India captain Harmanpreet Kaur had a gut feeling it was Shafali Verma 's day when she threw the ball to the opener with South Africa ticking along in their run chase of 299 in the World Cup final .

Shafali, who made a career-best 87 with the bat earlier, responded by delivering two key breakthroughs to help India win their maiden World Cup title.

Shafali had bowled just 14 overs for a single wicket in 30 ODIs coming into the match, but it took her just two balls to end a 52-run stand between South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus in the 21st over with a sharp return catch. And with the first ball of her second over, she got another big wicket as Marizanne Kapp was strangled down leg.

"When Laura and Sune were batting, they were looking really good, and I just saw Shaf

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