Overview
- A suicide bomber killed 12 and injured dozens outside an Islamabad court on Nov. 11, close to Rawalpindi where the series is being played.
- Several Sri Lankan players asked to return on safety grounds, with media reports citing eight, but SLC maintained the tour will proceed.
- PCB chairman and interior minister Mohsin Naqvi met the team and the Sri Lankan envoy, pledged personal oversight, and tightened security around the squad.
- The second and third ODIs in Rawalpindi were pushed back by one day to Nov. 14 and 16 after late-night consultations.
- SLC said replacements will be flown in for anyone who leaves to avoid disrupting the ODI series and the subsequent T20 tri-series with Zimbabwe.