IND-W vs PAK-W: India won the toss against Pakistan, decided to bat first

IND-W vs PAK-W Toss Update: Team India’s first match in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 is against Pakistan. This match is to be played at the historic Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. The match will start at 7 pm. Earlier, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss in Birmingham and decided to bat first. The captain told that for this match, Bharti Phoolmali has been selected in the playing-11 in place of Yastika Bhatia.

After India won the toss against Pakistan, Harmanpreet Kaur said that we will bat first. This is a very good pitch for batting, we will try to score a good score. We are all very excited, we have got confidence from the last World Cup. It is important to play good cricket and that is what we are focusing on. Bharti is playing today. We are going with three spinners and two medium pacers.

What did Pakistan captain Fatima Sana say?

Whereas Pakistani captain Fatima Sana said that we too would have batted first. This looks like a good pitch for batting. As a team we are doing very well in batting and bowling. This is a good thing. The pitch looks good for batting, but our bowling is also strong. We are going with Saira and this will be her first World Cup match.

Both teams for the great match

India’s playing eleven: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (W), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Sri Charani, Kranti Goud

Pakistan’s playing eleven: Gul Firozha, Muniba Ali (wk), Ayesha Zafar, Saira Jabeen, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Parvez, Fatima Sana (c), Ramin Shamim, Nashra Sandhu, Tasmiya Rubab, Sadia Iqbal.

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What did Harmanpreet Kaur say about handshake?

Let us tell you that earlier while talking to journalists, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur had said that I think we are here for cricket and talk only about cricket. He said that apart from cricket we do not talk about anything else. Harmanpreet Kaur clearly said that I do not even think about anything other than cricket. Cricket has been our dream since the beginning and we only talk about that.