India Women’s National Cricket Team vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard

The India Women’s National Cricket Team vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard from the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Final shows India won by 52 runs at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai on November 2, 2025. India posted 298/7 (50 overs), with Shafali Verma scoring 87 and Deepti Sharma 58. South Africa were bowled out for 246 (45.3 overs), with Laura Wolvaardt scoring 101. Deepti Sharma took 5/39. The first player in World Cup history to score a fifty and take five wickets in a knockout match.

Match Summary at a Glance

The India Women’s National Cricket Team vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard. is not just a record of scores and wickets. It is the document of Indian women’s cricket’s greatest night. After heartbreaks in 2005 and 2017, India finally lifted their maiden Women’s ODI World Cup. On home soil, in front of a packed DY Patil Stadium.

Detail	Information
Match	ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Final
Date	November 2, 2025
Venue	Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
Toss	South Africa won, elected to field
India Score	298/7 (50 overs)
South Africa Score	246/10 (45.3 overs)
Result	India Women won by 52 runs
Man of the Match	Deepti Sharma (58 runs + 5/39)
Turning Point	Deepti dismisses Dercksen (Over 39, SA 209/5)

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Full Scorecard: India Innings (298/7 in 50 Overs)

South Africa won the toss and chose to field. On paper, a smart decision. In reality, India’s batting lineup turned that choice into a 52-run punishment. The India Women’s National Cricket Team vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard. shows three distinct phases, A flying start, a middle-overs scare, and a composed finish.

India Batting Scorecard

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Smriti Mandhana	45	52	6	0	86.54	c Sinalo Jafta b Chloe Tryon
Shafali Verma	87	78	12	2	111.54	Top scorer; set the platform
Jemimah Rodrigues	25	31	3	0	80.65	Mid-innings push
Harmanpreet Kaur (c)	24	29	3	0	82.76	Captain’s contribution
Richa Ghosh (wk)	34	38	3	1	89.47	Lower-order anchor
Deepti Sharma	58	58	5	1	100.00	Match-defining innings
Pooja Vastrakar	12*	10	1	0	120.00	Useful cameo

South Africa Bowling (India Innings)

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Ayabonga Khaka	9	58	3	6.44
Chloe Tryon	7	46	1	6.57
Nadine de Klerk	7	44	0	6.29
Nonkululeko Mlaba	10	48	1	4.80
Marizanne Kapp	8	52	1	6.50
Annerie Dercksen	9	50	1	5.56

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Ayabonga Khaka’s 3/58 was South Africa’s only real bowling success. Without her, the total would have crossed 320.

India Innings: Phase-by-Phase Breakdown

What most scorecard pages miss completely is how India built to 298. The phase split tells the real story.

Phase	Overs	Runs	Wickets	RPO
Powerplay	0-10	68	1	6.80
Middle (1)	11-30	115	3	5.75
Middle (2)	31-40	62	1	6.20
Death	41-50	53	2	5.30

India’s batting secret: no collapse, no panic, no gamble. They built steadily and accelerated late. Deepti’s 58 off 58 in overs 35-46 was the spine of the total.

Full Scorecard: South Africa Chase (246/10 in 45.3 Overs)

Here is where the India Women’s National Cricket Team vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard. becomes fascinating. South Africa were not out of the chase at halfway. At 209/5 in over 38, they still needed 90 runs off 72 balls. Challenging but gettable. Then Deepti Sharma bowled Dercksen. What followed was one of the most dramatic collapses in Women’s World Cup final history.

South Africa Batting Scorecard

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Tazmin Brits	14	22	1	0	63.64	Early wicket
Laura Wolvaardt	101	98	12	1	103.06	Lone warrior — exceptional
Annerie Dercksen	35	37	4	0	94.59	Key partnership breaker
Marizanne Kapp	22	28	2	0	78.57	Useful but not enough
Sune Luus (c)	18	25	1	0	72.00	Captain’s fight
Chloe Tryon	19	21	2	0	90.48	Too late, too little
Sinalo Jafta (wk)	9	14	0	0	64.29	Lower order scramble
Nadine de Klerk	18	16	1	1	112.50	Fought till the end

India Bowling (South Africa Chase)

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Deepti Sharma	9.3	39	5	4.11
Shafali Verma	7	36	2	5.14
Renuka Singh	8	28	0	3.50
Shree Charani	9	48	1	5.33
Pooja Vastrakar	7	43	1	6.14
Richa Ghosh	5	29	1	5.80

Deepti Sharma’s 5/39 was the match-defining spell. Renuka Singh’s 8 overs for 28 (economy 3.50) kept the pressure relentless throughout.

South Africa Chase: The Collapse Mapped

The exact over-by-over collapse that turned a winnable final into a defeat.

