In the wake of the Gurdaspur terror attacks on Monday, Anurag Thakur, the BCCI secretary told NDTV, "Cricket and terror cannot go hand in hand." Thakur, a BJP MP, was reacting to India's scheduled series against Pakistan in December this year.
Thakur said, "Internal security of the country can't be compromised", even though sport was a different issue.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan himself has twice visited India in recent times and met with BCCI and key government officials in a bid to convince the governments to clear the series.
However, after the terror attacks today, the fate of the series is in jeopardy.
Pakistan Test captain, Misbah-ul-Haq too was looking forward to the series, "I want to play a few more Test matches as I look forward to life beyond cricket. But there is a plan. If the series against India happens, I want to play that series and probably retire from international cricket."
India, previously, have cancelled bilateral cricket series with their neighbour after militants killed 166 people in Mumbai in 2008 but hosted Pakistan in 2012-13 for a short limited-overs series.
(With inputs from Rica Roy and PTI)