The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 promises to be awe-inspiring, with India proudly standing as one of the two host nations alongside Sri Lanka. It would be the fourth time India hosts the tournament on home soil and the matches will be played across iconic venues in Navi Mumbai, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, and Indore, while Sri Lanka shall be conducting her matches mainly at Colombo.
Just a few days away, the ICC WODI Cricket World Cup 2025 sees an Indian squad filled to the brim with talent, merit, and match-winners. Here is a pack of top Indian players set to bring some thrills in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025.
Indian Players to watch out For:
1. Smriti Mandhana
Prime offender Smriti Mandhana, with the exalted looks of a majestic opening batter, remains the backbone of the Indian batting order. At 29 years of age, this left-handed batter has played in 108 ODIs scoring 4,888 runs with a top score of 136 and 13 centuries to her name. Her fantastic recent century against Australia on September 20 in the third ODI, her second in a row, has cemented her status as that world-class batter who can smack top bowlers in big moments.
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This year, she has played 14 ODIs, scoring 928 runs with 4 centuries, the highest being 135, having shown great consistency with an average of 66.28. Her first century in the Australia series was made in the second ODI on 17 September, which helped her regain rank one as an ODI batter in the world, capable of dismantling top bowlers at important moments.
2 Deepti Sharma
Deepti Sharma is another vital asset of this team. At 28, she has participated in more than 112 matches, scoring 2452 runs with a hundred and bagging 140 wickets through her right-arm off-break bowling, with a best figure of 6/20. She does hold a superstar status due to the fact that she can roll up her sleeves for India both with the bat and the ball.
This year, in 14 ODIs, Deepti scored 381 runs, her highest score being 93, and she has taken 17 wickets, with the best bowling performance being 3/27 this year. Her most important abilities with bat and ball make her a key member of the Indian side.
3. Sneh Rana
An impactful force has emerged in the bowling department in the name of Sneh Rana. She has scored 281 runs at an average of 20.07 and has taken 50 wickets in 38 ODIs.
In 11 matches this year, she took 21 wickets, with the best bowling of her career-bowling figures of 5/43. She is an essential player who can take wickets at critical moments and provide valuable lower-order runs, thus winning hearts and respect of spectators and opponents alike with her fighting spirit in tight situations and great effectiveness.
India has a great legacy in women’s cricket but is yet to win the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. The Indian women’s team has reached the finals twice in 2005 and 2017 but, unfortunately, could not get their hands on the trophy either time.
With the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 knocking on the door, the entire side, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, has hearts brimming with hope and determination to realize this historic milestone for India. The combined efforts as well as the positive attitude of the team will keep leading the nation’s dream of capturing their maiden ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup trophy.
