Overview
- India posted 298/7 after a rain-delayed start at DY Patil Stadium, then bowled South Africa out for 246 in 45.3 overs.
- Shafali Verma struck 87 off 78 balls and later took two key wickets to be named Player of the Match.
- Deepti Sharma contributed a run-a-ball 58 and a decisive 5/39, finishing as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker and Player of the Tournament.
- South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt kept the chase alive with a superb 101 before India’s spinners turned the game.
- Captain Harmanpreet Kaur completed the final catch as celebrations and tributes poured in from figures including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar.