Colombo: Pakistan won the Worp and decided to first bowlen India in the sixth game of the ICC Ladies Cricket World Cup 2025 in the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.
Pakistan has made two changes to the line -up that lost to Bangladesh, replacing Omaima Sohail with Sadaf Shas at the top of the batting order.
At the pitch, Captain Fatima Sana said: “We are going to bowling first because it is dry again and the field looks good,” she said.
“We have a lot of confidence after the qualifications, and hopefully we will play a good cricket. Hopefully 250 would be a good total to defend on this field.”
In the meantime, in a repeat of recent encounters during Men’s Asia Cup competitions, there was again no handshake between the captains of the Indian and Pakistani women’s teams before the competition. Pakistan wants to bounce back after a tough defeat against Bangladesh in their opening match of the tournament, while India started their campaign with a victory in the opener.
However, the weather conditions can play an important role in the meeting of today, with predictions that predict all day by intermittent rain. Showers are expected before the start of the game and can continue with different intensities during the game.
Colombo has recently seen heavy rainfall and yesterday’s game between Sri Lanka and Australia was canceled due to persistent showers.
Statistics show that Pakistan has never defeated India in the ODIs of women, with the two teams that face each other 11 times, where India has become victorious on all occasions.
The tournament takes place from September 30 to November 2 in India and Sri Lanka, and Pakistan plays all their group stage matches in the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo.
If Pakistan goes to the semi -final on 29 October and the final on November 2, both games will also be held in Colombo.
XIS play:
Pakistan: Muneeba Ali, Sadaf Shas, Sidra Amin, Rameen Shamim, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz (World Championship), Fatima Sana (C), Natalia Pervaiz, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal.
India: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, HarmanPerreet Kaur (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Depti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani.
