Delhi: The Indian women’s cricket team created history in the final match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 played at DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. Team India won the World Cup trophy for the first time by defeating South Africa by 52 runs.

India made a huge score of 298 runs

After winning the toss and batting first, the Indian team scored 298 runs in the stipulated 50 overs. On behalf of India, opening batsman Shafali Verma played a brilliant inning of 87 runs. At the same time, Deepti Sharma also batted brilliantly and added 58 runs and put the team in a strong position.

South Africa’s innings collapsed at 246 runs

Chasing the target, the South African team, despite a good start, kept losing wickets at regular intervals and the entire team was reduced to 246 runs. The Indian bowlers performed brilliantly and kept the opposing team under pressure.

All-round magic of Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma

The contribution of Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma was decisive in the victory of Team India. While Shafali scored 87 runs with the bat, she also took 2 wickets for 36 runs in 7 overs in bowling. On the other hand, Deepti Sharma won everyone’s hearts with her all-round performance. He took 5 wickets for 39 runs in 9.3 overs.

Deepti Sharma became a history maker

Deepti Sharma created history by scoring 58 runs and taking 5 wickets in the final match. She became the first player in the history of the Women’s ODI World Cup to score both a half-century and a five-wicket haul in the same match. Deepti took a total of 22 wickets in the entire tournament.

Team India got big prize money

The Indian team received a total prize money of Rs 41.77 crore from ICC for winning the title. At the same time, the runner-up South African team got Rs 21.88 crore.

At the same time, if reports are to be believed, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is considering giving prize money of Rs 125 crore to the women’s team, which will be equal to the amount received by the Rohit Sharma-led men’s team after winning the ICC T20 World Cup last year.

It is noteworthy that this victory of the Indian women’s cricket team became a moment of pride not only for the players but also for the entire country.