The Indian women’s cricket team won their first-ever World Cup with a 52-run victory over South Africa in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 in Navi Mumbai on Sunday night (November 2).

Shafali Verma, the 21-year-old, who till last week wasn’t even in the reserves, created memories of a lifetime by scoring 87 in India’s 298 for 7 and then grabbed a couple of crucial wickets to restrict the Proteas Women to 246 in front of a packed DY Patil Stadium.

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The seasoned Deepti Sharma (5/39) and young Shree Charani (1/48) also did their bit under extreme pressure to usher in the most memorable day for women’s cricket in the country.

Here are the 16 members of the Indian Women’s World Cup team.

Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain, Right-hand batter, Offspinner, Age: 36)

Smriti Mandhana (Vice-captain, Left-hand batter, Age: 29)

Shafali Verma (Right-hand batter, Offspinner, Age: 21)

Jemimah Rodrigues (Right-hand batter, Offspinner, Age: 24)

Pratika Rawal (Right-hand batter, Offspinner, Age: 24)

Harleen Deol (Right-hand batter, Offspinner, Legspinner, Age: 27)

Richa Ghosh (Right-hand batter, Wicketkeeper, Age: 21)

Uma Chetry (Right-hand batter, Wicketkeeper, Age: 23 years)

Renuka Singh Thakur (Right-hand medium fast bowler, Age: 29)

Deepti Sharma (Left-hand batter, Offspinner, Age: 27)

Sneh Rana (Offspinner, Right-hand batter, Age: 31)

N Shree Charani (Left arm orthodox bowler, Left hand batter, Age: 21)

Radha Yadav (Left arm orthodox bowler, Right hand batter, Age: 25)

Amanjot Kaur (Right arm medium, Right-hand batter, Age: 24)

Arundhati Reddy (Right arm medium fast, Right hand batter, Age: 28)

Kranti Goud (Right arm medium fast, Right hand bat, Age: 22)

Note: Pratika Rawal was ruled out of the semifinals and final due to ankle and knee injuries sustained while fielding in India’s final league stage match of the tournament against Bangladesh. She was replaced by Shafali Verma.

Standby players: Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Minnu Mani, Sayali Satghare.

Support staff of India women’s team

Amol Muzumdar: Head coach and batting coach

Aavishkar Salvi – Bowling coach

Munish Bali – Fielding coach

Asshok Iyengar Harsha: Strength & Conditioning (S&C) coach

Aniruddha Deshpande: Performance Analyst

Harini Murali: Team doctor

Rakhi V Darne: Head physiotherapist

Akanksha Satyavanshi: Team physiotherapist

Dhananjay Kaushik: Head of Sports Science & Medicine

Purva Kate, Mamta Shrisulla: Masseurs