Overview
- India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in Navi Mumbai, posting 298/7 before bowling the Proteas out for 246, with Deepti Sharma taking 5/39 and Shafali Verma scoring 87 as Laura Wolvaardt’s 101 kept SA in the chase until Harmanpreet Kaur’s title-sealing catch.
- The BCCI announced a Rs 51 crore reward for players, staff and selectors, while the ICC winners’ purse totals about $4.48 million, the largest for a cricket World Cup.
- Additional rewards include state cash awards and private gifts such as diamond jewellery and solar panels pledged by industrialist Govind Dholakia, alongside new sponsorship deals for players.
- Tournament engagement hit new highs with a record group-stage crowd in Guwahati and tens of millions of viewers early in the event, reinforcing assessments that the win could be a watershed for women’s cricket.
- BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said no immediate open-top parade is planned and that a public felicitation will be arranged after November 4–7 ICC meetings, as tributes rolled in from figures such as Sunil Gavaskar and post-final moments like Jemimah Rodrigues’ semifinal heroics and Sophie Devine’s ODI farewell were widely highlighted.