India, which had finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2017, has created history by becoming champions.
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India won the Women's World Cup title on Sunday night after Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma shone with both bat and ball as they defeated South Africa by 52 runs. This is the first time India has won the Women's World Cup.
Batting first, India scored 298 runs for the loss of 7 wickets . In reply, South Africa were all out for 246 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai . Deepti took five wickets in that .
Shafali top-scored for India with 87 runs . Similarly, Deepti's batting had 58 runs . The match started late due to rain, and in the process, India set a challenging score .
South Africa's captain Laura Valverde scored an impressive 101 runs, but when she was dismissed, the 45,000 Indian fans were overjoyed . Deepti took the final wicket of Nadine de Klerk, and India's victory was assured .
India has become the Women's One-Day World Cup champion after being limited to runners-up in 2005 and 2017 .
