Dubai: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup. At the toss, Pakistan captain Fatima Sana appeared to expect her Indian counterpart Harmanpreet Kaur to shake hands with her. However, immediately after the toss, Harmanpreet walked past her without doing so, maintaining India’s practice, followed since last year, of not shaking hands with players from arch-rivals Pakistan.
Fatima Sana called tails at the toss. When the coin landed on tails, the match referee asked her to announce her decision, and she opted to bat first.
Harmanpreet later said, “Our bowling has been very good in this tournament, so it is good that we have got the opportunity to bowl first. We would prefer chasing a target.”
Playing XIs of Both Teams:
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, Prema Rawat, Kranti Gaud and Nandani Sharma.
Pakistan: Fatima Sana (Captain), Muneeba Ali (Wicketkeeper), Shawaal Zulfiqar, Gul Firoza, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Eman Fatima, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Yousuf and Umme-Hani.
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