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India women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur has won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan women in their campaign opener of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 on June 14.

Toss Decision – Captain’s Comments & Reasoning

“We will bat first. The wicket looks good for batting, and we will put runs on the board. We are excited, and the World Cup win at home has given us confidence. We have broken several barriers, and now we are looking forward to the World Cup,” Harmanpreet Kaur said.

Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana would have batted first as well, considering the good batting conditions, but she is backing her bowlers to bowl well against the Indian team.

“We wanted to bat first, as it looks like a good batting track. As a team, we have done well in the batting and bowling units. We need to bowl well. We have good bowlers, and it will be a good contest against India,” she said.

Playing XIs

India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur, 5 Bharti Fulmali, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Arundhati Reddy, 9 Kranti Gaud, 10 Shree Charani, 11 Shreyanka Patil

Pakistan: 1 Muneeba Ali (wk), 2 Gull Feroza, 3 Ayesha Zafar, 4 Saira Jabeen, 5 Natalia Pervaiz, 6 Aliya Riaz, 7 Fatima Sana (capt), 8 Rameen Shamim, 9 Nashra Sandhu, 10 Sadia Iqbal, 11 Tasmia Rubab

Toss Result Today – IND vs PAK ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026

Q1: Who won the toss today in the IND vs PAK Women’s ICC T20 World Cup 2026 match?

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has won the toss and decided to bat first.

Q2: What was the toss time today?

The toss took place at 06:30 PM IST.

Q3: Why did the captain choose to bat first?

Harmanpreet Kaur has opted to bat first because of good batting conditions.

Q4: Where is today’s match being played?

Edgbaston, Birmingham