Overview
- India posted 298/6 at DY Patil after a rain delay, built on a 104-run opening stand before South Africa began the chase of 299.
- Shafali Verma top-scored with 87 off 78 and then removed Sune Luus and Marizanne Kapp, becoming the first to hit a half-century and take two wickets in a Women’s ODI World Cup final.
- Smriti Mandhana finished with 434 runs for the tournament, the most by an Indian in a single Women’s ODI World Cup edition.
- Deepti Sharma recorded the event’s first 200-plus runs and 15-plus wickets double and struck 58 in the final, later nailing a yorker to dismiss Annerie Dercksen.
- Laura Wolvaardt is anchoring South Africa’s reply, with multiple outlets reporting she has surpassed Alyssa Healy’s single-edition runs record, though reported totals differ pending ICC verification.