Indian Women in Blue found their footing with an emphatic win in the final, as reflected in the India Women’s National Cricket Team Vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard.
Jemimah Rodrigues led from the front with a composed innings, but Shafali Verma stole the show with her explosive performance that turned the match decisively in India’s favor.
An opening batswoman scored an unassailable 87 and then claimed two quick wickets to claim player of the match honors – becoming India’s first woman ever to do both within an ODI World Cup knockout match.
| Date | Match Type / Event | Result | Score Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2025 | ICC Women’s World Cup Final (ODI) | India Women won by 52 runs | IND 298/7 (50) vs SA 246 (45.3); Verma 87 & 2-36, Deepti 5-39 |
| 9 Oct 2025 | ICC Women’s World Cup ODI | South Africa Women won by 3 wickets | IND 251 (49.5) vs SA 252/7 (48.5); Nadine de Klerk 84* |
| 7 May 2025 | Tri-Series ODI | India Women won by 23 runs | IND 337/9 vs SA 314/7 (50 overs) |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Women’s ODI | India Women won by 15 runs | IND 276/6 vs SA 261 (49.2) (The Times of India) |
| 23 Jun 2024 | ODI | India Women won by 6 wickets | IND (Chase) beat SA — last 5 record order |
India vs South Africa
India are looking to build on their recent home series win by beating South Africa on home turf, hoping to cement their top-four standing. South Africa are coming off a crushing loss against Australia, so a loss in this match may push them towards semi-final qualification or force other results in their favor in order to stay alive in contention for semis qualification.
Starting on Thursday in Durban and concluding at Kingsmead and Johannesburg respectively, both teams will take part in a five-match T20 series starting Thursday to warm-up for next year’s World Cup in England & Wales.
According to Enoch Nkwe of CSA Directorate National Team & High Performance Enoch Nkwe believes that Indian Womens Cricket Team stands “head and shoulders above” Proteas Women team when it comes to this format of play.
Though they chose to bat first, the Proteas were quickly discomfited when Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh struck early.
Bumrah quickly penetrated Quinton de Kock’s defences before outwitting Ryan Rickelton with slower balls before Arshdeep bowled two slower deliveries that removed both skipper Aiden Markram and David Miller to reduce them from 20/3 to 9/3 within four overs.
Dewald Brevis managed to save the Proteas from disaster with a fine innings, contributing 97 runs off 51 balls for an unbroken partnership of 97 runs – hitting three fours and one six along the way – as they reached 261/7 at half time.
India found themselves struggling to maintain momentum when they batted against South Africa with Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya failing to make significant contributions.
Eventually, South Africa pulled ahead and reduced India to 88/6 after 21 overs; Shivam Dube saved their innings with a swift knock of 66 off 37 which kept their opponent at bay while they fell one wicket short of reaching their target when play ended.
South Africa rested Lungi Ngidi for their previous game and should include him again this time around. Ngidi has bowled many slower balls during this tournament that have helped him collect wickets at an economy rate of 4.49, unlike more popular loopy full ones which often drop and prove more difficult to play for.
India vs Sri Lanka
India women will look to capitalize on their T20I win against England and make it 3-0 series victory in the third and final match of this series.
It will be an essential test of their mettle as they must demonstrate they can perform under pressure without slipping up at key moments like they did in the opening ODI, so much will depend on how their batsmen and bowlers perform in this contest.
On Tuesday, the match will take place at Bristol County Ground in Bristol and the Women in Blue will start as clear favorites to win and extend their lead in the series. But Sri Lanka won’t take this match lightly as they know a strong performance can seal it!
India have enjoyed success against Sri Lanka in T20I cricket, winning 20 out of 26 encounters between them and will look to extend that dominance and ensure they secure their spot in the World Cup final.
Sri Lanka have won both of their matches by narrow margins of less than three runs and currently lie third with two points after India and South Africa both won their semi-final matches. They would hope to improve their batting performance during this match and avoid yet another loss.
Sri Lanka have quickly overcome their initial setbacks to emerge as one of the favourites at this year’s World Cup. Their batting lineup features both experience and young talent to score quickly; top order star Nissanka Malinga leads an impressive top order, while their middle order provides strong support.
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by five wickets early today to take an early advantage in the tournament and continue their run to reach the final.
They easily defeated New Zealand before moving into a dominating position against Australia before dispatching of New Zealand again with ease to move onto victory against them to reach this year’s championship final. They boast an excellent track record when meeting T20I meetings so are expected to produce an entertaining encounter at last!
India vs Pakistan
India and Pakistan are fierce rivals in cricket, so their match at this year’s Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 promises to be one of the biggest matches in this tournament.
Ahead of an anticipated billion viewers watching, both sides will strive for excellence as they attempt to rise above bitter animosity to produce an exciting contest that pleases fans everywhere.
India and Pakistan will meet for the first time in a World Cup since 1999, when Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee initiated cricket between their nations.
Both nations resumed competing as Test cricketing opponents following 15 years of suspension following the Kargil War; since 2003 they have played 21 times across ODI and T20I formats with India winning 13 matches while Pakistan winning six.
Both teams are evenly balanced when it comes to batting and have quality spinners in their ranks, though Pakistan has struggled at times when batting.
India should look to exploit this weakness by exploiting Pakistan’s middle order which will play a pivotal role in leading them towards victory – it would be wonderful if Harmanpreet Kaur, Mansuri Ali and Shivam Dube produced strong performances!
On the other hand, Indian bowlers will look to maintain their impressive form and ensure they can restrict Pakistan’s batting. Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy have been performing exceptionally well and will look to increase their wicket count even further.
India made up for their slow start by posting 175/7 in their 20 overs batting with Ishan Kishan scoring an outstanding 77 off 40 balls, along with contributions from all their top order batsmen to qualify for Super 8 stage of competition.
Pakistan began their chase well, but quickly lost momentum after losing their top two batsmen early. Although Kashvee Gautam did her best up front, Pakistan collapsed quickly to finish on 114/6 after 18 overs.
India vs West Indies
India Women’s National Cricket Team represents India on an international cricket platform and is administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and full member of the International Cricket Council with Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) status – they currently hold onto their World Cup championship title!
Rahul Johri serves as team manager and also coaches the men’s national cricket team. Currently, the squad consists of 22 players; its core comprises experienced veterans like Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Zubin Irani, Mithali Raj and Priyanka Chopra along with talented youngsters such as Mandy Wickremesinghe and Priyanshu Chatterjee.
India Women and Australia Women were involved in an intriguing statistical encounter at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday for their second WODI of their series at WODI level, but India lost by virtue of Georgia Voll’s century which put Australia 6-0 up in this multi-format contest; India will surely want a win now that only one game remains.
India and West Indies will meet again on Sunday for what amounts to a virtual quarterfinal matchup, with the victor qualifying for semifinals.
Both India and West Indies currently possess two points from two Super 8 matches played so far, which complicates matters should Sunday’s crucial clash be postponed or called off, in which case, whoever holds a higher Net Run Rate would advance.
