Overview
- Harmanpreet Kaur said Sachin Tendulkar phoned the night before the final, urging the team to keep their balance and slow the game when it sped up.
- India won their first ICC Women’s World Cup by defeating South Africa by 52 runs at Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
- Shafali Verma was Player of the Match after scoring 87 and taking two wickets in the title decider.
- Deepti Sharma completed a five-wicket haul in the final and was named Player of the Tournament, finishing with 22 wickets and contributing key runs.
- Tendulkar attended the final alongside Rohit Sharma and Jay Shah, and Harmanpreet became the first Indian woman and third Indian captain overall to lift a senior World Cup trophy.