Women's World Cup 2025: Top run scorer, top wicket taker and full prize-money breakdown

An unforgettable night for Indian cricket fans. The women's cricket team won the World Cup for the first time in history. The India Women's team won the title by defeating the powerful South Africa Women's team by 52 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Shafali Varma emerged as the star of the night as she scored 87 runs off 78 balls and then picked two wickets with the ball. Deepti Sharma was named as the best player of the tournament as she claimed a total of 22 wickets, the highest wicket-taker of the tournament.

"As I said at the start, God has sent me here to do something nice, and that was reflected today. Very happy that we won, and I cannot express it in words. It was difficult, but I had confidence in myself—that if I could stay calm, I could achieve everything. My parents, my friends, my brother, and everyone supported me and helped me understand how to play," Varma said after the match.

"Honestly, this is feeling like a dream because we have not been able to come out of that emotion. Feeling really nice I could contribute this way in a World Cup final. We have always thought about how we can use the takeaways from every match. Thanks to them (the people), this would not have been possible. As a team, we are feeling very happy," Sharma said during the match presentation ceremony.

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Another attractive part of this edition's World Cup is the amount of prize money for the winning team. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a staggering amount of prize money for the champion team. Even the runner-up and other participating teams in the tournament received a good amount of money.

Women's World Cup 2025 full prize money breakdown:

• Champions (India)—USD 4.48 million (approximately Rs 39.55 crore)
• Runners-up (South Africa) – USD 2.24 million (approximately Rs 19.77 crore)
• Losing semifinalists (Australia and England)—USD 1.12 million each (approximately Rs 9.89 crore)
• Group-stage wins—USD 34,314 (approximately Rs 30.29 lakh) per match
• 5th–6th place finishers – USD 700,000 (approximately Rs 62 lakh)
• 7th–8th place finishers – USD 280,000 (approximately Rs 24.71 lakh)
• Guaranteed participation payout—USD 250,000 (approximately Rs 22 lakh) per team

List of Individual Award Winners:

• Player of the Match in the final—Shafali Verma
• Player of the World Cup 2025—Deepti Sharma
• Most runs in World Cup 2025—Laura Wolvaardt (571 runs)
• Most wickets in World Cup 2025—Deepti Sharma (22 wickets)