India, Oct. 2 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) secretary, Devajit Saikia, provided no assurance, remaining tight-lipped on whether there would be handshakes between the Indian and Pakistani players in the upcoming Women's World Cup 2025 encounter at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday, October 5. During the recently concluded Men's Asia Cup, India and Pakistan squared off thrice, and there was bad blood between the two teams, which culminated in a controversial manner at the post-match presentation.

The group stage match on September 14 saw the first meeting between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack and retaliatory Operation Sindoor. Suryakumar Yadav's India refused to shake h...