The Indian team has finally become ODI World Champion for the first time after a long wait of 52 years. India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the 2025 World Cup final. In the title clash held at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, the Indian team, playing first, had scored 298 runs on the scoreboard. In reply, Laura Woolfart kept the South African team’s hopes alive by scoring a century. He played an inning of 101 runs. But the lethal bowling of Shefali Verma and Deepti Sharma made an important contribution in making India the world champion for the first time.

The Women’s World Cup was started in 1973, but till now the Indian team had never been able to achieve the title of world champion. Ultimately, Team India has created history under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur. Team India had earlier played the finals in 2005 and 2017, but the year 2025 has written a new chapter in the history of Indian women’s cricket.

Shefali ‘The Great’ Verma

Shefali Verma had come to play in the knockout stage of this World Cup as a replacement. Who knew that she would become the hero of India’s historic victory in the final. He played a memorable inning of 87 runs in the final match. Captain Harmanpreet played a big gamble by handing him the ball. Shefali proved to be a ‘surprise package’. First he broke the big partnership that was developing by dismissing Soon Luce. He also dismissed Marijne Kapp.

Deepti Sharma’s paw

The contribution of Shefali Verma in batting was of Deepti Sharma in bowling. He took 5 wickets for only 39 runs in 9.3 overs. He also dismissed South African captain Laura Woolfart, who was continuously increasing the problems for Team India during her century inning of 101 runs. Wolfhart kept fighting alone, but she did not get support from the other end.

New champion after 25 years

Before this, only Australia, England and New Zealand could win the Women’s ODI World Cup trophy. The last time women’s ODI cricket got a new champion was in the year 2000, when New Zealand became the champion. Before that and even after that, only Australia and England have become champions. Now after 25 years, women’s ODI cricket has got a new champion in the form of India.

The final match between India and South Africa was played in Navi Mumbai. In this match, Indian opener Smriti Mandhana has missed out on making a historic record. Actually, to complete 1000 runs in Women’s ODI World Cup history, Mandhana had to score 52 runs. But in the final match against South Africa, she could score only 45 runs. Till now only 9 batsmen have been able to score one thousand or more runs in the history of ODI World Cup.

7 runs less

Before the start of the final match, Smriti Mandhana had scored 948 runs in ODI World Cup history. He needed 52 runs to join the 1000 run club. Along with Shefali Verma, she gave a strong start to Team India and made a century opening partnership of 104 runs.

Mandhana has now scored 993 runs in 25 matches in ODI World Cup history. Among these, he has three centuries and five half-centuries to his name. If she had scored 7 more runs, she would have become the third Indian batsman after Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur to complete 1000 runs in the World Cup. Mithali Raj had scored 1321 runs in the World Cup by playing 38 matches. On the other hand, the current Indian captain has scored more than 1100 runs in 35 matches.

The record for scoring the most runs in World Cup history is in the name of New Zealand’s D Hockley, who scored 1501 runs in 45 matches. India’s Mithali Raj is present after her in this list.

Indians who scored the most runs in the World Cup

Mithali Raj (1321 runs) is the highest run scorer for India in the Women’s ODI World Cup. After her is Harmanpreet Kaur (1100+) and Smriti Mandhana is at third place with 993 runs. After Mandhana, there is Anjum Chopra in this list, who had scored 619 runs in 26 matches.

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South Africa has defeated India by 3 wickets. In this hair-raising match, Nadine de Klerk’s inning of 84 runs snatched the victory from Team India. Playing first in this match, the Indian team had scored 251 runs, in response to which the South African team won the match by 3 wickets with 7 balls remaining. All-rounder Nadine de Klerk single-handedly defeated the Indian bowlers. This is India’s first defeat in the World Cup 2025.

Indian batting was a flop in this match played in Visakhapatnam. Team India’s 6 wickets had fallen for just 102 runs. From there, Richa Ghosh made the biggest contribution in taking the team’s score beyond 250 by playing an inning of 94 runs. Sneh Rana also scored 33 runs.

India lost the won match

Chasing the target of 252 runs, half of the South African team had returned to the pavilion by the score of 51. For a long time, captain Laura Woolworth held one end, who played an inning of 70 runs. It seemed as if Team India would register an easy victory. When Woolworth’s wicket fell, South Africa’s score was 142/6. Here too Team India’s victory looked easy.

Meanwhile, Nadine de Klerk and Chloe Tryon made a partnership of 59 runs to take South Africa closer to victory. Meanwhile, when Tryon was out after scoring 49 runs, South Africa still needed 41 runs to win. But the clerk was still firmly on the crease. Nadine de Klerk single-handedly overpowered Team India. He played an unbeaten inning of 84 runs in 54 balls. In this innings he hit 8 fours and 5 sixes.

The Indian team had earlier defeated Sri Lanka and Pakistan, but now South Africa has become the first team to defeat it in the World Cup 2025.

Richa Ghosh, who played a stormy innings of 94 runs against South Africa in the Women’s World Cup 2025, is in the headlines. This fighting innings has made him the new star of Team India. His innings came at a time when Team India had lost 6 wickets for 102 runs. He scored 94 runs in 77 balls at a stormy strike rate of 122. In this innings he hit 11 fours and 4 sixes. But do you know that Richa Ghosh has a special connection with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

22-year-old wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh made her debut for Team India in 2020. Till now, she has played more than 60 matches for Team India at the international level. Actually, she plays for RCB in the Women’s Premier League (WPL).

Special connection with RCB

Richa Ghosh plays for RCB in the Women’s Premier League. In the 2023 season, RCB bought him in the auction by paying a huge amount of Rs 1.90 crore. She has been playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore team since 2023 and has so far scored 625 runs in 26 matches in her WPL career. Her average in WPL is 34.72 and she has also scored 4 fifties.

