Former Australian legend Steve Waugh praised India's women's cricket team for their World Cup win, saying it's a significant boost for women's sports globally.
India's years-long dream of capturing the ICC Women's World Cup finally came to an end after two heartbreaks in 2005 and 2017 finals, as they defeated South Africa by 52 runs in a clinical performance at the finals, which saw Shafali Verma (87 and 2/36) and Deepti Sharma (58 and 5/39) deliv
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday congratulated India's star opener Shafali Verma for her Player of the match award in the ICC Women's World Cup Final and India's maiden Women's CWC title.
Wolvaardt slammed 571 runs in the Women's CWC, the most in a single edition of the tournament, and the run was rewarded with a two-spot jump to the top spot, and a career-high rating of 814. Mandhana, who held the top spot for the entirety of the World Cup, was also named in the Team of the
In the meeting, it was decided that three players in the Indian women's cricket team from Maharashtra, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Radha Yadav, will be given a cash reward by the Maharashtra government.
Amanjot Kaur ran out the South African opener Tazmin Brits to shift momentum towards India and took a stunning catch of Proteas skipper and the leading run scorer of the Women's CWC 2025, Laura Wolvaardt.
The Men in Maroon have left for New Zealand, following their T20 series triumph over Bangladesh, and will continue to fine-tune preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup in 2026, with the nucleus of the squad being retained from the previous series
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt expressed pride in her team's campaign in the Women's World Cup 2025 despite losing the final to India and revealed that it was the last CWC for her teammate Marizanne Kapp.
India's star opening batter Abhishek Sharma praised the Indian women's team for their victory over defending Champions Australia in the Women's World Cup semi-final, saying they're "really proud" of them and believes the women's team deserves the CWC trophy.
Following a memorable, match-winning knock in the ICC Women's World Cup semifinal against Australia at Navi Mumbai, Jemimah Rodrigues believes that after seeing the Aussies score, she knew India could chase it down.
Australian skipper Alyssa Healy, playing her last ODI World Cup, expressed disappointment over Australia's loss to India in their Women's World Cup semi-final clash, praising her team's overall contribution in the tournament.
Back in 2011 World Cup final, Gambhir played one of the best innings of his life smashing 97 runs while chasing a massive target of 275 against Sri Lanka, he came out to bat at number three playing with stain on his Indian jersey, something which was again witnessed by Jemimah masterclass