Navi Mumbai: Deepti Sharma topped a great all-round performance with a fifty and five-wicket haul as India defeated South Africa by 52 runs to claim a historic maiden Women’s ODI World Cup title at the DY Patil Stadium here on Sunday.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s team thus bagged India’s third World Cup title in ODIs — men and women combine, adding to the ones bagged by Kapil Dev’s team in 1983 and MS Dhoni’s boys in 2011 in nearby Wankhede Stadium.

Deepti claimed 5-39 after scoring a fighting 58 to help India score 298/7 in 50 overs and then helped the hosts bundle out South Africa for 246 in 45.3 overs to seal a memorable victory, becoming only the third country after England and Australia to win both the men’s and women’s ODI World Cup.

Shafali Verma was not far behind for India as she top-

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