Royal Challengers Bangalore became the champion in the final of WPL 2024, after defeating Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets in the final. In that final match, Richa Ghosh had scored 17 runs in 14 balls. He did not play any big innings, but he was the one who hit the winning shot for RCB in the form of a four.

If we look at Richa Ghosh’s international career, till now she has scored 947 runs in 45 ODI matches. He has 1067 runs in his name in 67 T20 matches. He has scored 10 half-centuries in his international career so far, but he does not have a single century in his name yet.

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Batting first, the Indian team scored 251 runs against South Africa. Richa Ghosh became the savior of Team India, who broke the back of the South African bowlers by playing an unbeaten inning of 94 runs in difficult conditions. Half of the Indian team was out till the score of 100, from there Richa Ghosh played a fighting innings and took Team India to a huge score.

The Indian team had made a steady start in batting, as Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal had made an opening partnership of 55 runs. Mandhana was out after scoring 23 runs, after which the fall of wickets started. While India did not lose any wicket till 55 runs, within the next 47 runs the team lost 6 wickets. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s poor form continues, she could score only 9 runs. Jemimah Rodriguez couldn’t even open an account. Whereas in-form all-rounder Deepti Sharma also remained unbeaten after scoring 4 runs.

Richa Ghosh did wonders

Wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh came to bat when the Indian team had lost 6 wickets with a score of 102. Richa along with Amanjot Kaur added 51 runs, but the Indian team was still far away from a big score. Meanwhile, Sneh Rana supported Richa Ghosh by hitting powerful shots. There was an important partnership of 88 runs between Richa and Sneh. Sneh Rana scored 33 runs in 24 balls, on the other hand Richa was out after scoring 94 runs, but got her name registered in history with golden letters.

The Indian team has won both its matches so far in the World Cup. First it defeated Sri Lanka by 59 runs and then Pakistan by 88 runs. Now Richa Ghosh’s historic innings had helped take the Indian team towards its third victory.

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India’s Smriti Mandhana has created the record of scoring the most ODI runs in a calendar year. She achieved this feat in the match against South Africa in the Women’s World Cup. This tournament has not gone well for Mandhana so far, in which she was able to score 8 and 23 runs in the first two matches respectively. Mandhana broke Belinda Clark’s 28-year-old record by scoring 12 runs against South Africa.

Most ODI runs in a calendar year

Till now, the record of scoring most ODI runs in a calendar year was in the name of Australia’s Belinda Clark. Clarke had scored 970 runs in the year 1997. Now Smriti Mandhana has gone ahead of him in this matter. Let us also tell you that till date in the history of women’s ODI cricket, no batsman has been able to touch the figure of 1,000 runs within a year. Mandhana was out after scoring 23 runs in the match against South Africa, taking her number of runs scored in the year 2025 to 982.

Smriti Mandhana – 982 runs

Belinda Clark – 970 runs

Laura Woolworth – 882 runs

Deborah Hockley – 880 runs

Amy Satterthwaite – 853 runs

Smriti Mandhana nears 5000 ODI runs

Smriti Mandhana is also close to completing 5,000 runs in women’s ODI cricket. She will be only the second Indian female cricketer to do so. Before her, only Mithali Raj was able to do this, who had scored 7805 runs in her ODI career. The world record for scoring most runs in ODI cricket is also in Mithali’s name. Mandhana has scored more than 600 runs in ODI Women’s World Cup history. Mandhana is on the verge of breaking the record of most centuries in ODI cricket. She currently has 13 centuries in her name and is just 2 centuries behind Meg Lanning who has scored 15 centuries.

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India-Africa match canceled due to rain, then know here whether Team India will gain or lose in the World Cup points table.

The match between India and South Africa is to be held today in the Women’s World Cup 2025. This match is to be played in Visakhapatnam, but due to bad weather the match could not start on time. Rain is expected in Visakhapatnam till this evening, hence cancellation of India-South Africa match is also possible. Know here what will be the impact on the Women’s Cricket World Cup Points Table if this match gets washed out due to rain.

If we look at the current situation of the points table, the Indian team is at third place in the table after winning both the matches so far. Australia is at first place with 5 points and England is at second place with 4 points. Bangladesh is in fourth place, which has won one match and lost one. Talking about South Africa, after one win in 2 matches, it is at fifth position in the table.

What will be the impact on the points table?

India is currently at third position and South Africa is at fifth position. If today’s match is canceled due to rain, then both the teams will get one point each. In such a situation, Team India will have 5 points equal to Australia, but its net run rate will be less. Therefore, in case of a draw, India will come second. In case of cancellation of the match, South Africa will come to fourth place.

This is the third match of the Indian team in the World Cup, winning which will strengthen its hopes of going to the semi-finals. But if the match is cancelled, Team India may have to work harder to win the next matches. Especially because it is yet to have a match with strong teams like Australia and England.

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India women vs south Africa women full highlights: Team India has defeated South Africa by performing charismatic. At one time it seemed that the match had gone out of India’s hand, but due to the strong bowling of Sneh Rana, the Indian women’s team won the lost bet.

The Indian women’s team had scored 276 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs after playing first. For India, Pratika Rawal scored 78, Smriti Mandhana 36, ​​Harleen Deol 29, Harmanpreet Kaur 41, Jemima Rodrigues 41 and Richa Ghosh scored 24 runs. In response, the South African women’s team once scored 140 runs without losing any wickets. From here, he had to score only 137 runs. But the Indian team won the match by 15 runs while performing charismatic.

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