India defeated South Africa by 52 runs to win the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.

This is the first world cup win and International Cricket Council title for the senior Indian women’s team.

Following a delayed start because of rain, South African captain Laura Wolvaardt won the toss and opted to bowl first.

India made a solid start with Shafali Verma scoring 87 runs off 78 balls and Smriti Mandhana 45 off 58 balls.

Jemimah Rodrigues scored 24 and captain Harmanpreet Kaur 20. Deepti Sharma’s half-century and Richa Ghosh’s 24-ball 34 helped India set South Africa a target of 299.

The South African team also made a commanding start.

But India began chipping away wickets even as Wolvaardt managed to hold fort and score a century. A late cameo by Nadine de Kle

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