COLOMBO: Pakistan Women’s cricket team won the toss and opted to bowl first against India in the sixth match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, being played at the R. Premadasa Stadium today (on Sunday).
Ahead of the high-voltage clash, Pakistan made one change in their lineup — Sadaf Shamas replaced Omaima Sohail.
Captain Fatima Sana, expressing confidence before the match, said: “Playing in the qualifiers gave me good confidence. We’ll try to perform well — 250 will be a good total on this pitch that we can defend.”
Squads
Pakistan: Fatima Sana (c), Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (vc), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Syeda Aroob Shah.
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Uma Chetry, Renuka Singh Thakur, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud.
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