India Women’s โขCricket โTeam Shatters โRecordsโ inโ World Cup Final against Southโค africa
Johannesburg – india’s Women’sโ Cricket Team etched their names in the record books during the 2025 World Cup final against South Africa, with several players achieving notable milestones. โขSmritiโ Mandhana ledโค the charge with a half-century,becoming the highest-scoring opener for India in a limited-overs World Cup final,surpassing Punam Raut’s 86โค (2017) and Virender Sehwag’s 82 (2003). India set โa target of โ299 for South Africa,โ the second-highest in Women’s world Cup final history, trailing โฃonly Australia’s 356-5 against England in 2022.
Beyond Mandhana’s achievement, captain Harmanpreet Kaur now holds the record โฃforโ theโ most runsโค in the knockout stages of the Women’s โODI World Cup, amassing 331โข runsโ – surpassing โAustralia’s Belinda Clark (330).โข Deepti Sharma became the first cricketer to record 200 runs and 15 โขwickets in โฃa single Women’sโ World โฃcup edition. Richa Ghosh โขequaled โฃthe record for most sixes in a single โedition, โขhitting 12โค sixes alongside West Indies’ โขDeandraโฃ Dottin (2013).
India reached the final after defeating โคdefending champions Australia by five wickets. Southโ Africa secured theirโ spot by defeating England, four-time champions, โขby โข125 โruns. This marks India’s third appearance in a Women’s โWorld Cup final,โค following โขprevious attemptsโ in 2005 and 2017. Head-to-head ODI records between India andโ South Africa are currently โฃtied at three winsโ apiece. Despite an initial rain delay, no overs were lost in the match, ensuring aโข full contestโ to determine โขthe new โคworld champion.
