Harmanpreet Kaur-led Team India secured a victory by 52 runs in the final of the ODI Women`s World Cup 2025 match against South Africa. Listen to the podcast here.
The victory also helped them clinch the first-ever World Cup title in the history of Indian women`s cricket.
One of the key members of the Indian women`s World Cup-winning team beyond the players was head coach Amol Muzumdar.
The Mumbai cricket has had an illustrious career and considered one of the most successful stalwarts of domestic cricket in India, but winning the ODI World Cup as the head coach is different as Muzumdar has come a long way to add another feather in his cap.
Looking back his career, the incumbent head coach of the World Cup-winning Team India, Muzumdar, spoke exclusively with the Deputy Editor of mid-day, Clayton Murzello in 2021 in an inspiring `mid-day`s Mumbai Cricket Podcast`.
In a career spanning over two decades, Muzumdar played 171 first-class matches, in which he accumulated 11,167 runs, with a top score of 260 runs. He also had 30 centuries and 60 half-centuries to his name.
Apart from the first-class games, he featured in 113 List A matches. He scored 3286 runs, including three tons and 26 half-centuries.
Moving up the ranks in his coaching career, he took over the reins of the Indian women`s cricket team in 2023 leading to the thrilling final in November 2025. The ODI Women`s World Cup 2025, important contributions from Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma saw India post a total of 298. However, the best was yet to come as the Proteas were bowled out for 246 runs in 45.3 overs in an attempt to chase the target of 299 runs.
Deepti Sharma was the most successful bowler for the hosts. Bowling 9.3 overs, she bagged five wickets for 39 runs. While Shafali Verma claimed two wickets by conceding 36 runs in seven overs, Nallapureddy Charani picked up one wicket for 48 runs in nine overs.
Verma was named as the “Player of the Match” as she also played a knock of 87 runs during India`s innings.
Following the historic triumph, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also announced a prize money of Rs 51 crore to the “Women in Blue”, and giving Muzumdar the coveted title.