INDW vs SAW Final, Toss Update: The final match of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 is being played between India and South Africa in Navi Mumbai. The toss is being delayed due to rain. Both the teams are going in search of the first trophy.
INDW vs SAW Final, Womens World Cup 2025: The final match of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 is being played between India and South Africa. Both the teams are facing each other at the Dr. DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The match was to start at 3:00 pm Indian time, but due to rain the toss has not taken place yet. Team India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, is in search of its first trophy, while Africa would also like to create history. Both the teams have made it to the finals by performing brilliantly in the semi-finals.
Toss delayed due to rain
Due to continuous rain in Navi Mumbai, the toss has not been held yet in the final match between India and South Africa. Even before the start of Math, it started raining due to bad weather. In the middle the covers were removed and an announcement was made that the toss would take place at 3:00 and the match would start at 3:30. But the rain came again and the entire ground had to be covered again. There has been no official announcement yet as to when the toss will happen again.
Fans will have their eyes on Smriti Mandhana
All eyes will be on India’s most prominent batsman Smriti Mandhana in the final match against South Africa. In this tournament, he is second in terms of scoring the most runs. In 8 innings of 8 matches, he scored 389 runs at an average of 55.57. A wonderful doubt also came from his bat in the decisive match against New Zealand. If the Indian team has to win its first title of Women’s ODI World Cup, then the behavior of this batsman is very important. Smriti has a big responsibility to give a good start in batting.
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Laura Walvert is a big threat to India
South African captain Laura Walvert has emerged as a big challenge for the Indian women’s team. He is at number one in terms of scoring most runs in this tournament. She has scored 470 runs in 8 innings of 8 matches at an average of 67.17. He played a brilliant inning of 170 runs against England in the semi-finals. Apart from this, she has also played an important innings against India in the last group stage match. The biggest specialty of this batsman is to form good partnerships with other batsmen. In such a situation, it is very important for the Indian bowlers to stop them.
India Women Probable Playing 11: Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Kranti Gaur, Shri Charni, Renuka Singh Thakur.
South Africa Women Probable Playing 11: Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Tazmin Brits, Annery Derksen, Marijne Kapp, Sune Ale Luus, Sinalo Jafta (wk), CL Trianon, Nadine de Klerk, Ayabanga Khaka, NK Bosch, Nonkululeko Mlaba.
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