In the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, the Indian team played their second match against Pakistan on 5 October (Sunday). R. of Colombo In this match held at Premdasa Stadium, the Indian team won by 88 runs. India had given a target of 248 runs to Pakistan to win, but it could only score 159 runs.
No handshake policy was seen in this match. At the time of the toss, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur did not join hands with Pakistan captain Fatima Sana. Then even after the match, the Indian players did not handshake with Pakistani players. Earlier, the Indian Mains team did this in the Asia Cup 2025. Then the Indian players did not handhek with Pakistan Players in all three matches.
The Cricket Control Board of India (BCCI) Secretary Devjit Saikia had already made it clear that the players have not been instructed by the board to join hands with the Pakistan team. He had said, ‘There has been no change in the policy. The players have not been instructed to handhek. Our focus is only on sports.
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This issue first emerged during the Mains Asia Cup, when India and Pakistan came face to face three times. At that time, the Indian team avoided handshake before and after the match. Pakistani team coach Mike Hessen claimed that the Indian team did so in view of security and political sensitivity. The tension increased further when the Indian team refused to take the Asia Cup trophy at the hands of Mohsin Naqvi.
The Government of India has already made it clear that sports relations with Pakistan will be limited only to tournaments on ICC or Neutral Venue. The last bilateral cricket series between the two countries was played in 2012-13. For the Women’s World Cup, Pakistan’s team is staying in Colombo, while in Guwahati and Colombo compared to India. India made a great start by defeating Sri Lanka by 59 runs in their first match.
Indian team playing XI: Pritka Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Jemima Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh Thakur, Nallapurdi Charani, Kranti Gaur.
Playing XI of Pakistani team: Muniba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Rumin Shamim, Alia Riyaz, Sidra Nawaz (wicketkeeper), Fatima Sana (captain), Natalia Parvez, Diana Baig, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu.
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