IND-W vs SA-W: ICC Provides Official Update On The Rain Delay In India vs South Africa Women's World Cup 2025 Final, Here's The Cut Off Time

The entire world waits in anticipation as India and South Africa prepare to face each other in the Women's ODI World Cup final. This is the first time that both the nations are coming face-to-face with each other in an ODI World Cup final. Prior to this, India and South Africa had faced each other only once, during the T20 World Cup final in 2024.

This particular final also marks the first time that neither England nor Australia have qualified for the summit clash of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup.

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Rain Continues to Play Spoilsport in Navi Mumbai

The Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai has continued to see heavy downpour in the past few games. The last league game that was played between India and Bangladesh saw rain playing spoilsport, whereas the semi-final between India and Australia saw some passing showers in the game, but come to the final game, things have been worse. There is a reserve day in place, but both India and South Africa will like the game to be completed on the given day itself.

The cut-off time for the game to start is 9:08 PM IST for a twenty-over game to take place. Despite a long delay, the game will start to lose overs from 5 PM IST. The forecast for the evening looks nice and bright, but the ground staff in Navi Mumbai will have to do a lot of stuff before the conditions are declared fit to play.

South Africa and India marched into the finals of the Women's ODI World Cup after beating former champions England and Australia. India had qualified for the ODI World Cup finals in 2005 and 2017, but they ended up losing to Australia and England.

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India vs South Africa Head-to-Head in Women's ODIs

India and South Africa have played 34 Women's ODI games against each other, with India having the upper hand over the Proteas women. India have won 20 games, whereas South Africa have won only 13 games against India, but all of it is null and void at the moment with the World Cup glory at stake.