Harmanpreet Kaur receives fiery send-off from Nonkululeko Mlaba in World Cup final after creating world record

South Africa Women’s National cricket team 25-year-old Nonkululeko Mlaba dismissed Indian Women’s National Cricket Team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 final.

Nonkuloleko Mlaba gave a fiery farewell to Harmanpreet Kaur after taking a wicket in the summit match at the Dr DY Patel Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on Sunday, November 2.

Harmanpreet Kaur produced her worst ever performance in a World Cup knockout

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur is considered one of the best players in the world in women’s cricket and is known for playing excellent knocks in high-profile matches.

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Kaur is a clutch player, and over the years, she has played some very impressive knocks in knockout matches in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.

In the semi-final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 against the Australia Women’s National Cricket Team, Harmanpreet played a legendary knock of 171* runs. Also, in the final of the same tournament, she slammed 51 runs against England Women.

Meanwhile, in the semi-final of the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, she made 89, but fell short for the first time and was dismissed for 20 runs in the final.

On the sixth ball of the 39th over, Nonkululeko Mlaba bowled straight to Harmanpreet Kaur, who was looking to play a cut shot, too late, and rattled her stumps.

After picking up the wicket, the South African spinner charged in, roared and gave the Indian skipper a fiery farewell. Even though Harmanpreet failed to score big, she still managed to become the player with the highest number of runs in a knockout in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.

Most runs in a women’s ODI knockout:

331 – Harmanpreet Kaur (4 runs)

330- Belinda Clark (6 innings)

309 – Alyssa Healy (4 runs)

281 – Nat Skiver-Brent (5 innings)

240- Debbie Hockley (5 innings)

WATCH: Harmanpreet Kaur receives fiery send-off from Nonkululeko Mlaba

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Everyone wants to do good for their country and win the World Cup – Harmanpreet Kaur

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Harmanpreet said that there is a positive environment in the Indian camp and the players want to win the World Cup for their country.

“The semi-final was a high-pressure, very intense game. After that, recovery was something we all paid more attention to, because the more active we were, mentally, [for the final] The more the better. We’ve been working hard for many years…so, in terms of skill, we know we’ve done a lot. Now, it’s just a matter of keeping ourselves fresh for tomorrow. “Recovery is something we all talk about, everyone is taking this really seriously and hopefully tomorrow we will feel fresh for the main match,” Harmanpreet said.

“We as a team did not lose even once despite losing three big matches. Even after that everyone was together and we were all saying that we still have a great chance to reach the final. It is this positive mentality that got us here. Our team has a positive mentality and everyone wants to do good for their country and win the World Cup.”

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