India vs South Africa: Women’s World Cup final – teams, start, lineups

Who: India vs South Africa
What: ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 final
When: Sunday, November 2 astatine 09:30 GMT
Where: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India

After a period of enactment and 30 fierce contests, it each boils down to the biggest 1 of all: the Women’s World Cup final.

Tournament hosts India instrumentality connected first-time finalists South Africa successful a blockbuster clash, with a caller satellite champion acceptable to beryllium crowned.

A sensational five-wicket triumph implicit defending champions Australia guided India to the final, portion South Africa overpowered England to scope the acme clash.

Here’s what you request to cognize astir the final:

Where is the Women’s World Cup final?

Sunday’s last volition beryllium played astatine Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, a 45,300-capacity venue. The multi-purpose sports arena, chiefly utilized for cricket, hosted 3 league games and a semifinal during this year’s Women’s World Cup.

India person an unbeaten grounds connected this crushed astatine this tournament, having registered victories implicit New Zealand successful the league signifier and Australia successful the semifinals, alongside a washed-out nary effect with Bangladesh. South Africa person ne'er played astatine the venue.

The DY Patil Stadium successful Navi Mumbai and Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium were the 2 options for Sunday’s last – the latter, considered a neutral venue, would person hosted the crippled had Pakistan qualified.

As per an ICC-brokered agreement betwixt India and Pakistan, some countries person the enactment to play their games astatine a neutral venue for a tourney hosted by either South Asian nation.

The nuclear-armed neighbours, who shared an aggravated four-day subject and aerial conflict successful May, person not visited each different for a bilateral cricket contention successful 13 years.

A caller grounds assemblage of 25,166 turned up successful Navi Mumbai – the highest-ever attendance for a group-stage fixture astatine immoderate ICC Women’s lawsuit 🏟️

It surpassed the erstwhile people of 22,843 acceptable during the India–Sri Lanka #CWC25 opener successful Guwahati 👏 pic.twitter.com/AHdOHV6COC

— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) October 23, 2025

What is the upwind forecast?

Rain played spoilsport successful 1 of the league matches successful Navi Mumbai, and it could origin immoderate problems during Sunday’s final.

The forecast predicts sunny spells done the day with a passing ablution oregon two, and the anticipation of a late-night downpour.

What happened successful the past India vs South Africa match?

The teams past met connected October 9, during a league crippled of the tournament, wherever South Africa bushed India by 3 wickets successful Visakhapatnam. All-rounder Nadine de Klerk was named the subordinate of the lucifer for her unbeaten 84-run show and 2-52 bowling figures.

How galore times person India and South Africa won the Women’s World Cup?

Neither squad has lifted the trophy, though India came adjacent twice, reaching the last successful 2005 and 2017, losing to Australia and England, respectively.

Sunday’s last volition beryllium South Africa’s archetypal successful the competition.

When was the past clip India bushed South Africa?

India past defeated South Africa successful a Women’s ODI tri-series successful Sri Lanka successful May, beating them by 23 runs successful Colombo. Jemimah Rodrigues was the subordinate of the lucifer pursuing her fantabulous 123-run knock.

India vs South Africa: Head-to-head successful ODIs

The countries person played each different successful 34 Women’s ODIs, with India winning 20 times, including the past bid they met in.

Sunday’s last volition beryllium the archetypal clip India and South Africa look disconnected successful Navi Mumbai.

Player to watch: India

Jemimah Rodrigues: The Indian middle-order batter showed nerves of alloy to thrust India to an unexpected semifinal triumph implicit giants Australia, acknowledgment to her unbeaten 127 disconnected 134 balls. The 25-year-old initially struggled for consistency and was dropped erstwhile successful the league phase, but bounced backmost with determination erstwhile her state needed her the most.

With a ton and a half-century each to her sanction during her 268-run show truthful far, Rodrigues stands ninth successful the top-batting charts.

The Mumbai-born batter, who revealed she faced anxiousness successful the weeks starring up to the semifinal, besides scored an unbeaten 76 against New Zealand earlier Thursday’s semifinal.

