By Admin 
The Indian team performed brilliantly and won the title in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. Harmanpreet Kaur and team won their first title by defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final. Within a week of the end of the final, the ICC has announced a major change in the next edition.
“The ICC Board is keen to build on the success of this event, and has agreed to expand the next edition of the tournament to 10 teams,” the ICC said in a press release. Let us tell you that the number of teams in 2025 was 8.
The statement further said, “Approximately 3 lakh people watched the event from the stadium, the highest in any women’s cricket tournament. Along with the increase in viewership, the on-screen audience also set new records.”
Record made in terms of viewership
Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 created new records in viewership and broadcast. Let us tell you that the tournament was hosted by India and Sri Lanka, Pakistan played all its matches in Sri Lanka. Pakistan was eliminated at the league stage itself, hence both the semi-finals and final were also held in India.
The World Cup final played between the Indian women’s team and the South Africa women’s team was watched by 18.5 crore viewers on JioHotstar, which is equal to the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final. The entire tournament was watched by 44.6 crore people, the title match was watched by 2.1 crore people together.