What Went Wrong for South Africa Women in the IND-W vs SA-W 2025 Final? Full Breakdown of Their Women's World Cup Final Collapse
The India Women’s cricket team registered their maiden Women’s World Cup Title after defeating South Africa in the Finals with a dominating performance. South Africa was the clear favorite before the finals as they were in exceptional form and more consistent than the Indian Team. But the batting collapse and final pressure took the game away from them.
India Women won the Women’s World Cup 2025 Final by 52 runs, and the player of the match was Shafali Verma, who played an exceptional knock of 87 (78) and also took two crucial wickets. The Player of the tournament is Deepti Sharma, as she took 22 wickets in 9 matches with an economy rate of 5.22.
Strong Start but Mid-Innings collapse:
South Africa started their inning with positive intent, both openers played good shots, and they were in good touch. But the wicket of Tazmin Brits helped Indian bowlers to regain the momentum in the match, and they perfectly used the situation to build pressure on South Africa.
With this, South Africa lost a couple of wickets, including the wicket of Marizaane Kapp, who has been in exceptional form throughout the tournament. Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma continued the pressure till the last, and they got skipper Laura Wolvaardt, who played a fantastic knock of 101 runs, but couldn’t lead her team to victory.
Lack of Partnerships:
The Key reason to not chase the target of 299 was not having any big partnerships. Skipper Laura Wolvaardt was at one end throughout the game, but no other batter supported her and made a partnership. A single 100-run partnership could have changed the momentum and result of the game.
Ineffective Bowling against India batters:
Indian Women had an excellent start; they lost their first wicket in the 18th over, and they made 101 runs on the scoreboard. South Africa's bowlers could have built pressure after this wicket, but they again failed and let India regain momentum.
Fielding Mistakes:
In big matches like finals, every catch, run-out, and save counts, but unfortunately, South Africa dropped key catches and missed chances that could have changed the momentum of the game.
Pressure Factor:
South Africa Women were playing their first-ever Women’s World Cup final, whereas India was playing their third final, and they also had the home advantage. South African players could not hold their nerves in the pressure situations, which led to some reckless shots and poor decision-making.
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