As many as eight Sri Lankan players touring Pakistan for a three-match ODI series will return home on Thursday after raising concerns about their safety, news agency PTI reported. Their decision comes a day after a bomb blast in Islamabad killed 12 people and injured several others. Because of this, the second ODI scheduled for Thursday in Rawalpindi may not take place. Pakistan won the first ODI by six runs at the same venue on Tuesday. Sri Lanka is also scheduled to play a triangular series with Pakistan and Zimbabwe after the ODI series. "The second ODI against Pakistan tomorrow is in doubt, but substitute players will be sent to continue the tri-nation series," a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) source was quoted as saying by the news agency AFP. PTI reported that the Sri Lankan player

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