Sri Lanka cricket team to visit Pakistan for T20 match
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities have confirmed that the team would be coming to Pakistan as planned, however the players who are not willing to play may be replaced with others.
Earlier it was reported that authorities are reconsidering plans to play a match against Pakistan in Lahore later this month after their players expressed security concerns, officials said on Saturday.
Sri Lanka are currently scheduled to play their third Twenty20 International of the series in Lahore on Oct 29, just over eight years after their national side team was ambushed by gunmen in the same city.
If it goes ahead, the match would be the first played in Pakistan by Sri Lanka — or any other top international team — since militants ambushed its team bus en route to the Gaddafi Stadium in 2009, wounding at least seven players.
But Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) cast doubt on its team’s return to the country on Saturday, saying it would study security assessments provided by both Sri Lanka and Pakistan governments as well as independent reports and possibly make a decision on Monday, an official said.
