Overview
- India posted 298/7 and bowled South Africa out for 246 at DY Patil Stadium after a two-hour toss delay, sealing a 52-run victory.
- Shafali Verma struck 87 off 78 and took two key wickets as a late injury replacement, earning the player-of-the-match award.
- Deepti Sharma added a run-a-ball 58 and 5/39, finishing as the tournament’s top wicket-taker and winning Player of the Tournament.
- South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt made 101 and ended as the event’s leading run-scorer in her team’s first Women’s World Cup final.
- Smriti Mandhana amassed 434 runs, the most by an Indian in a single edition, as India completed a campaign that included a record semifinal chase of Australia.