India, Oct. 5 -- As expected, the no-handshake saga between India and Pakistan continues. Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian captain, refused to acknowledge her Pakistani counterpart Fatima Sana at the toss before the marquee Women's World Cup 2025 match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The recently concluded Men's Asia Cup was marked by plenty of off-field drama between India and Pakistan, which began with Suryakumar Yadav's team refusing to shake hands with their opponents due to the current strained political relations between the two countries.

Ever since the Pahalgam terror attack and retaliatory Operation Sindoor, the relations between the two countries have been dwindling, and the bad blood spilt over to the cricket pitch. From no...