India vs South Africa LIVE Cricket Score, Women’s World Cup Final 2025: IND, SA eye history but rain threat looms in Navi Mumbai

India vs South Africa Women's World Cup Final Live Cricket Score Updates: Jemimah Rodrigues played a career-defining knock in the semifinal against Australia. (Express Photo by Narendra Vaskar)

India Women vs South Africa Women Final Live Cricket Score Updates: The Women’s World Cup is set to get a new champion in Navi Mumbai! India made it to the final in the most dramatic of ways, with Jemimah Rodrigues’ masterful 127 off 134 balls leading them to a world record chase to beat the almighty Australia. South Africa, on the other hand, were far more dominant in their semi-final against England, thanks to captain Laura Wolvaardt’s brilliant 169 off 143 balls.

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A victory for India could end up becoming a seminal moment for women’s cricket in the country and possibly across the world. The Indian men’s team’s World Cup wins in 1983 and 2011 and their T20 World Cup victory  in 2007 have all gone on to have a big domino effect over the years. The women’s team’s own run to the final of the 2017 World Cup itself did wonders for women’s cricket in India.

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But the importance of victory cannot be understated for South Africa either. This is the first time they have reached the final of any 50 overs World Cup, men’s or women’s. Wolvaardt also mentioned that it was only recently that the country introduced contracts in their women’s domestic setup. “So, I can only imagine what something like a World Cup trophy will do back home. Just the number of girls that will be able to see it on TV, who will hear that we’re a World Cup-winning nation,” Wolvaardt said.

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India Harmanpreet Kaur and South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt pose with the Women's World Cup trophy. (Credit: ICC)

After a spectacular result against Australia in the semi-final on Thursday, an upbeat India will play their third ICC Women’s World Cup final, this time at home at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, hoping to break their trophy drought. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side had a topsy-turvy league phase run, where they lost three matches in a row before overcoming New Zealand to enter the semis where they knocked out the most successful team in the history of the competition. On Sunday, the hosts will face South Africa, who produced their best all-round performance against England in Guwahati. With a new winner of the tournament guaranteed, here’s a look at the tactical match-up between the two teams. Read more from Shankar Narayan's preview here.

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