Brunt (5 innings)
240 – Debbie Hockley (5 innings)
WATCH: Harmanpreet Kaur gets a tearful farewell from Nonkululeko Mlaba
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Everyone wants to do good for the country and win the World Cup – Harmanpreet Kaur
Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Harmanpreet said that there is a positive atmosphere in the Indian camp and the players want to win the World Cup for the country.
“The semi-final was a very pressing and very intense game. After that, recovery was something we all paid more attention to, because we were as fresh as we were mentally. [for the final] It would be that much better. We’ve been working hard for so many years… so skill-wise we know we’ve done a lot. Now, it is just about keeping ourselves fresh for tomorrow. “Recovery is something we all talk about and everyone is really taking it very seriously and hopefully tomorrow we will feel fresh for the main game,” Harmanpreet said.
“As a team, we didn’t waver even once after losing three big matches. Even after that, everyone was together and we were all saying that we still have a great chance to reach the final. That positive mindset has brought us here. The mindset of our team is so positive and everyone wants to do well for the country and win the World Cup.”
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