South Africa went down to Team India in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 on Sunday at the DY Patil Stadium despite a valiant effort from the Protea women as the hosts limited the visitors to 246 during their chase of 299 runs.

Laura Wolvaardt’s incredible ton ultimately went in vain as India picked up a 52-run triumph but the SA skipper opted to take positives from the campaign.

“It’s unfortunate to be on the losing side today, but I’m sure we’ll definitely grow from this as a group," the opener said.

“I think we did so well to put those couple of bad games behind us. We were either really good or really bad, but thankfully there was a lot more really good throughout this tournament," she said reflecting on the side’s fight back to the summit clash at the quadrennial event.

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