Over	Score	Event
Over 35	175/4	SA looking competitive
Over 38	209/5	Wolvaardt + Dercksen partnership building
Over 39	209/6	Deepti bowls Dercksen — the turning point
Over 40	218/7	Two quick wickets in 10 balls
Over 43	234/8	Chase effectively dead
Over 45.3	246/10	All out — India win by 52 runs

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South Africa’s collapse from 209/5 to 246 all out: 37 runs for the last 5 wickets. All five fell to Deepti and Shafali’s part-time spin.

Deepti Sharma: The Player Who Made History

The India Women’s National Cricket Team vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard. will be remembered first and foremost for Deepti Sharma’s all-round performance an achievement that had never been achieved in World Cup knockout cricket before.

Deepti became the first cricketer in Women’s World Cup history to score a fifty and take five wickets in a knockout match.

Deepti Sharma	Batting	Bowling
Runs	58	—
Balls	58	—
Overs	—	9.3
Wickets	—	5
Economy	—	4.11
Impact	Anchored India to 298	Triggered SA collapse at 209/5

What people think: India won because of Shafali’s 87 at the top.
What actually won the match: Deepti’s double performance is what separated India from South Africa. Shafali set the platform. Deepti built the house and then demolished SA’s.

Shafali Verma: The Aggressor Who Changed the Final’s Mood

Shafali Verma’s 87 off 78 balls was the innings that put South Africa on the back foot before they had even started bowling their best spinners. Her strike rate of 111.54 in an ODI final. Where most top orders play themselves in was deliberately aggressive, not accidentally lucky.

Phase	Shafali’s Contribution
Overs 1-10	38 runs, set up powerplay platform
Overs 11-25	49 more runs before dismissal
Bowling (later)	2/36 from 7 overs — part-time spin destroyed SA tail

Unique insight: Shafali Verma took 2 crucial wickets in the chase with her part-time off-spin. Her bowling has never been considered a weapon. But on November 2, 2025, she was India’s second-most effective bowler.

Laura Wolvaardt: A Brilliant 101 That Wasn’t Enough

Laura Wolvaardt’s century (101 off 98 balls) deserves more credit than it receives in most match reports. She kept South Africa in the chase single-handedly through overs 10-38. Without her hundred, South Africa would have been bowled out for under 200.

This is where things go wrong in most scorecard analyses, Journalists focus entirely on the winner’s performance and underreport the loser’s fight. Wolvaardt’s knock was a genuine World Cup final century under extreme pressure. It just ran out of support.

Phase-by-Phase: South Africa Chase Breakdown

Phase	Overs	Runs	Wickets	RPO
Powerplay	0-10	52	1	5.20
Middle (1)	11-30	102	2	5.10
Middle (2)	31-40	68	3	6.80
Death	40-45.3	24	4	4.36

South Africa’s death overs return of 24 runs for 4 wickets tells the complete story. Once Deepti broke the 6th-wicket partnership, India’s bowlers bowled straight, full, and relentless.

Historic Context: Why This Match Was 28 Years in the Making

India women’s cricket has been waiting for this moment since their first World Cup appearance in 1978. Two finals 2005 (lost to Australia) and 2017 (lost to England by 9 runs at Lord’s). Had broken their hearts.

The India Women’s National Cricket Team vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard. Of November 2, 2025 ends that wait with finality.

Year	World Cup Final	Result
2005	India vs Australia	Lost
2017	India vs England	Lost by 9 runs (Lord’s)
2025	India vs South Africa	Won by 52 runs

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India also became the first Asian women’s team to win a global title across formats.

India’s Path to the Final: Tournament Journey

Context that no scorecard page covers: India lost three group matches yet still won the World Cup. The first team in Women’s ODI World Cup history to achieve this.

Stage	Opponent	Result	Key Performer
Group 1	Sri Lanka	Won by 59 runs (DLS)	Mandhana 78
Group 2	South Africa	Lost	Wolvaardt 95
Group 3	Australia	Won	Shafali 102
Group 4	England	Lost	Deepti 3/45
Group 5	New Zealand	Won	Richa Ghosh 71
Group 6	Pakistan	Lost	—
Semi-Final	Australia	Won	Harmanpreet 89*
Final	South Africa	Won by 52 runs	Deepti 58 + 5/39

What most people miss: India’s three group losses including one to South Africa, Made this final redemption, not just victory.

Head-to-Head Context: India W vs South Africa W

The final was not the first time these two sides had met in the 2025 tournament. South Africa beat India in the group stage. Which made the final rematch all the more dramatic.

Match	Stage	Winner	Margin
October 2025 (Guwahati)	Group Stage	South Africa	Points-based
November 2, 2025 (Navi Mumbai)	Final	India	52 runs

India reversed a group-stage defeat to beat the same opposition in the final. That reversal required tactical adjustments. Specifically, using Deepti Sharma earlier in the death phase and keeping Renuka Singh for tighter middle overs.

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