Women’s T20 World Cup 2026: The wait is broken after 8 matches in the T20 World Cup… Will the fate of Team India change now? India-Pakistan great match: From toss to playing XI, there is a big game hidden! Captain Harmanpreet’s big bet… will it prove costly for Pakistan?
India vs Pakistan Women T20 World Cup 2026, Birmingham: What could be a more explosive start to the T20 World Cup than this? India’s first match is against its biggest rival Pakistan. In this match being held in Birmingham on Sunday, Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has won the toss and decided to bat first. The current ODI World Champion Indian team is starting its T20 World Cup campaign with a blockbuster match.
India broke the record of losing the toss?
Along with this toss victory, luck also favored the Indian team. The team has broken the streak of losing the toss in 8 consecutive T20I matches. At the same time, the record of losing 12 consecutive toss on England soil since 2022 was also broken today.
Harmanpreet told why we chose batting first
During the toss, Harmanpreet said, “We will bat first. I think it is a very good pitch for batting, so we thought of batting first and put a good total on the board. Winning the last World Cup has given us a lot of confidence and we want to continue the same momentum in this World Cup. We have worked on many of our weaknesses and now the focus is just on playing good cricket. Today Bharti is playing. Yastika had done really well, but today we “Decided to go with Bharti. We are going with three spinners and two medium pacers.”
Pakistan also wanted to get batting first?
At the same time, Pakistan captain Fatima Sana said, “If we had won the toss, we would have batted first because it seems to be a batting track. As a team, we are doing well in both batting and bowling. Our bowling unit is very experienced and good, we just have to improve a little more in batting. It will be a good match. Saira is playing in the team, this will be her first World Cup match.”
Teams:
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Sri Charani, Kranti Gaur.
Pakistan Women (Playing XI): Gul Firozha, Muniba Ali (wk), Ayesha Zafar, Saira Jabeen, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Parvez, Fatima Sana (c), Ramin Shamim, Nashra Sandhu, Tasmiya Rubab, Sadia Iqbal. (ANI)