IND vs PAK – Referee wrongly awards toss to Pakistan:Match official mishears PAK captain Fatima Sana’s ‘tails’ call, Harmanpreet does not object either | WATCH

The highly anticipated India-Pakistan match at the 2025 World Cup got off to a chaotic start as confusion marred the toss proceedings. In an unusual mix-up, Pakistan captain Fatima Sana’s call of ‘tails’ was misheard by match referee Shandre Fritz and announcer Mel Jones as ‘heads’. When the coin landed on heads, the toss was wrongly awarded to Pakistan, who chose to field. Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, howevver, did not raise an objection when she was out in the middle. No handshake between captains Adding to the tense atmosphere, both teams made one change each to their line-ups, and following a pattern seen in recent men’s cricket clashes in the Asia Cup 2025, the captains refrained from shaking hands at the toss. Playing XIs: India: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani ​​​​​​​Pakistan: Muneeba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Rameen Shamim, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Fatima Sana (c), Natalia Pervaiz, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal Match stopped due to flies In another bizarre moment during the Indian innings, match had to stopped for a brief while because of flies.