In match number six of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, co-hosts India Women are currently locking horns with Pakistan Women at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on October 5. While the Women in Blue are coming off a 59-run win over Sri Lanka Women via DLS method, their arch-rivals were handed a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh Women.
For the unversed, Pakistan Women skipper Fatima Sana won the toss and elected to bowl first. The decision from the captain came seeing moisture on the wicket in Colombo. “We’re going to bowl first. Looks like there could be some moisture on the wicket,” she said.
Harmanpreet Kaur continues handshake row in ICC Women’s CWC 2025
After winning the toss and addressing the team changes, the two skippers were seen avoiding handshakes. This came in continuation
of the ongoing handshake row which has been going on since the Asia Cup 2025, where Suryakumar yadav snubbed handshake with his Pakistan counterpart Salman Ali Agha. While the instance was repeated in the Super Four as well as the final of the Asia Cup.
Watch video of the two captains snubbing handshake at toss:
India Women vs Pakistan Women CWC 2025 Playing XI
Pakistan Women: Muneeba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Rameen Shamim, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz(w), Fatima Sana(c), Natalia Pervaiz, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
India Women: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani
