Delhi: 10 special records to India’s victory in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 final in Navi Mumbai:

1. Deepti Sharma, first bowler to take more than 3 wickets for India in an ICC final win. Record:

1983 – Mohinder Amarnath (3/12, World Cup)
2007 – Irfan Pathan (3/16, T20 World Cup)
2011 – Yuvraj Singh (2/49, World Cup)
2013 – Ravi Ashwin (2/15, Champions Trophy)
2024 – Hardik Pandya (3/20, T20 World Cup)
2025 – Kuldeep Yadav (2/40, Champions Trophy)
2025 – Deepti Sharma (5/39, World Cup)

2. Shefali Verma scored the second highest score for India in the ICC final win. Record:

1983 – K. Srikanth (38, World Cup)
2007 – Gautam Gambhir (75, T20 World Cup)
2011 – Gautam Gambhir (97, World Cup)
2013 – Virat Kohli (43, Champions Trophy)
2024 – Virat Kohli (76, T20 World Cup)
2025 – Rohit Sharma (76, Champions Trophy)
2025 – Shefali Verma (87, World Cup)

3. IPL started in 2008 and after three seasons of IPL, India became the champion of 50 over World Cup. WPL started in 2023 and after three seasons of WPL, India became the champion of 50 over World Cup.

4. A unique record of Mumbai: In India, India has won two World Cups in Mumbai. After 2011 Men’s World Cup, now 2025 Women’s World Cup.

5. Deepti Sharma (58 and 5-39) is the only player in all formats and men’s and women’s international cricket to score 50 and take 5 wickets in the final. However, there are only two players who have scored 50+ runs and taken more than one wicket in the ODI World Cup final: Shefali Verma and Deepti Sharma.

6. This World Cup final was a Sachin Tendulkar-like moment for Harmanpreet Kaur. Sachin’s dream of winning the World Cup was fulfilled in his 6th World Cup and that too in India. Harmanpreet’s dream of winning the World Cup was fulfilled in her 5th World Cup and that too in India. Harmanpreet made her debut in 2009 and got this glory after 16 years and heartbreaks in 12 World Cups (4 ODIs + 8 T20s).

7. Man of the Match award for the Indian player in the World Cup final:

1983 – Mohinder Amarnath
2011 – MS Dhoni
2025 – Shefali Verma

8. Special records of Shefali:

-Only the third opening batsman to score 50 in the ODI World Cup final:
Virender Sehwag (2003)
Poonam Raut (2017)
Shefali Verma (2025)
Made ODI 50 after -1217 days.

9. Top score of Indian captain in World Cup final (men/women):

91* – Dhoni vs Sri Lanka, 2011
47 – Rohit Sharma vs Australia, 2023
24 – Sourav Ganguly vs South Africa, 2003
20 – Harmanpreet Kaur vs South Africa, 2025
17- Mithali Raj vs England, 2017
15 – Kapil Dev vs West Indies, 1983
9 – Mithali Raj vs Australia, 2005

10. Of the matches between India and South Africa in the Women’s World Cup, India won the first three (1997, 2000 and 2005). The next three (2017, 2022 and 2025) were won by South Africa. Now India started a new round of victory.

11. There are 10 such knockout matches in the World Cup which were opposite to the result of the group round. There were only 7 such matches before 2025 and this time this record was made in all three knock out matches:

2025 England defeated South Africa in the group round but South Africa defeated England in the semi-finals.
2025 Australia defeated India in the group round but India defeated Australia in the semi-finals.
2025 South Africa defeated India in the group round but India defeated South Africa in the final.