Indian team seals World Champion title after 47-years:Deepti leading wicket-taker; Shafali youngest player to receive POTM award in WC final; IND W vs SA W records

India played its first Women’s World Cup in 1978. Since then, until November 1, 2025, the team had not won a single ICC trophy. On Sunday, a 47-year drought ended. India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final to claim its first ODI World Cup. At DY Patil Stadium, Shafali Verma became the first batter to score a fifty in a final. Deepti was chosen as the Player of the Tournament. Moreover, she also became the bowler with the most wickets for India in a single tournament. Smriti Mandhana scored the most runs for India in a single edition of the World Cup. Top-12 Records of IND-W Vs SA-W Final… 1. Indian Women’s Team wins first ICC trophy The Indian Women’s team won the first ICC trophy of its cricket career. The team had previously been runner-up in the 2005, 2017 ODI World Cups and the 2020 T20I World Cup. 2. Mandhana is the second top scorer of this World Cup Smriti Mandhana was the second top scorer of this World Cup. She scored 434 runs in 9 matches. Meanwhile, South Africa’s captain, Laura Wolvaardt, was in first position. She scored 571 runs. 3. Deepti leading wicket-taker in ODI World Cup 2025 Deepti Sharma took 22 wickets in this Women’s World Cup, becoming leading wicket-taker. She also became the second player for India in terms of most wickets taken in the World Cup. She now has 35 wickets to her name. Former fast bowler Jhulan Goswami is at the top with 43 wickets. Deepti also received the Player of the Tournament award for scoring 215 runs along with 22 wickets. Moreover, she also became the world’s first female player to take 20 wickets with 200-plus runs in the World Cup. In addition to it, she became the youngest player to score fifty in World Cup final and youngest player to received the Player of the Match trophy in WC final 2025. Records of the WC final 4. India score the 2nd-highest total in Women’s World Cup Final India scored the second-highest total in the Women’s World Cup final. The team scored 298 runs, losing 7 wickets. Before this, in 2022, Australia scored 356 runs, losing 5 wickets against England. 6. Shafali: Youngest player to score fifty Women’s World Cup Final Shafali Verma became the youngest player to score a fifty in the Women’s World Cup final. She achieved this feat at the age of 21 years and 278 days. Before her, Australia’s J. E. Duffin had scored a fifty in the 2013 World Cup at the age of 23 years and 235 days. Shafali also took 2 wickets. She received the Player of the Match award. She became the youngest player to receive this award in a final. 7. Shafali scores the most runs for India in the Women’s World Cup Final The record for scoring the most runs for India in the Women’s World Cup Final now belongs to Shafali. She played an innings of 87 runs yesterday. Before this, in the 2017 final, Poonam Raut had scored 86 runs against England. 8. Mandhana becomes the Indian with the most runs in a single edition of the World Cup Smriti Mandhana became the Indian to score the most runs in a single edition of the Women’s World Cup. She scored 434 runs in 9 matches in this World Cup. Previously, this record was held by Mithali Raj, who scored 409 runs in the 2017 World Cup. 9. Harmanpreet scores the most runs in Women’s ODI World Cup knockouts Harmanpreet Kaur has scored the most runs in Women’s ODI World Cup knockouts (semi-final+final). She now has 331 runs in 4 matches. Belinda Clark had scored 330 runs in 6 matches. 10. Richa hits the most sixes in a single edition of the World Cup Richa Ghosh has hit the most sixes in a single edition of the Women’s World Cup. She had hit 2 sixes in the final. With this, she now has 12 sixes in the tournament. Deandra Dottin of the West Indies in 2013 and Lizelle Lee of South Africa in 2017 have also hit 12 sixes each. 11. Deepti Sharma: India’s highest wicket-taker in a single Women’s World Cup season Deepti Sharma became the bowler with the most wickets for India in a single season of the Women’s World Cup. She now has 22 wickets to her name. Deepti broke Shashikala Kulkarni’s record. She had taken 20 wickets in 1981. 12. Wolvaardt scores the most runs in a single World Cup season The South African captain became the batter to score the most runs in a single Women’s World Cup season. She now has 571 runs to her name. Laura surpassed the record of Australia’s Alyssa Healy. Healy had scored 509 runs in 2021. Wolvaardt became only the second player to score a century in both the semi-final and final of a single World Cup (men’s or women’s). Before her, Alyssa Healy achieved this feat in the 2022 World Cup. 13. Wolvaardt made the most 50+ scores in the World Cup Laura Wolvaardt set the record for the most 50+ scores in the Women’s ODI World Cup. She made a 50+ score for the 14th time. Before Laura, former Indian captain Mithali Raj had achieved this feat 13 times.