Women’s ODI World Cup | Shafali, Deepti dazzle in India’s epochal triumph
On the eve of the final, a reporter asked India captain Harmanpreet Kaur how she would celebrate if her side won the Women’s ODI World Cup. “For big occasions, you don’t have to plan anything because we have visualised it and dreamt about it so many times. It’s only about what you remember and what comes out when it happens,” she gushed with a big smile on her face. A little over 24 hours later, with a capacity crowd carrying the team in its chants and prayers at the D.Y. Patil Stadium on Sunday (November 2, 2025), the Indian women’s team made history as it beat South Africa by 52 runs in the final to clinch its maiden ICC crown.
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