ICC Women's T20 World Cup : India win toss, Elect To Bat Against Pakistan

 Birmingham :  India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their Women's T20 World Cup opener here on Sunday. Both the captains -- Harmanpreet and her Pakistan counterpart Fatima Sana -- expectedly did not shake hands at the toss, as is now the customs between the traditional rivals.

Maintaining the unwritten policy of the BCCI, the Indian women's cricket team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur did not shake hands with her Pakistan counterpart Fatima Sana at the toss ahead of their opening Group 1 match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup here on Sunday.Since the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor by the Indian Armed Forces last year, the national cricket teams had maintained the 'No Handshake' policy at the toss and after the match.

It was started by the now sacked former India T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav at the Asia Cup in Dubai.

Harmanpreet and Fatima also didn't shake hands during the Women's ODI World Cup match in Colombo.

"I think we are here for cricket, and we only talk about cricket, except that we don't talk about anything.. Cricket has been our dream from day one, and we only discuss cricket and tomorrow's game," Harmanpreet had said when asked by the media on the eve of India's T20 World Cup opener. 

India have included Bharti Fulmali in the eleven for the match.

Teams:

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani, Shreyanka Patil

Pakistan: Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali(w), Ayesha Zafar, Saira Jabeen, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana(c), Rameen Shamim, Nashra Sandhu, Tasmia Rubab, Sadia Iqbal.