Women’s World Cup Final: After losing in two finals, India will be hoping to get third-time lucky, and this is South Africa’s first World Cup final. They have been defeated twice in 2017 and 2022. The surprising part of this tournament is when Indian player Jhulan Goswami overtook Kapp as the all-time highest wicket taker in the Women’s World Cup with a whopping 44 wickets. Now the match is going to get more intense as both teams are going to fight for the Champions Trophy. Let’s now look at how important this World Cup is for the Indian women’s team.

From small crowds to filling stadiums Indian women’s team has come a long way. The previous semi-final match has boosted most people and also inspired almost everyone with their exceptional performance. But, still, there is one unfulfilled dream, which is winning the ICC Women’s World Cup.

Looking back in time, there have been some unforgettable moments, but still Indian Women’s team has never lifted the World Cup trophy. Almost twice the World Cup has been slipped, which is quite heartbreaking for everyone. Let’s look at the matches and the closest moments where the Indian women’s team has reached till the World Cup, but couldn’t get it.

1. 2005: The First Big Leap
India first reached the ICC Women’s World Cup final in 2005 under Mithali Raj’s captaincy. The team has made one of the historic moments back then and faced Australia as the opponent during the finals. Unfortunately, India lost by 98 runs, but this was the first step for all the Indian women players to create history.

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2. 2017: So Close, Yet So Far
One other chapter that is recorded in the history of the Indian women’s team was during the 2017 World Cup. This match was also led by Mithali Raj, who showed one of the strongest performances. During this, Harmanpreet Kaur was one player who stood out for her strong performance in the match. After defeating Australia in the semi-final, India has entered into finals once again after 2005. During the finals, India faced England, which turned out to be nail-biting moments towards the end. Unfortunately, India has again lost by just 9 runs. Yes, this sounds close, but this defeat who very hurtful for most of the cricket fans. But after this match, there was huge public support for the women’s team, which helped boost up for the upcoming matches.

The Road Ahead:
Since then Indian Women’s cricket team has produced a few of the exceptional players like Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, and many more. They have been very close to the dream cup, and this wait is over now. Right now, everyone is excited to see the World Cup trophy in the Indian Women’s team. There is massive support for the team right now.

Every Indian now wants to see the women’s team finally lift that ICC trophy; the whole nation will celebrate as if it were a victory years in the making.

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