Three players from victorious India have been named in the ICC 2025 Women’s World Cup Team of the tournament.
Deepti Sharma, the competition’s leading wicket-taker who took a stunning five for 39 in the final, is joined by teammates Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues.
The trio are joined by three players from the tournament’s runners-up, South Africa – Team of the Tournament captain, Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp and Nadine de Klerk – along with the same number of Australians – Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland and Alana King.
Two English players – Nat Sciver-Brunt and Sophie Ecclestone – and Pakistani Sidra Nawaz complete the squad.
The selection panel consists of commentators Ian Bishop, Mel Jones and Isa Guha, Gaurav Saxena (ICC General Manager – Events and Corporate Communications) and Estelle Vasudevan (Journalist Representative).
The openers faced each other in the final, with Mandhana partner Laura Wolvaardt picked at the top of the rankings.
The pair finished comfortably as the leading run-scorers in the competition, with Wolvaardt topping the charts with 571 with an excellent average of 71.37 – the leading individual run-scorer at an ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup – including majestic, back-to-back centuries in the semi-final and final.
Mandhana, who himself reached three figures against New Zealand in the league stage, finished the tournament with 434 runs at an average of 54.25.
Mandhana’s teammate Rodrigues comes in third after her unforgettable match-winning knock of 127 not out that sent the hosts into the final at Australia’s expense.
Sharma is another Indian star who was selected after topping the bowling charts with 22 scalps, including her decisive spell in the showpiece match.
In addition to Wolvaardt, the Proteas are also well represented. Marizanne Kapp takes her place in the side after another strong performance with bat and ball in recent weeks, scoring two half-centuries and taking twelve wickets. That total included five for 20 against England in the semi-final, which helped her become the leading wicket-taker in the history of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.
Her teammate Nadine de Klerk also had an impressive all-round tournament, her unbeaten 84 from 54 balls helping her India into the competition stage, while she also chipped in with nine wickets.
Australian bowlers Alana King and Annabel Sutherland both have the best bowling figures at any ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup after King created history by taking seven for 18 against South Africa in the league stage.
Sutherland finished with 17 wickets, second only to Sharma, and contributed an unbeaten 98 to help her side get past England in the round robin stages. She did this as part of a 180-run stand with Ashleigh Gardner, who compiled her second century of the competition in that match and is named in the middle order – she also took seven wickets for good measure.
Sidra Nawaz takes the gloves after three catches and four stumpings for Pakistan, including a superb leg-side takedown to dismiss Harmanpreet Kaur against India and lightning-quick reflexes to clear the bails and remove Kim Garth in her side’s clash with Australia.
Sophie Ecclestone completes the 11 after taking 16 wickets at 2.25pm each, including four-wicket hauls against Sri Lanka and South Africa, while her teammate Nat Sciver-Brunt, who contributed 262 runs and nine wickets, is selected as the 12th player after an excellent first World Cup as captain.
ICC World Cup Women’s Cricket Team of the Tournament
- Smriti Mandhana
- Laura Wolvaardt (c)
- Rodrogus agrees
- Marizanne Kapp
- Ashleigh Gardner
- Deepti Sharma
- Annabel Sutherland
- Nadine de Klerk
- Sidra Nawaz (w)
- Alana King
- Sophie Ecclestone
- Nat Sciver-Brunt (12e player)
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