Overview
- At least 12 people were killed in a suicide blast in Islamabad, prompting several Sri Lanka players to request to leave the tour on safety grounds.
- Sri Lanka Cricket directed the entire touring party to stay, warning that anyone who returns will face a formal review and immediate replacement.
- PCB chairman and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met the squad and Sri Lankan diplomats, doubled security, deployed Army and Rangers, and designated the visitors as state guests.
- The PCB rescheduled the ODIs to November 14 and 16 in Rawalpindi and shifted the entire T20 tri-series with Zimbabwe to Rawalpindi from November 18 to 29.
- The tour is proceeding under the revised plan with no confirmed mass departures, reflecting lingering unease shaped by the 2009 attack on Sri Lanka’s team in Lahore.