Women’s World Cup: India defeated Pakistan in the Women’s ODI World Cup match 2025

Harmanpreet Kaur also hoped that ‘everyone back home is happy as well.’

India captain women’s team, Harmanpreet Kaur, credited the bowlers for setting the tone right of the game for an emphatic 88-run win over Pakistan in the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup clash at the R Premadasa Stadium.

Harmanpreet Kaur credits the bowlers.

India defeated Pakistan in the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup clash at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. India women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur credited the bowlers for doing a great job on the field. She added that she hopes everyone back home was very happy with the victory in Sunday’s clash. India posted 247 on a sluggish pitch before bowling out Pakistan for 159, thanks to three-fers from Kranti Gaud and Deepti Sharma. Kaur said, “Very happy, very important game for all of us, and I’m sure everyone back home is happy as well. Our bowling was great.” In the post-match presentation ceremony, she added, “Kranti bowled really well, she was outstanding, and Renuka helped her in getting the breakthroughs. We created so many chances, unfortunately, we dropped it, but in the end, when you win, you are happy.”

Harmanpreet Kaur also acknowledged the batting challenges.

Harmanpreet also acknowledged the batting challenges and praised Richa Ghosh for her cameo of 25 not out, lending respectability to the total. She said, “It wasn’t an easy pitch to bat on, we wanted to bat longer and see how many runs we can get. It wasn’t an easy pitch. It’s been raining, and there was a hold on the pitch. We wanted to keep wickets in hand. The key was keeping wickets. Richa batted really well and gave us that crucial 30 runs.” She added that the team was keen to carry momentum into the next phase of the tournament, as India will now face South Africa in Visakhapatnam on October 9, before facing defending champions Australia at the same venue on October 12.

Kaur further noted, “There are a lot of areas, but we are happy we won, just want to go with the momentum. Now we go back to India, we know how the pitches play there, we will look at the combinations and what team we need to play.” Pakistan admitted her side leaked too many runs in key phases and fell way too short with the bat, while reserving praise for Sidra Amin, who scored a fighting 81.