Cheating or chaos? Referee’s toss blunder sparks controversy in IND vs PAK Women’s World Cup clash
The error wandered on social media, and the accusations of India’s unfairly thrown, especially the rain was predicted and the Bowling could first provide a strategic advantage.
On Sunday, October 5, the Indian Women’s Team Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium in the sixth match of the Women’s World Cup with Pakistan and Cricket fans were glued to the screens everywhere. These matches are always busy, but this was particularly unforgettable because of a controversial coin throw.
One launch went wrong
Even before the game started, the energy was high. Captains, HARMANPREET Fatima from Kaur from India and Fatima from Pakistan, just like the men’s teams did not shook hands. You could feel tension.
Pakistan won the throw and chose the field, so India, leadership HARMANPREET Kaur began to hit. Blue women swung, quickly threw 45 runs in the first eight sea without losing any small doors and showed that they were there to win.
But the launch should have been simple. Quickly turned into a chaos. Fans and experts on social media drew attention to a mistake that everyone missed during the game by the referee.
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What happened?
Fatima, the captain of Pakistan, Tails, but the referee Mel Jones and the referee thought that he was saying their heads. The coin actually went down to the heads, which made it look right, so they threw it into Pakistan.
This was confused because many fans who think that India was deceived, especially because such an error looked crazy in a big tournament. People hit the authorities, saying that India has broken the shooting of the shooting and could change the whole game playing.
Shooting firepower time
Pakistan win the throw and #Teamindia It will be a bat first!
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– Star Sports (@starsportsindia) October 5, 2025
Why is Toss a big deal?
In the jack, especially when rain is expected, the launch is the key to planning. In the estimates in Colombo, it allowed Pakistan Field to give them an advantage first. For the first time in the games that can rain, the teams that make bowls have a better idea of which points they should be eaten if the game is cut short.
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