Women's World Cup: No handshakes as Pakistan win toss, field first against India

COLOMBO: Pakistan Women have won the toss and elected to bowl first against India Women in the ICC Women’s World Cup sixth fixture here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.

Like men’s clash in the Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan captain Fatima Sana and India’s Harmanpreet Kaur avoided handshakes at the toss.

Playing XIs

Pakistan XI: Muneeba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (capt), Rameen Shamim, Diana Baig, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal

India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Kranti Goud, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh

Head to Head

Both teams have squared off 11 times in ODIs. The women in blue are unbeaten, winning each of the encounters.

Matches `11, Pakistan 0, India 11

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