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India Women's National Cricket Team have FINALLY DONE IT. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side have beaten the Laura Wolvaardt-led South Africa to win the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025. India crushed South Africa by 52 runs in the summit clash at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai to win their first-ever World Cup in history. Team India become WORLD CHAMPIONS South Africa Women's National Cricket Team won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first in the match. The home team did a great job while batting first and piled up a huge score of 298/7 on the board. Shafali Verma was the star of the innings, and she played one of the greatest knocks by an Indian in the history of the ICC Cricket World Cup. She smashed an aggressive 87 runs off 78 balls, with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Deepti Sharma also smashed an excellent half-century while Smriti Mandhana (45), Richa Ghosh (34), Jemimah Rodrigues (24), and Harmanpreet Kaur (20) also chipped in with crucial runs. Defending the target, the hosts kept picking up the wickets at regular intervals, and the only batter who troubled the bowlers was Laura Wolvaardt. The modern-day batting great Wolvaardt slammed a sensational century before being dismissed by Deepti Sharma. Sharma was also the star of the bowling show as she bagged a historic 5-wicket haul, while Shafali Verma picked up two wickets and Shree Charani got one wicket as India bowled out South Africa for 246 to win the World Cup. Indian players erupted in wild celebrations after winning the match, while Rohit Sharma, who was in the stands, looked quite emotional and had tears in his eyes seeing Harmanpreet Kaur-led side win the World Cup. Also, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana shed tears of joy after the triumph. Also Read: Rohit Sharma, Jay Shah, Sachin Tendulkar & others unite at DY Patil to motivate India for Women’s World Cup win Watch: Rohit Sharma, Smriti Mandhana, and Harmanpreet Kaur cry after the triumph More to follow...
