Champions Of The World! India's Women In Blue Create History, Win Maiden World Cup Title

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This special report from India Today covers the Indian women's cricket team's historic, first-ever World Cup victory against South Africa in a thrilling final held in Navi Mumbai. The team, known as the Women in Blue, secured their maiden global title in what was their third appearance in a World Cup final. After a challenging tournament where they lost three matches in a row at one stage, India posted a formidable score of 298, ultimately defeating South Africa by a commanding 52 runs. The programme captures the jubilant celebrations across the nation, as millions watched the home team lift the trophy, marking a monumental day for women's cricket in India and crowning a new, first-time world champion.

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00:00breaking news coming in on india today at the moment the indian women's team have created

00:20history they are the champions of the world third time trying remember this was the third final for

00:28the women in blue and they have finally achieved that global title that indian cricket so deserved

00:35remember the indian women's team did not have an ideal tournament throughout this particular edition

00:42of the world cup there was one stage where they ended up losing three matches in a row but from

00:48there on they've gone on to win this title in outstanding fashion the final which at one point

00:57was looking like a close affair that eventually turned out to be quite one-sided with the indian

01:04women's team winning that particular game by a huge margin of 52 runs south africa all out for 246

01:14chasing a mammoth 299 that the indian team had set for them this is for the very first time

01:24the women in blue that have been crowned the champions of the world the final that took place

01:31in front of a host of celebrities in navi mumbai living up to its billing whatever the result we

01:38knew one thing even before this final had started that we were going to be getting first time champions

01:45both india and south africa had never won a women's world cup so we knew we'll get first time champions

01:52but the icing on the cake is that it is the home team that have been crowned champions there was a huge

02:00rush for tickets before this finale giving you an insight into how much women's cricket has caught on

02:08amongst the faithful in india in the last few years and all those people that turned up in the stadium

02:14and millions that were watching from their television sets back home they have been served an absolute treat

02:23what you're seeing on your television screens right now are many places across india where live screening of the game

02:34was done lots of families that were there off the team watching it amongst a host of other fans as well

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