There’s something magical about sports. Every tournament brings its fair share of nail-biting moments, surprise heroes, and record-breaking plays. The ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 was no different, with teams from across the globe battling fiercely for cricket’s most prized title. But this year, the spotlight belonged to one unstoppable team, India. The Junior Age has all the details!
Team India Brings Home The ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 To Become Champions:
Team India claimed a historic victory by becoming the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 champions, defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final held at the Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. This win marked India’s maiden Women’s World Cup title, a historic first for the Indian women’s cricket team and the first global title across formats for any Asian women’s team.
India set a formidable target of 298 runs for South Africa, powered by a brilliant innings from opener Shafali Verma, who scored a career-best 87 runs off 78 balls. Verma’s explosive start, along with a 100-run opening partnership with vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, laid a solid foundation for the Indian innings. Mandhana contributed a fluent 45, while Deepti Sharma helped stabilise the middle order with crucial runs. Richa Ghosh provided a late flourish to push the total near the 300-run mark.
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Chasing nearly 300, South Africa seemed well-positioned at one point, but Deepti Sharma’s outstanding bowling turned the match in India’s favour. Deepti picked up 5 wickets for just 39 runs, sparking a dramatic collapse in the South African batting line-up after captain Laura Wolvaardt’s valiant century (101 runs). Wolvaardt’s effort was the first century scored by a captain in a Women’s World Cup final, but despite her heroics, wickets kept tumbling at the other end, leading to South Africa falling short, finishing at 246 all out.
Prior to this win, India had reached the final of the Women’s World Cup twice (2005 and 2017) but had fallen short.
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