India registered a crushing 88-run victory over Pakistan in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on Sunday (October 5). This result extended India's unbeaten record against Pakistan to 12-0 in ODIs.

India maintained their "no-handshake" policy at the toss and after the match, following the precedent set by their men's cricket team during the recently held Asia Cup in the UAE.

"Very happy, very important game for all of us, and I'm sure everyone back home is happy as well," Harmanpreet said at the post-match presentation.

Invited to bat first, the Women in Blue posted 247/10 in their allotted 50 overs on a slow pitch. Harleen Deol was the top scorer with 46 off 65 balls, while Richa Ghosh produced an unbeaten cameo (35* off 20) in the death overs.

"It wasn't an easy pitch to bat on, we wanted to bat longer and see how many runs we can get. It wasn't an easy pitch. It's been raining, and there was a hold on the pitch. We wanted to keep wickets in hand. The key was keeping wickets, Richa batted really well and gave us that crucial 30 runs," Kaur stated.

In reply, Pakistan’s innings folded for 159 in 43 overs. Sidra Amin stood out with a fighting knock of 81, while Natalia Pervaiz contributed 33 runs.

India's bowling attack proved effective with Kranti Goud taking 3/20 and Deepti Sharma claiming 3/45. Shree Charani also returned with impressive figures of 2/38.

"Our bowling was great. Kranti bowled really well, she was outstanding and Renuka helped her in getting the breakthroughs. We created so many chances, unfortunately, we dropped it, but in the end when you win you are happy," Harmanpreet said.

"There are a lot of areas but we are happy we won, just want to go with the momentum. Now we go back to India, we know how the pitches play there, we will look at the combinations and what team we need to play," she further remarked.

India’s next match is scheduled against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Thursday (October 9).