The Journey begins in 1973, first women’s cricket world cup was played in England and India Women World Cup 2025 was 13th edition of this ongoing journey. Over the years, the women’s cricket got more popular and standards has been raised, as more teams participating in this tournament.
In women’s world cup 2025, India became the new champion, before that Australia won 7, England 4 and New Zealand lifted the trophy once.
India’s Maiden ICC Title
As we mentioned at the beginning, this is India’s Maiden ICC title, and this means alot for Indian women’s cricket, also for all Asian women’s teams.
India was close in 2005 and most heart breaking was 2017 where they lost to England. This victory wasn’t built overnight. It was the result of years of persistence, heartbreaks, and belief. For India it’s about rewriting the narrative of Indian women’s cricket.
India’s world-cup campaign was not very convincing, but they delivered in big matches under the leadership of fearless captain Harmanpreet Kaur.
This is not just a sporting achievement, it’s a cultural shift. This will lead to upward trend trend in women’s cricket in India, Asia and overall the globe.
India Women World Cup 2025: Top-Fours
Eight teams participated in this competition and played in round-robin format. 7 times champion Australia, 3 times champion England and 1 one time champion New Zealand came with a reputation in the tournament.
Australia finished at top in the table with 6 wins, and one match NR(no result), and England and South Africa followed with 5-5 wins, and finishing at number 2 and 3 respectively. India finished at number four with 3 wins. Top-four teams qualified for the semi-finals.
Australia was unbeaten throughout the tournament, and they faced India in semi-finals. Australia played semi-final like champions, and dominated the first half and managed to score 338 in the high pressure game, but India came out of the box that day with different mindset, with goal in mind. India chased highest ever total in women’s cricket in the world-cup semi’s against ruthless Australia and ended the winning streak for visitors with knocking them out from the world-cup 2025.
The other semi-final, which was actually the first semi’ was between England and South Africa, where South Africa knocked out three times champion in one sided match, beating England by 125 runs. In the league match between South Africa and England, which had been played on October 3rd Match number 4, England won the match by 10 wickets. It was embarrassment for South Africa, as England bowled them out on 69 runs. It was very easy win for England, but after that South Africa got the momentum, and took the revenge in semi-final, and made their way to the finals.
Final: India vs South Africa
Now the time for Final, India and South Africa met final time in the tournament on November 2nd in Navi Mumbai. India came to the final with momentum and after beating the 7 times champion Australia, and while batting first India scored 298/7 in 50 overs in this big final.
South Africa started well, and match was open until 40th over, but at end India managed to win the final by very good margin of 52 runs, and lifted their first ICC title.
Final Thoughts
India’s 2025 World Cup win is more than a sporting headline — it’s a historical turning point. India Women World Cup 2025 recorded record-breaking viewership. As per the this ESPN report only India vs Pakistan women’s ODI world cup game that was played on October 5th had the digital viewing records with “a reach of 28.4 million and 1.87 billion minutes consumed, making it the most-watched women’s international cricket match of all time” ICC’s Statement quoted from above ESPN report.
This will push other cricket boards to invest more in women’s cricket, and women’s cricket will attract more sponsors. This will lead to a massive shift in women’s cricket.
