Overview
- India posted 298/7 and bowled out South Africa for 246 at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium after a roughly two-hour rain delay, with the final still played to the full 50 overs.
- Shafali Verma struck 87 and took 2-36 to earn Player of the Match, becoming the first cricketer to score a fifty and claim two wickets in a Women’s ODI World Cup final.
- Deepti Sharma added 58 and finished with 5-39, took the last wicket, and was named Player of the Tournament as the event’s leading wicket-taker.
- South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt made 101—her second century of the tournament—but her dismissal in the 42nd over ended the chase’s momentum.
- The breakthrough title for Harmanpreet Kaur’s side sparked nationwide celebrations and drew congratulations from leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.