COLOMBO: On expected lines, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur did not shake hands with her Pakistan counterpart Fatima Sana during the toss for the Women's World Cup fixture, maintaining the trend set by the men's team in Asia Cup.

The BCCI had conveyed the players to avoid customary handshake with members of the Pakistani team.

Mel Jones conducted the toss and both the captains maintained their distance during the ceremony.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

India, who enjoy an 11-0 record over Pakistan in the ODI format, made a forced change to their playing eleven with Renuka Singh replacing an injured Amanjot Kaur.

Pakistan replaced Omaima Sohali with Sadaf Shamas.

In the recently concluded men's Asia Cup, all three games between India and Pakistan took place in a hostile e

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