An India-Pakistan contest isn’t just about cricket, it involves a wider perspective. Things will not be much different in the Women’s World Cup too.

On the last three Sundays, Suryakumar Yadav and Co. prevailed over Pakistan to help India triumph in the men’s Asia Cup. Now, will Harmanpreet Kaur and team, too, be able to come up trumps against the Fatima Sana-led Pakistan at the Premadasa in Colombo?

On current form, India Women are way ahead of the Pakistan side. But since it’s an Indo-Pak contest, both teams are trying their best to lay all emphasis on cricket.

“The area of focus is cricket,” India bowling coach Aavishkar Salvi said on Saturday, the eve of the game. “We want our girls to bring that A-game to the day. We want them to take it just as a game, because the World Cup is a long campaign.”

Pakistan skipper Sana said as much.

“We have great relationships with all other teams, and we try and keep good relations with everyone. We’ll try to do everything within the spirit of the game,” she said.

The weather in Colombo, however, may play spoilsport on Sunday. The Sri Lanka-Australia clash on Saturday was washed out with not even the toss being done.

There’s rain forecast in Colombo for Sunday too.