IND-W vs PAK-W Match Preview

The 13th edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 is underway in India (IND) and Sri Lanka (SL). While all teams have played a match each so far, the co-hosts, India Women will return to the field on Sunday, October 5 when they face Pakistan Women at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side are coming after a convingin 59-run win over Sri Lanka via DLS method, their arch-rivals were handed a seven-wicket drubbing at the hands of Bangladesh Women in their campaign opener.

While the Women in Blue will continue to dominate their opponents, boasting a clear head-to-head record, the Fatima Sana-led side will be eye to put up a tough fight. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction , pitch report, head-to-head and key players of 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup between India Women and Pakistan Women.

IND-W vs PAK-W Match Details

Match

India Women vs Pakistan Women, 6th match

Venue

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Date & Time

Sun day, October 5 , 3 :00 PM (IST)

Live Broadcast & Streaming Details

JioHotstar (app and website) and Star Sports Network

IND-W vs PAK-W Pitch Report

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The surface of the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo offers a balanced surface which is particularly flat in nature and tends to deteriorates as the match progresses . With the ground hosting over 150 ODI matches, majority of the times the team batting first, comes out on top.

IND-W vs PAK-W Head-to-Head Stats and Records

India Women and Pakistan Women have faced each other 11 times in the ODI format so far. Notably , India Women boast of a dominant record over Pakistan Women with 11 wins in as many matches .

Matches played

11

India Women

11

Pakistan Women

0

No Result

0

IND-W vs PAK-W Weather Report

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IND-W vs PAK-W Probable Playing XIs

India Women: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani

Pakistan Women: Muneeba Ali, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (c), Rameen Shamim, Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig, Sadia Iqbal

IND-W vs PAK-W Women’s WC 2025 Squads

India Women: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Uma Chetry, Renuka Singh Thakur, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud.

Pakistan Women: Fatima Sana (c), Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (vc), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Syeda Aroob Shah.

IND-W vs PAK-W Predicted Top Batter

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Smriti Mandhana : Star opening batter Smriti Mandhana can turn out to be a key player in the upcoming match of Women’s Cricket World Cup against Pakistan Women. Mandhana looked in great touch in the recently ended ODI series against Australia Women and smashed two hundreds and a fifty in her last two ODI innings , however she had an outing to forget in the tournament opener against Sri Lanka Women.

IND-W vs PAK-W Predicted Top Bowler

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Deepti Sharma : India Women spinner Deepti Sharma can be key player in the match against Pakistan Women in Colombo . She has been a constant wicket taker for India Women and will looking produce a match-winning spell in the upcoming match.

Today’s Cricket Match Prediction

Toss Prediction: India Women to win the toss

Scenario 1: India Women opt to bowl first

1st innings prediction: Pakistan Women to post 2 00-210 runs

Match Prediction: India Women to win

Scenario 2: Pakistan Women opt to bowl first

1st innings prediction: India Women to post 2 75 -2 8 5 runs

Match Prediction: India Women to win