India, Oct. 4 -- It has been six days since the men's T20I Asia Cup concluded, but the tournament-long controversy involving India and Pakistan has now spilt over into the ongoing Women's World Cup. Ahead of the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side's face-off against Fatima Sana's Pakistan at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, tensions flared during India's pre-match press conference when a Pakistani reporter attempted to raise a question about the Asia Cup incident, only for the Indian media manager to shut it down immediately.

On Saturday, ahead of India's clash against Pakistan, bowling coach Avishkar Salvi addressed the media. A journalist from a Pakistani channel asked whether the tension from the recently concluded Asia Cup could impact Sund...