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**India Continues No-Handshake Policy with Pakistan at Women’s Cricket World Cup**
**Colombo, Sri Lanka** – The sixth league match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 between India and Pakistan is underway at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first.
However, pre-match rituals were marked by a continuation of India’s policy of not shaking hands with Pakistani players. As seen in the recent Asia Cup, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur did not shake hands with her Pakistani counterpart, Fatima Sana, at the toss. This extends a policy that began at the Asia Cup 2025, where Indian players refrained from handshakes in all three matches against Pakistan.
Pakistan made one change to their lineup, bringing in top-order batter Sadaf Shamas. India replaced the ill Amanjot Kaur with Renuka Singh.
**Teams:**
* **Pakistan XI:** Muniba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Ameen, Rameen Shamim, Alia Riaz, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Fatima Sana (c), Natalia Parvaiz, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal.
* **India XI:** Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani.
India has a dominant record against Pakistan in Women’s ODI cricket, having never lost a match in the format. This includes four encounters at the ODI World Cup.
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