India, Nov. 2 -- After a considerable delay to the start of the much-anticipated Women's World Cup final at the DY Patil Sports Academy, due to rain in Navi Mumbai, Laura Wolvaardt won the toss and South Africa opted to bowl against India. Both teams made no changes to their playing XI, which featured in the semifinal earlier this week.

This was the eighth time that India lost a toss out of the nine games they played in the Women's World Cup tournament this time. In fact, Harmanpreet Kaur won just one toss in the last 11 ODIs, and that game ended in a No Result - against Bangladesh last Sunday at the same venue. With the result of the toss, India equalled their unfortunate 43-year-old record in Women's World Cup history. In 1982, India h...