Team India won the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup title by defeating South Africa on Sunday. India won the World Cup title for the first time by defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final. Amanjot Kaur, who made an important contribution in making Team India the champion with her strong fielding, made a big statement after the victory regarding the coach of South African captain Laura Wolvaardt.
Let us tell you that Amanjot did excellent fielding in the final match. He gave the first blow to South Africa by running out opener Tajmin Britts. Brits had made a half-century opening partnership with captain Wolvaardt. After this, Amanjot took a brilliant catch of Wolvaardt in the 42nd over when she was standing between India and victory after completing her century.
South Africa needed 79 runs in the last eight overs and Wolvaardt, who scored 169 runs against England in the semi-finals, was preparing to play big shots after completing a century in the final also. He played Deepti Sharma’s ball towards deep midwicket and the ball slipped from Amanjot’s hand twice, but he completed the catch in the third attempt and energized the team players along with the spectators present in the stadium.
Amanjot said after the match, “That was the toughest catch of my life. Never before had the ball slipped from my hand like this. I would either take the catch or miss it. This is the first time that God has given me three chances. Wolvaardt’s catch was very important and after her century, we knew that she would try to play big shots from one end.”
Amanjot said that she wanted to compensate for the failure of bat and ball through fielding. She said, “I could not make a big contribution with the bat and was also not very effective in bowling, so my focus was on making up for that deficiency with better fielding. I knew that if the fielding was good, we could increase the problems for South Africa by saving some runs.”
Amanjot had earlier increased South Africa’s problems by running out the Brits. The Brits, who were trying to steal runs on his accurate throw, had to return to the pavilion. He said, “At the time of South Africa’s batting, the pitch had become a bit batting-friendly. We were talking about the fact that it is very important to break the partnership. We did not want to let any opportunity go by hand. After dew falls in floodlights, fielding becomes difficult.”

