Sunday\u2019s title clash will be India\u2019s third time in the Women\u2019s World Cup final. India lost to Australia by 98 runs in the 2005 final and suffered a dramatic late collapse in 2017 against England to lose by nine runs.<\/p>\n
In the semi-finals on Thursday, India defied the odds to end Australia\u2019s reign as defending champions by pulling off a record run-chase of 339 runs in Navi Mumbai. Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten innings of 127 to guide India home. Harmanpreet Singh contributed with a vital 89.\u00a0<\/p>\n
South Africa, meanwhile, will feature in their first-ever Women\u2019s ODI World Cup final. Laura Wolvaardt\u2019s commanding 169 powered them to 319\/7 against England in their semi-final before Marizanne Kapp\u2019s career-best 5\/20 sealed a 125-run win.<\/p>\n
Jemimah Rodrigues showed nerves of steel to drive India home against the mighty Australia in the semi-finals. She is among the top scorers in the Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2025 with 268 runs from six innings at an average of 67.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
She also scored 123 when India faced South Africa in a women\u2019s ODI match back in May. World No. 1 batter Smriti Mandhana<\/a> and Harmanpreet Kaur have also been among the runs while Deepti Sharma is the joint top wicket-taker in the tournament with 17 scalps.\u00a0<\/p>\n For South Africa, they will be heavily reliant on their skipper, Laura Wolvaardt. With 470 runs in eight innings at an average of 67, she is the tournament\u2019s leading scorer.<\/p>\n Marizanne Kapp, Nonkululeko Mlaba and Nadine De Klerk have been South Africa\u2019s top wicket-takers.<\/p>\n India vs South Africa Women\u2019s ODI head-to-head<\/p>\n India and South Africa have faced each other 34 times in the women\u2019s ODIs. India have come on top on 20 occasions while South Africa have won 13. One match ended in no result.<\/p>\n