Birmingham, June 14 -- India Women's skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has won the toss and opted to bat against arch-rivals Pakistan in their ICC T20 World Cup clash on Sunday in Birmingham.

India, the reigning ODI world champions, is set to begin their Women's T20 World Cup campaign, and the fixture list has thrown up a blockbuster straightaway.

India Women finally ended their long run of bad luck at the toss, registering their first T20I toss win after eight consecutive losses and their first on English soil after 12 straight toss defeats dating back to 2022.

"We will bat first. I think it's a very good pitch to bat on, so we just thought, let's bat and set a decent total on the board. (Does winning a World Cup give them confidence?) Well, I...