Harmanpreet Kaur lost the toss in the final alsoImage Credit source: PTI
World Cup 2025 proved to be good for Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur. For the first time, under his captaincy, the Indian team was successful in reaching the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup. Harmanpreet herself played an important role in this, when she played an explosive innings in the semi-final against Australia. But throughout this World Cup, he faced continuous disappointment in the toss of coin and this situation continued in the final against South Africa also.
Harmanpreet lost the toss in the final also
The final match of the World Cup between India and South Africa started with a delay of 2 hours on Sunday 2 November at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. But even this delay due to rain could not change the fate of Harmanpreet and Team India as once again the toss slipped out of hand. The coin was tossed by the Indian captain but the victory went to South African captain Laura Woolworth, who decided to bowl first.
Worst record in World Cup 2025
In this way, the figure of Harmanpreet Kaur’s loss in the toss in the World Cup 2025 reached 8. Yes, Team India played 9 matches in the tournament including the final and in 8 of them, Indian captain Harmanpreet lost the toss. In this way, in the World Cup 2025, she proved to be the worst captain in terms of winning the toss, while for the second time in Indian women’s cricket, an Indian captain lost so many toss. Earlier in 1982 also, the Indian team had lost 8 tosses.
Not only this, this is the second worst record in terms of losing the most toss in the 52-year history of the Women’s World Cup. The world record is in the name of England, which lost the toss 9 times in 13 matches in the 1982 World Cup. By the way, the interesting thing is that in the current World Cup, after India, South Africa’s captain Laura Woolworth suffered the maximum defeat in 7 tosses and in the end both the teams reached the final. If seen in this way, till the semi-finals, Harmanpreet and Woolworth were tied in terms of winning the toss, but in the final, the South African captain went ahead.