India’s women’s national cricket team finally did it. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led team has won the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 by defeating Laura Wolvaardt-led South Africa.
India won its first World Cup in history by defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.
Team India became world champion
In the match, the South Africa women’s national cricket team won the toss and invited the host team to bat first. The host team performed brilliantly while batting first and scored a huge score of 298/7 on the board.
Shafali Verma was the star of the innings and played one of the greatest innings by an Indian in ICC Cricket World Cup history. He scored an aggressive 87 runs in 78 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes.
Deepti Sharma also scored a brilliant half-century, while Smriti Mandhana (45), Richa Ghosh (34), Jemimah Rodrigues (24) and Harmanpreet Kaur (20) also scored important runs.
While defending the target, the hosts kept taking wickets at regular intervals and the only batsman who troubled the bowlers was Laura Wolvaardt. Wolvaardt, the great batsman of modern times, scored a sensational century before being dismissed by Deepti Sharma.
Sharma was also the star of the bowling performance as she took a historic 5 wickets, while Shafali Verma took two wickets and Sri Charani took one wicket as India bowled out South Africa for 246 to win the World Cup.
After winning the match, the Indian players went into massive celebration, while Rohit Sharma, who was present in the stands, looked very emotional and had tears in his eyes after seeing the Harmanpreet Kaur-led team winning the World Cup. Also, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana shed tears of joy after the win.
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Watch: Rohit Sharma, Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur crying after the win
historical moment
– Wait for decades, Indian women’s team is winning the World Cup. pic.twitter.com/EZc0uW1PBg
– Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 2 November 2025
Many more to follow…
