Srinagar, Nov. 3 -- Indian women's cricket reached its biggest milestone as Harmanpreet Kaur's team lifted the ICC Women's World Cup for the first time, defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final.

Playing their third World Cup final after the heartbreaks of 2005 and 2017, India finally ended years of waiting with a dominant performance in front of home fans. The BCCI announced a cash reward of ?51 crore for the team.

Batting first, India posted 298 for 7 - the second-highest total in tournament history. Shafali Verma led the charge with 87 off 84 balls, while Deepti Sharma contributed 55 runs and later produced a match-winning spell of 5 for 39.

Deepti ended as the tournament's top wicket-taker with 21 scalps. Shafali, recalled to ...