Jemimah Rodrigues continued her superb form from the Women's ODI World Cup as she slammed an unbeaten half-century to help India capitalise on a good bowling performance to beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first match of the five-match women's T20I series in Visakhapatnam.
Shafali Verma, at 21 years and 279 days, became the youngest cricketer to win the Player of the Match award in a semifinal or final of an ODI World Cup, men’s or women’s, as India Women scripted history by claiming their maiden ICC Women’s World Cup title with a memorable victory over South Africa at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy tonight.
With the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup set to begin in less than a week’s time, all eyes will be on Harmanpreet Kaur, who is set to feature in the global tournament for the fifth time.
Title favourites India secured their place in the summit clash with an unblemished 10-match undefeated run while the Kangaroos resurrected their campaign with an eight-match winning streak after having started with two defeats.
After holding the Pakistani batting lineup at 270 runs in the first inning, the Proteas' batting lineup made no mistake in chasing the given target in a tense ODI World Cup match on Friday.
The team has an abundance of talent but contains only a limited spot of 11 players out of which the majority of the spots are already booked due to the first choice priority of BCCI selectors and team management staff.
It is very important for India that all the players are fit and especially when it comes to the fitness of the Indian skipper who suffered a thumb injury in the ODI match against Bangladesh.
Kohli has been a part of India’s ODI World Cup squad twice. Once during 2011 and then in the 2019 World Cup. Whereas Rohit who wasn’t a part of 2011 World Cup squad was the leading run scorer in the 2019 World Cup.
