India Women vs South Africa Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana maintain India's opening partnership dominance in Women's World Cup final

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma put on a fantastic century stand in the Women's World Cup final against South Africa in Navi Mumbai on Sunday (November 2). The pair added 104 off just 106 deliveries to give the hosts a perfect platform towards posting a huge total in the summit clash.

Verma and Mandhana maintained India's dominance in opening partnerships this tournament. Harmanpreet Kaur's side have been comfortably the no.1 side when it comes to opening partnerships across all parameters. Here are the records set up by India's openers in the 2025 Women's ODI World Cup.

Aggregate runs

India's openers have plundered 671 partnership runs in the tournament. Such is their level of dominance that the next best team has only aggregated 390.

Run rate

India's opening partnerships have operated at an average run rate of 6.02 runs-per-over, which is the third-best among all teams in the tournament. This indicates that two teams have scored quicker than India through their openers but the Indian pair has married consistency with speed.

 

Century stands

India's openers have recorded three century partnerships in the tournament, which is the most by any team

Partnership average

India's opening partnerships average a staggering 83.87 which is a countrymile ahead of the next best opening partnership average of 65