Jemimah Rodrigues’ match-winning sound of 127 not retired saw India pursuit down a grounds full successful Women’s ODI past [Rajanish Kakade/AP]

Player to watch: South Africa

Laura Wolvaardt: The tournament’s starring scorer with 470 runs successful 8 innings, skipper Wolvaardt has been South Africa’s astir reliable batter. After recovering from a dilatory start, the opener recovered her bushed and consistency, hitting 3 half-centuries during the league stage.

Wolvaardt, though, saved her champion for the important moment, smashing a whopping 169 runs successful Wednesday’s semifinal triumph implicit England – the 3rd highest successful the knockouts of the Women’s World Cup and the highest by a captain.

Her batting masterclass carried the South Africans to 319-7, the third-highest people successful World Cup knockout matches.

‘Will To Win’: South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt’s terrific 169-run show successful the semifinals was the highest idiosyncratic people for South Africa successful the Women’s World Cup [Anupam Nath/AP]

Form guide: India

After losing successful 2 finals, India volition beryllium hoping the 3rd clip is the charm.

India punched their summons to the knockouts by finishing 4th successful the league phase, losing 3 games, including 1 against finalists South Africa.

Against each odds, India stunned grounds seven-time winners Australia successful the semifinals, pulling disconnected a grounds pursuit of 339 runs successful women’s ODIs.

Rodrigues was the designer of India’s well-fought five-wicket triumph with her maiden World Cup ton, portion skipper Harmanpreet Kaur besides shone with the bat with 89 runs.

Opener Smriti Mandhana has been India’s apical and wide second-highest scorer successful the tourney with 389 runs, portion Pritika Rawal (308 runs) was besides impactful earlier an ankle wounded chopped abbreviated her run earlier the semifinals.

Deepti Sharma, the associated apical wicket-taker with 17 wickets, and left-armer Shree Charani (13 wickets) person been India’s champion performers successful the bowling unit.

Form guide: South Africa

Sunday’s clash volition beryllium South Africa’s archetypal World Cup last pursuing semifinal defeats successful 2017 and 2022.

At this year’s tournament, they mislaid 2 of their 7 league games – to Australia and England – to decorativeness 3rd successful the league signifier earlier thrashing England by a monolithic 125-run borderline successful the archetypal semifinal successful Guwahati.

Captain Wolvaardt has been successful awesome signifier arsenic the tournament’s starring tally scorer, portion Marizanne Kapp is joint-sixth connected the bowling charts with 12 wickets, including a career-best 5-20 successful the semifinals. Kapp shares the sixth spot with her teammate Nonkululeko Mlaba.

After the semifinal, Kapp besides overtook India’s Jhulan Goswami arsenic the all-time highest wicket-taker successful the Women’s World Cup with 44 wickets.

Sunday’s last volition beryllium the 2nd clip India look South Africa successful the tournament. South Africa bushed India by 3 wickets successful a league crippled successful Visakhapatnam connected October 9 [Aijaz Rahi/AP]

India’s past 5 results (most caller first):

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South Africa’s past 5 results (most caller first):

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Team news: India

India could bring backmost bowling all-rounder Sneh Rana successful spot of bowler Radha Yadav.

Predicted India line-up: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh

Team news: South Africa

South Africa could instrumentality with their semifinal lineup, opting for an other batter successful Anneke Bosch connected the batting-friendly transportation successful Navi Mumbai.

Predicted South Africa lineup: Laura Wolvaardt (captain), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Sinalo Jafta (wicketkeeper), Annerie Dercksen, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

How tin I travel and watercourse the India vs South Africa Women’s World Cup final?

Al Jazeera Sport volition person a unrecorded build-up earlier a broad photograph and substance commentary watercourse of the last from 07:30 GMT.

The lucifer volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected terrestrial and outer channels, arsenic good arsenic livestreaming platforms, worldwide.

Fans successful India tin ticker the last connected the Star Sports network, portion SuperSport volition broadcast it successful South Africa.

How tin I bargain tickets for the Women’s World Cup final?

Tickets for the last successful Navi Mumbai tin beryllium purchased done the tournament’s authoritative website, which redirects to its ticketing partner, BookMyShow.

Tickets commencement astatine 150 Indian rupees, which is little than $2.

However, prices successful the resale marketplace are exorbitant, with the astir costly summons selling for much than $1,350 connected Viagogo, a multinational summons speech and summons resale brand.