India Wins First ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Title

The Indian women’s cricket team defeated South Africa by 52 runs to win the final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 and created history by winning its first title.

• India defeated South Africa by 52 runs to win the final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 and created history by winning its first title.
• The historic final between India and South Africa took place on November 2, 2025, at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai.
• In the first innings, India scored 298/7 against South Africa, which was the second-highest score in a women’s ODI World Cup final.
• Deepti Sharma turned the game around for India with a brilliant spell, taking three crucial wickets, including that of South African captain Laura Wolvaardt. Wolvaardt kept her team in the race for victory with a magnificent century, while wickets kept falling at the other end.
• India cricket team: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Uma Chhetri, Renuka Singh Thakur, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Shri Charani, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaur.

ICC Women’s ODI Cricket World Cup 2025

• The ICC Women’s ODI Cricket World Cup 2025 is being held from September 30 to November 2 in India and Sri Lanka. The 2025 Women’s World Cup is the 13th edition of the 50-over cricket tournament and features eight teams.
• This is the fourth time after 1978, 1997, and 2013 that India is hosting the World Cup, and the first time for Sri Lanka. Australia is the defending champion, having won its seventh title in 2022.
• The opening ceremony was held on September 30 before the first match of the tournament between India and Sri Lanka at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati. Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal performed the official World Cup song, “Bring It Home.”
• Australia holds the record for winning the most Women’s World Cup titles, having won the tournament seven times: 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013, and 2022.
• England has won the title four times: 1973, 1993, 2009, and 2017. New Zealand won this championship once in 2000.
• The first World Cup was held in England in 1973. Since 2005, World Cups have been held regularly every four years. The twelve World Cups played so far have been hosted by five countries, with India and England hosting three times each.