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NAVI MUMBAI, India (AP) — Led by brilliant all-round performances from Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma, India won the Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time with a 52-run victory over South Africa on Sunday.

The hosts had made the final after beating defending champions Australia, ending their run of 15 consecutive match wins in the tournament.

As if to highlight what that victory meant, an emotional Harmanpreet gave way to a more familiar, business-like one for the final. The way she nonchalantly tossed the ball up to herself and caught it at the end of Sunday's comfortable win over South Africa then stalked around calmly marshalling her team for celebrations gave an air of "job done".

After two runners-up finishes in 2005 and 2017, the Indian team finally became third time lucky as they defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final to lift maiden silverware.