The final match of the Women’s World Cup 2025 will be played between the Indian women’s cricket team and the South Africa women’s cricket team on Sunday. India had reached the finals twice before but could never win the title, whereas the South African team has reached the finals for the first time. Before this great match, a big statement has come from BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia. He credited the success of Team India to ICC President Jay Shah, who was earlier the Secretary of BCCI.

Speaking to PTI, the BCCI Secretary said, “Under Jay Shah’s leadership, the BCCI laid out a strong roadmap to promote women’s cricket, from starting the Women’s Premier League (WPL) to ensuring pay parity between male and female players for international matches. Our aim has always been to encourage and empower women cricketers.”

The victory celebration will be great

The Indian women’s cricket team reached the World Cup final for the first time in 2005, when Australia became the champion by defeating India in the title match. For the second time the Indian team reached the final in 2017, here England won the title. Now India is in the final for the third time. BCCI Secretary promised that if Team India wins, the celebration will be grand.

Speaking to PTI, he said, “If the Indian team becomes world champion, we will definitely celebrate their victory in the best way.”

VIDEO | Mumbai: On being asked if the Indian women’s cricket team will have a victory parade if they win the World Cup on Sunday, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia says, “Under Jay Shah’s leadership, BCCI has built a strong roadmap to promote women’s cricket – from introducing the… pic.twitter.com/uQGLIuf6Sl

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 31, 2025

The final match of the Women’s World Cup 2025 will be played on Sunday, November 2 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The match will start at 3 pm, toss will take place at 2:30 pm.

Shreyas Iyer Health Update: Indian ODI team vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is admitted in the hospital since the third ODI match played between India and Australia in Sydney. Earlier news had come out about Shreyas Iyer that he was undergoing surgery, but now Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devjit Saikia has said in a conversation with Times of India that no surgery has been done on Iyer during his treatment, rather the doctors have stopped the internal bleeding in his body through some other treatment.

Shreyas Iyer is recovering

BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia told Times of India that ‘Shreyas Iyer is much better now than before. His recovery is happening so fast, which even the doctors were not expecting. The BCCI Secretary further said that ‘I am in constant touch with Dr. Rizwan, who is the Indian team doctor and has stayed with Iyer in the hospital in Sydney. Generally, it may take 6 to 8 weeks to recover from this injury, but Shreyas will recover much earlier than this.

Devjit Saikia further said about Iyer’s health that ‘doctors are satisfied with Shreyas’s recovery. He has started doing his daily life work. His injury was very serious, but now Shreyas is out of danger. For this reason, Iyer has now been shifted from ICU to his room.

Shreyas Iyer got seriously injured

Iyer got injured while taking a difficult catch of Australian player Alex Carey in the third ODI between India and Australia. After taking this catch, Shreyas was seen in a lot of pain due to injury. He was immediately taken out of the field. Shreyas Iyer’s injury was so serious that he was admitted to Sydney hospital. Information came out from BCCI that Shreyas Iyer is injured below his left rib and is experiencing internal bleeding. Now according to the latest update, Iyer is out of danger.

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BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia further said that ‘if we cannot buy India-Pakistan match, because if we boycott this match, it will have a wrong impact on all our efforts on hosting any multinational tournament in the future’. Devjit Saikia further said that ‘this decision is according to the policy of the Government of India’.

Besisi Secretary Devjit Saikia, while furthering his point, said that ‘the Government of India has not prohibited playing in a multinational tournament against any country, even with the countries that we do not have friendly relations. For this reason, we are participating in this tournament ‘. Saikia further said that if it was a bilateral series, then we could say that we would not play against this opposing country ‘.

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This first cricket match is being played in the Asia Cup 2025 after the Pahalgam terror attack between India and Pakistan. This match will start at 8 pm on 10 September today. This match will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. People in India are opposing watching this match on online platform and TV too.

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Rajeev shukla and arun dhumal in bcci: Elections are going to be held soon in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). This post has become vacant after retiring as the president of former Indian cricketer Roger Binny. At present, Rajiv Shukla is the executive chairman of BCCI. The post of IPL chairperson Arun Dhumal can also be vacant. Arun Dhumal is scheduled to complete six years while working in different positions in BCCI in October 2025, after which his three-year cooling-off period will start, under which he will not be an officer in BCCI for three years.

Many big questions in BCCI Elections

Many questions have arisen before the election to be held in BCCI, in which who will sit on the post of IPL chairperson from the President of BCCI, it will now be known only after the election.

Rajiv Shukla will become the president of BCCI?

The biggest question is whether Rajiv Shukla will become the President of BCCI. Rajiv Shukla has played many roles like sub-committee, committee, IPL chairperson and manager of the Indian team and has been associated with the board for a long time. Rajiv Shukla became the Vice President of BCCI in 2020. If Rajiv Shukla is elected President of BCCI, then his term will be completed in December 2026.

According to the Supreme Court’s decision in 2022, any officer can remain an officer in this authority for six years. The BCCI has four posts of Office Bearer, including the post of Chairman, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Rajiv Shukla has been over 4.5 years for the post of Vice President. If he becomes president, then he will have to withdraw from this post in December 2026.

Arun Dhumal’s cooling-off period

The second question in BCCI election is whether IPL chairperson Arun Dhumal will have to complete the cooling of period. Arun Dhumal was made Treasurer in 2019 and in 2022 he got the role of IPL chairperson. Dhumal has completed 6 years in BCCI, but it has been three years since Office-Bearer. According to the Times of India report, if Arun Dhumal has to go to the cooling of period, then Anirudh Chaudhary can be made an IPL chairperson.

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RCB Victory Parade Stampede Update: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has formed a committee of three members on Saturday, which will be commanded by BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia. At the same time, the part of this committee will also be the Vice President of the Board Rajiv Shukla and Treasurer Prabhjet Singh Bhatia. This committee has been formed in view of a stampede during the celebration of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s victory in Bengaluru.

BCCI constituted committee

This three -member committee of BCCI will create 15 days of guidelines, aims to prevent incidents like stampede during the Victory Parade in Bengaluru. The BCCI also informed the media about this and told that the apex council has formed this committee with the aim of preventing such incidents in future.

What is the whole matter related to RCB?

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final of IPL 2025 played on June 3. The Bengaluru team won the trophy by winning their first IPL title and celebrated the victory. RCB wanted to take this trophy to Bangalore. After this, the next day on June 4, the team reached the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru to celebrate their victory. During this celebration, a crowd of millions reached Bangalore. On this day, due to this immense crowd, there was a stampede and 11 fans lost their lives. Apart from this, 56 people were injured. The RCB team also met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah before going to the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The Karnataka High Court has formed a commission under the supervision of a Judge (Retired) to investigate the matter, as an FIR has been lodged against Royal Challengers Bangalore and State Cricket Association after a stampede in Bengaluru. So far no decision has been taken in this matter. The BCCI has also paid tribute to the victims of Bengaluru stampede.

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