🏏ICC Women's World Cup 2025: South Africa W vs India W, FINAL🏏 - Page 8

Team’s losing most tosses in Women’s WC edition

9 out of 13 - ENG-W in 1982

8 out of 9 - IND-W in 2025

8 out of 12 - IND-W in 1982

7 out of 7 - SL-W in 2000

7 out of 9 - SA-W in 2025

Harmanpreet Kaur has won just one toss in last 11 ODIs - and that game ended in a no-result (vs BAN-W at this venue last Sunday)

The first 10 overs will be crucial to both teams.

Abhimanyu : "Some Indian team had to lose the toss. If not the men's it's the ladies!" -- The balance of the universe and all that.

Harmanpreet Kaur: We would’ve bowled first as well, given the weather and conditions. But yeah, it’s an important game, and somehow it feels like we’re back in rhythm. Hopefully, we can bat freely and put up a strong total on the board. This one’s a little sticky (pitch) because of the rain and the overhead conditions. The outfield is slightly damp too, but I think after five or six overs it should settle down nicely. We’ll try to do the same things again - play with intent, stay positive, and back our plans. We spoke about that game that night, enjoyed the win, and then had two days to recover and reset. Everyone’s back focused now, and we’re really looking forward to this game.

Laura Wolvaardt: Yeah, a bit of rain around, so it just feels like a nice day to chase later with a bit of movement on offer. The surface looks pretty good, and hopefully we can get a bit of swing early on with the rain we’ve had over the last couple of hours. But yeah, looks like a really good wicket overall. Definitely, we haven’t played here before, but I think we’ve been pretty good at adapting throughout the tournament. Hopefully our bowlers can quickly assess conditions and make the most of it today. We’re unchanged today. Definitely. It’s a big day for us, but we’re just really excited about the opportunity. It’s very special playing in front of a crowd like this, so we’ll just look to enjoy every moment. Yeah, we’ll take the positives from that, but it all starts from zero again today. We’ll have to start fresh, but the confidence in the group is high and we’ve been playing some really positive cricket.

SA won the toss?

A massive cheer goes around as Sachin Tendulkar walks out with the trophy, alongside Mel Jones and Isa Guha, and places it on a designated platform. Not far now before the first ball and after a long delay, the opening exchanges of the World Cup final might just be upon us.

Just feel it's a very good toss to win for South Africa in these conditions. Harman mentioned how the pitch could be sticky to start with and all eyes will be on Marizanne Kapp, coming off a brilliant performance in the semifinal where should picked up a five-for. Okay, the flags of the two countries are being brought out. Will soon be time for the anthems.

How sweet and melodious the singer's voice is!

All the best girls!! Win, Lose or draw you have our full love cheering y'all on!! Go on and give your bests! Bring that trophy home!!

Originally posted by: Swathi_7

SA won the toss?