Women's Cricket Team of the Year 2025 Highlights India’s World Cup Triumph and Standout Performances
India won the 2025 Women's World Cup, securing a long-awaited title described as five decades in the making. The Spin's team of the year is cross-format and emphasizes crucial World Cup moments, noting that 2025 featured only one Test match — the Ashes in Melbourne.
Smriti Mandhana had the most prolific year of any female cricketer in 2025, scoring 1,362 ODI runs and achieving 17 international hundreds across formats. She was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2026 Women's Premier League at a price of 3.5 crore.
Laura Wolvaardt captained the XI for a second year and impressed with back-to-back hundreds in the World Cup semi-final and final for South Africa. Jemimah Rodrigues contributed two hundreds in 2025, against Ireland and Australia, and produced a defining World Cup semi-final innings before delivering the final-winning blow for India.
Ash Gardner emerged as Australia’s leading all-rounder in 2025, hitting crucial World Cup hundreds and finishing with 19 wickets while maintaining the ICC No. 1 all-rounder ranking. Alana King was praised as a master of leg-spin after delivering a standout World Cup spell of seven wickets for 18 runs against South Africa.
