WOMEN WORLD CUP 2025

Indian Women's Cricket Team Achieves Historic Victory In ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025.

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The selection panel includes commentators Ian Bishop, Mel Jones, and Isa Guha, along with Gaurav Saxena and Estelle Vasudevan

Do you know? Mandhana, scored a century against New Zealand in the league stage and concluded the tournament. 

India opener Smriti Mandhana, all-rounder Deepti Sharma and batter Jemimah Rodrigues are the three Indians named in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Team of the Tournament. The trio is joined by three players from the tournament runners-up, South Africa; Captain Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp, and Nadine de Klerk along with three Australians -- Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, and Alana King. Additionally, two English players --Nat Sciver-Brunt and Sophie Ecclestone and Pakistan’s Sidra Nawaz complete the lien up.The openers faced each other in the final, with Mandhana chosen to partner Laura Wolvaardt at the top of the lineup. The pair finished as the top run scorers in the tournament, with Wolvaardt leading at 571 runs, averaging an impressive 71.37.

Every platform is a chance to prove yourself. No more sitting back - Smriti Mandhana

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👭Indian Women's Cricket team and world cup performance.

🇮🇳 Indian Women's Cricket Team: ODI World Cup Finals

Year	Final Opponent	Captain	Result	Significance
2005	Australia	Mithali Raj	Lost by 98 runs	First-ever World Cup Final appearance; a foundational milestone for the team.
2017	England	Mithali Raj	Lost by 9 runs	An agonizing near-miss at Lord's that significantly boosted the sport's popularity in India.
2025	South Africa	Harmanpreet Kaur	Won by 52 runs	Historic Maiden World Cup Title, ending decades of waiting and securing a major triumph.

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🏏The Long Boundary: A Short Story of the Women in Blue

The story of the Indian Women's Cricket team is not about a quick victory; it is an epic tale of endurance, heartbreak, and final triumph.

The Early Overs: The Quiet Battle

In the beginning, there was only a quiet dedication. The pioneers of the 1970s, like Shantha Rangaswamy and Diana Edulji, played not for fame or money, but for the simple, defiant joy of holding a bat. They travelled in unreserved train compartments, played on dusty, uneven pitches, and often faced more scepticism than support. Cricket, they were told, was a "gentleman's game." Yet, their spirit laid the foundation, a fragile, determined blueprint for the future.

Decades later, the baton was passed to stalwarts like Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, who brought professionalism and longevity to the game. They guided the team to their first World Cup final in 2005, only to be overwhelmed by the mighty Australia. The loss was painful, but it was the first time a generation of Indians saw their women's team on the global stage, making history simply by being there.

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