New Zealand’s Brooke Halliday set the scoring tally with an 81 from 84 deliveries while Izzy Gaze went unbeaten to finish her innings with 65 balls remaining and achieve her career-best score.
Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal combined for an opening partnership of 212 runs as India posted 340/3 in 49 overs at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, before their target was adjusted down to DLS-adjusted 325 runs in 44 overs for New Zealand to chase.
| # | Date | Format | Venue | Team 1 (Bat 1st) | Score 1 | Team 2 (Bat 2nd) | Score 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Oct 2024 | ODI | Ahmedabad (Narendra Modi Stadium) | New Zealand Women | 259/9 (50 ov) (NDTV Sports) | India Women | 183 all out (47.1 ov) (ABP News) | New Zealand won by 76 runs (Cricbuzz) |
| 2 | 29 Oct 2024 | ODI | Ahmedabad (Narendra Modi Stadium) | New Zealand Women | 232/10 (49.5 ov) (Cricbuzz) | India Women | 236/4 (44.2 ov) (ESPN.com) | India won by 6 wickets (NDTV Sports) |
| 3 | 4 Oct 2024 | T20 I | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | New Zealand Women | 160/4 (20 ov) (Cricbuzz) | India Women | 102 all out (19 ov) (Cricbuzz) | New Zealand won by 58 runs (Cricbuzz) |
| 4 | 23 Oct 2025 | ODI | Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai | India Women | 340/3 (49 ov) (Cricbuzz) | New Zealand Women | 271/8 (44 ov) (Cricbuzz) | India won by 53 runs (DLS) (Cricbuzz) |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Fifth detailed match score not fully retrieved) |
India vs New Zealand
The India Women’s National Cricket Team, commonly referred to as the Women in Blue, represents India on an international cricket stage. Administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and full members of the International Cricket Council with Test, ODI, and T20I status respectively; led by Harmanpreet Kaur with Smriti Mandhana serving as vice-captain responsibilities.
After an underwhelming start to the tournament, India has rallied and advanced to the final of ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. India quickly become a fan favorite throughout this competition due to their high level of play and determination for success.
Jemimah Rodrigues has been instrumental in India’s turnaround, and her performance in the final was key in their triumph over New Zealand. Her performance earned her mobbed praise from her teammates and crowd, prompting tears when speaking to media after match – giving immense joy to India as they celebrate its future of women’s cricket in India.
Prior to their match against New Zealand, the White Ferns struggled to recover from an early top-order collapse and were in trouble at 38-3 after 11 overs. Brooke Halliday and Sophie Devine restored order through an effective 114-run partnership; Devine lead with 69 runs off 104 balls while Halliday added crucial support with 63 off 84 deliveries en route to helping New Zealand reach 298-8 after 50 overs.
Rain shortened India’s innings short, giving them just over an hour to accumulate their total score. Even so, they managed to do it easily thanks to Nilakshika Silva and Chamari Athapaththu’s fine batting; both batswomen scored half centuries before being bowled by Bree Illing and Rosemary Mair respectively.
Shafali Verma, 21, rose up and made an invaluable contribution to India’s victory last week against South Africa with her remarkable performance as she scored an unassisted 87 run chase score and grabbed two key wickets to restrict South Africa to 246 all out in front of an extremely packed stadium – an unforgettable moment that will live long in India’s women’s cricket history.
India has made rapid strides to become a world powerhouse in women’s cricket since their recent victory, sparking national pride and opening doors for future generations of Indian women to achieve even greater things in future years. Star players like Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have become household names; newcomers such as Shafali Verma have received new levels of exposure as their success opens doors to further achievements from them in future matches.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025
New Zealand Cricket’s Women’s National Cricket Team, commonly referred to as the White Ferns, represents New Zealand internationally in women’s cricket. Under their management and auspices is the White Ferns national women’s cricket team which plays Tests, one-day internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand Cricket and ranks third in ICC Women’s Rankings; participating in all eleven ICC Women’s World Cup tournaments since 2009 when they won.
Jones and Beaumont both made half-centuries on an enabling surface, yet their efforts fell short of yielding results. A poor start to the powerplay saw Smith lose her rhythm with full tosses and short balls before Bates chipped to mid-off before Kerr and Plimmer rebuilt with an effective stand of 68 before Alice Capsey trapped Plimmer leg before.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Sharma took charge in leading India to victory, scoring an unbeaten 71 from 56 balls – three fours and a six among them – while Harmanpreet struck unbeaten 58 off 57 balls, earning her the Player of the Match award.
India’s victory on Wednesday ensured that should England and South Africa both win their final group matches, the higher-placed side will progress. If either game between them washes out due to weather issues on Thursday night, India will advance directly into Friday’s semi-finals; making history by becoming only the second Asian nation ever to do so at any World Cup competition, after beating Australia and South Africa along the way to this point.
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Indian women’s team made history after beating South Africa in the final to claim its inaugural World Cup crown, defeating them by 52 runs at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. Harmanpreet Kaur led her side with an unbeaten score of 109 at the final match to help lead them home and ensure ultimate glory at this grand climax of cricket history.
Jemimah Rodrigues also hit an outstanding century as she and Jesimah helped India reach 325/6 in 49 overs on an overcast night. However, their chase was made more challenging by rain delays at both ends of New Zealand innings as well as at India’s chase start point.
Rain interrupted play for about 10 minutes at both ends of New Zealand’s innings, prompting it to adjust their target to 325 runs from 44 overs.
New Zealand were reduced to 226/4 after losing openers Suzie Bates and Maddy Halliday consecutively; India then capitalised with Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal’s massive opening stand of 17 runs to give themselves the ideal platform to defend their target.
Rawal’s impressive century in an ODI against India marked her second of two hundreds against them in any format of international cricket – and her inaugural World Cup one hundred. Only six batters have done it before her.
Mandhana has accomplished an amazing feat this season – hitting 1000 runs for India and only three away from reaching 10,000 runs! Her contributions have been an integral part of India’s success this year.
India’s spinners are working tirelessly now as they try and keep New Zealand batsmen at bay. Amanjot Kaur was recently caught out trying to hit back against Mair’s short ball to midwicket but lost her off stump instead.
Thakur gives Devine a full delivery that nips back in and cracks his leg stump with ease, before taking a thick edge through her pad before landing hard on his stumps.
Indian bowlers have been unflappable in their defense of the World Cup. They held back New Zealand with disciplined bowling that kept the Kiwis at bay and forced them into an exhausting match-up against New Zealand on Thursday; if they can win by an impressive margin they could qualify for semifinals – so stay tuned for updates for an epic battle that could make or break their hopes for making semifinals!