India vs South Africa

India produced a dominant display at the FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026, defeating South Africa 6-1 at Wagener Stadium to record their biggest-ever victory in the tournament. The emphatic win also lifted India to the top of Pool D and put them in a strong position to reach the second round. India Make Fast Start India controlled the game from the opening whistle and broke the deadlock in the 11th minute. A fluent passing move down the left created the opportunity, with

India's assistant coach has said that the defending T20 World Cup champions will require "two big performances" in order to qualify for the semi-finals after their crash to South Africa on Sunday. India were red-hot favourites on home soil heading into the T20 World Cup but suffered a crushing 76-run defeat in the Super Eights, as the 80,000 fans at the sprawling Narendra Modi stadium fell silent. In their first run chase of the tournament, India's batsmen fell way short against some disciplined South Africa bowling.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes to India's women cricketers after their "historic" World Cup final win on Sunday, while team captain Harmanpreet Kaur hoped it would be a watershed moment for the women's game in the country. India had come agonisingly close to winning the showpiece in 2005 and 2017 before triumphing by 52 runs against South Africa to lift their first 50-overs title in front of a home crowd of 40,000 at the Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium. The team