Overview
- After a two-hour delay, South Africa won the toss and chose to field in a full 50-over final at DY Patil Stadium.
- Shafali Verma top-scored with 87 off 78 and shared a 104-run opening stand with Smriti Mandhana; Deepti Sharma added 58 as India reached 298-7.
- Ayabonga Khaka checked India’s surge with 3 wickets, removing Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues in successive overs.
- Smriti Mandhana reached 410 runs in the tournament, the most by an India batter in a single Women’s World Cup edition.
- The Indian men’s team, including Gautam Gambhir and Jasprit Bumrah, watched and cheered the final from Hobart, as the BCCI shared a dressing-room photo; PTI reported unannounced BCCI discussions about a potential bonus matching the men’s 2024 payout if India win.