The women’s ODI World Cup 2025 makes a 12-year-long comeback ro India, the host country of then 2025 event with Colombo acting as a venire city. Inida will open the tournment against Sri Lanka on Sept. 30 at the venue of Bengaluru. The tournament will be played on 28 league based matches, semifinals and final across five cities. The other hosting locations would be Guwahati, Indore, Vizag and Colombo besides Bengaluru. This game of politics between India and Pakistan is all set to take place on Oct. 5 at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. In case the team reaches up to the semi-finals and final, the matches would still be played in Colombo, and the logistics will be changed.

Head To Head Stats

India and Pakistan have played against each other 11 times in Women ODIs, and India has threashed the head to head record entirely. Inida has won all the eleven games with Pakistan havie no such victory yet. No ties or non results matches are seen. On December 5, 2009, the teams fought each other first and their last confrontation was March 6, 2022. This perfect record seeks to point to the dominant standing of India over their arch-rivals in the women ODI format and their tactical advantage and veteran contingent in pressurized matches.

Key Players

India:

Harmanpreet Kaur: Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer and India women national women team captain in all forms of cricket. She bats as an all-rounder. She has been the first woman to score a century of T20 International match by India in 2018. Kaur is the sole Indian woman cricketer who has scored above 3,000 runs in T 20Is.

Smriti Mandhana: Smriti Mandhana is an Indian international cricketer who plays as the vice-captain of national team. She ranks third in the most international centuries, most international ODI centuries. She is considered as one of the best opening batter of all time. Mandhana is a member of Royal Challengers Bangalore in Women Premier League.

Pakistan:

Nida Dar: Nida Dar is a Pakistani Cricketer used as a right arm off break bowler and right handed batsman. Since April 2023 she has served as an all-rounder captain of the Pakistan women cricket team. Dar is the most accomplished women T20I bowler, also an all rounder.

Fatima Sana: Fatima Sana is a Pakistani cricket Player whose main orientation is right-arm medium-fast. Fatima is the leading Pakistan women cricket team captain. She has done domestic cricket with Karachi, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, Barbados Royals and Canterbury Magicians.