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The ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 is only seven matches old and has already started to heat up the competition. The hosts India, who started their campaign with a big win over Sri Lanka in the tournament opener, beat Pakistan on Sunday in Colombo to jump to the top of the points table with four points from two games. They replaced Australia at the top, whose second game against Sri Lanka on Saturday was washed out due to rain. As a result, they only have three points from two games. England and Bangladesh are the other two teams in the top four with two points from three games each.
In the latter half of the table, South Africa with a dominant win over New Zealand have jumped up to number five spot, replacing Sri Lanka who are now sixth. New Zealand and Pakistan are the bottom two teams with no points to show for after two matches.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Points Table:
| Position | Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | India Women | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.515 |
| 2 | Australia Women | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.78 |
| 3 | England Women | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.773 |
| 4 | Bangladesh Women | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.623 |
| 5 | South Africa Women | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.402 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka Women | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.255 |
| 7 | New Zealand Women | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.485 |
| 8 | Pakistan Women | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.777 |
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025: Format
The Women’s World Cup follows the same format as the Men’s, where all participating teams — i.e. eight teams — will play one game against every other team, with the top four teams then clashing in the semifinals, and the winners of those two semifinals will then face each other in the title clash on Sunday, November 2.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025: Top Batters
Despite New Zealand's nightmare start thier skipper Sophie Devine leads the batters chart with 197 runs to her name in 2 matches, followed by Australia's Ashleigh Gardner with 115 runs. South Africa's Tazmin Brits is at number three spot with 106 runs to her name.
Top 10 run-scorers of ICC Women’s World Cup 2025:
| Rank | Player | Matches | Inns | Runs | Avg | SR | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Sophie Devine | 2 | 2 | 197 | 98.5 | 93.81 | 21 | 3 |
| 2 | Ashleigh Gardner | 1 | 1 | 115 | 115 | 138.55 | 16 | 1 |
| 3 | Tazmin Brits | 2 | 2 | 106 | 53 | 110.42 | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | Harleen Deol | 2 | 2 | 94 | 47 | 72.87 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | Sune Luus | 2 | 2 | 85 | 85 | 68 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | Sidra Amin | 2 | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 75.7 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | Deepti Sharma | 2 | 2 | 78 | 39 | 90.7 | 4 | - |
| 8 | Brooke Halliday | 2 | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 97.33 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Pratika Rawal | 2 | 2 | 68 | 34 | 70.83 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | Amanjot Kaur | 1 | 1 | 57 | 57 | 101.79 | 5 | 1 |
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025: Top Bowlers
Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma leads the wicket-takers list with six wickets from two games, followed by Diana Baig of Pakistan, who has taken five wickets in two matches. Deepti’s teammate Kranti Gaud is third with four wickets.
Top 10 wicket-takers of ICC Women’s World Cup 2025:
| Rank | Player | Matches | Wkts | Avg | 4-fers | 5-fers |
| 1 | Deepti Sharma | 2 | 6 | 16.5 | - | - |
| 2 | Diana Baig | 2 | 5 | 16.6 | 1 | - |
| 3 | Kranti Gaud | 2 | 4 | 15.25 | - | - |
| 4 | Sneh Rana | 2 | 4 | 17.5 | - | - |
| 5 | Nonkululeko Mlaba | 2 | 4 | 12.25 | 1 | - |
| 6 | Lea Tahuhu | 2 | 4 | 17.25 | - | - |
| 7 | Inoka Ranaweera | 1 | 4 | 11.5 | 1 | - |
| 8 | Amelia Kerr | 2 | 4 | 29 | - | - |
| 9 | Jess Kerr | 2 | 4 | 25 | - | - |
| 10 | Shorna Akter | 1 | 3 | 1.67 | - | - |
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