Top Sri Lanka players decided to opt-out from Pakistan tour after before their Prime Minister's Office received information of a possible terror attack to their national squad while touring Pakistan.

Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir shared a video on Twitter to apparently mock the 'curfew like situation' and extreme level of 'tight security' provided to the touring Sri Lankan team. The video shared by Gambhir seems to have been recorded by a Pakistani citizen, in which over 25 vehicles were deployed for Sri Lankan team as they were headed to the National Stadium in Karachi for 2nd ODI.

“Itna Kashmir kiya ke Karachi bhool gaye,” tweeted Gambhir


Pakistan, failing to provide security to touring teams, had invited outrage from cricketing boards all over the world when the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in March 2009. The attack on the Sri Lankan team was such a devastating incident, it ended international cricket in Pakistan.

Sri Lanka are scheduled to tour Pakistan for a three-match ODI series and T20I series.