{"id":180394,"date":"2026-06-14T08:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180394"},"modified":"2026-06-14T08:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:47:07","slug":"ind-vs-pak-womens-t20-world-cup-2026-harmanpreet-kaur-fatima-sana-do-not-shake-hands-at-toss-in-india-vs-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180394","title":{"rendered":"IND vs PAK, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Harmanpreet Kaur, Fatima Sana do not shake hands at toss in India vs Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71101159\">India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan captain Fatima Sana did not shake hands at the toss ahead of their Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 match at Edgbaston on June 14.<\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup guidelines, set by the International Cricket Council (ICC), do not make handshakes between players compulsory, and action can only be taken against teams or players if their conduct doesn\u2019t uphold the spirit of the game.<\/p>\n<p>After political tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, and subsequently Operation Sindoor, India and Pakistan did not shake hands at any of their meetings across men\u2019s and women\u2019s cricket in over the last year.<\/p>\n<p><b>Follow the match <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/india-vs-pakistan-live-score-highlights-women-t20-world-cup-2026-match-today-smriti-shafali-harmanpreet\/article71101041.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Harmanpreet and Fatima did not shake hands when the two sides met at the Women\u2019s ODI World Cup in 2025 either.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about handshakes at the pre-match press conference, Harmanpreet had said, \u201cWe are here for cricket and we (in the team) don\u2019t talk about anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 14, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/india-vs-pakistan-womens-t20-world-cup-2026-toss-handshake-harmanpreet-fatima-latest-news-updates\/article71101159.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan captain Fatima Sana did not shake hands at the toss ahead of their Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 match at Edgbaston on June 14. The Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup guidelines, set by the International Cricket Council (ICC), do not make handshakes between players compulsory, and action can only be &#8230; <a title=\"IND vs PAK, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Harmanpreet Kaur, Fatima Sana do not shake hands at toss in India vs Pakistan\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180394\" aria-label=\"Read more about IND vs PAK, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Harmanpreet Kaur, Fatima Sana do not shake hands at toss in India vs Pakistan\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP_77QR7LR.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":180209,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180209","url_meta":{"origin":180394,"position":0},"title":"IND-W vs PAK-W, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Harmanpreet wants confidence-boosting opening win","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Harmanpreet Kaur has been one constant for India\u2019s remarkable resurgence in women\u2019s cricket. 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