India women's team defeated South Africa by 52 runs in a thrilling grand finale of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025 on Sunday at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Asked to bat first, India posted a total of 298/7 in 50 overs, with Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma scoring 87 and 58 runs respectively.

Later, Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. bundled out the Proteas for 246 and clinched their first-ever Women's ODI World Cup title. They also became the fourth team after Australia, England, and New Zealand to win the coveted trophy.

The total prize money pool for the 2025 edition of the Women's World Cup is USD 13.88 million (Rs. 123 crore). It is almost four times more than the 2022 edition in New Zealand, where the prize pool was USD 3.5 million (Rs. 31 crore).

Interestingly, it also surpassed the prize pool of the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup, which was USD 10 million (almost Rs. 89 crore).

Out of Rs. 123 crore, India will receive USD 4.48 million (almost Rs. 40 crore) as their winning prize money. In 2022, Australia received USD 1.32 million (almost Rs. 12 crore).

Source:Ndtv