The Indian women’s cricket team created history by winning the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 title at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. From Anushka Sharma, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra to Hrithik Roshan, Bollywood stars took to social media to celebrate the team’s spectacular win and lauded the players for ending the drought of almost 50 years with their performance and confidence.
Bollywood hails Women’s World Cup final victory
As soon as India sealed the title, there was a flood of congratulatory messages from Bollywood celebrities from Priyanka Chopra to Kareena Kapoor.
Actress Priyanka Chopra shared the team’s picture on Instagram Stories and wished the girls all the best. He wrote, “Congratulations to our champions #TeamIndia.”
Meanwhile, Kareena Kapoor admitted that she got emotional after the win. She shared a video of the final moments of the match on her Instagram Stories and wrote, “Still crying tears of joy,” along with a heart emoji.
Actress Anushka Sharma wrote, “You champions!! Such an important achievement”, while Kiara Advani shared, “What an incredible moment, you have created history!!! Congratulations to our women in blue”.
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Abhishek Bachchan took to social media to express his excitement and shared, “Come on NNN!!! INDIAAAAA!!! World Champion. Well done ladies.”
Actor Suniel Shetty celebrated the team’s spirit and determination in his message and wrote, “Sweat. Soul. Grit. Sheer heart. And that’s how history shined! Our Women in Blue didn’t chase glory – they owned it. For every little girl with a dream, and for every single Indian out there, say it loud – we are world champions.”
Actor Ajay Devgan posted, “A night we’ll never forget. Thank you Champions. This team has shown the world what true grit and faith can do!”
Actress Trupti Dimri shared her pride, saying, “They did it. Women showed how it’s done.”
Actor Arjun Kapoor shared, “Inspirational!!! Bow down Team India…”, Varun Dhawan mentioned, “Proud Indian proud cricket fan. Our hero”
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Shraddha Kapoor compared this victory to India’s iconic victory in 1983. Shraddha wrote, “For decades, only parents used to hear how 1983 felt. Thanks girls for giving us our ye wala pal (We used to hear stories about our parents’ feelings after India won the World Cup in 1983. Thanks for giving us that moment). It’s for generations.”
India becomes Women’s Cricket World Cup champion
On Sunday, the Indian women’s team won its first World Cup title by defeating South Africa in the final at the Dr. DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. This was a historic moment. Indian women played their first match in 1976 and since then till 2025 it has been almost 50 years and they had not won the World Cup title. The team was led by Harmanpreet Kaur.
Chasing the target of 299 runs, South Africa was all out for 246 runs in 45.3 overs thanks to Deepti Sharma’s five wickets. Player of the match went to Shafali Verma, who scored 87 runs on 78 balls and also took two wickets.
