Schedule of Pakistan-Sri Lanka ODI series changedImage Credit source: PTI
The terrorist attack in Islamabad has also affected the ODI series being played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The car blast in the capital of Pakistan has badly frightened the Sri Lankan cricket team, due to which many players had decided to leave Pakistan. To change this decision, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) tried to scare its players by threatening action but this affected the schedule of the series. Due to these circumstances, the Pakistan Cricket Board, which came on the backfoot, has decided to postpone the remaining two matches of the series by one day each.
PCB came on backfoot and changed the schedule
An explosion occurred outside a court in the capital of Pakistan on Tuesday 11 November. sri lankan team Scared him badly. Due to this, there were reports of about 8 to 10 players leaving the series midway and returning from Pakistan to Sri Lanka. This move of the Sri Lankan players put Pakistani Board President Mohsin Naqvi in trouble and he started trying to convince the Sri Lankan team.
The second match of the ODI series was to be played on Thursday, 13 November, but due to the decision of the Sri Lankan players, this match and the entire series was in trouble. In view of this, PCB boss Naqvi, after a long discussion late night on Wednesday 12th November, decided to make some changes in the schedule of the series. Under the new schedule, the remaining two matches of the series to be held on 13th and 15th November will now be played on Friday, 14th November and Sunday, 16th November.
SLC threatened its own players
However, the situation is still not clear whether these matches will take place or not because the availability of Sri Lankan players is important in this. To continue this tour, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) also issued a statement on Wednesday and gave threatening orders to its players. In this order, the board had ordered its players not to leave the series midway without worrying about their lives. Also, in its order, SLC said that if any player or support staff member returns midway, action will be taken against him.