Colombo/Rawalpindi, Nov 12 (PTI) Sri Lankan players currently touring Pakistan for a three-match ODI series want to return home due to security concerns following a deadly suicide attack in Islamabad but PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi claimed that the rubber will continue, albeit with a rejigged schedule.

The two teams were to clash in the second ODI of the three-match series in Rawalpindi on Thursday but that game has been postponed to Friday, while the third match has been rescheduled from November 15 to 16 at the same venue.

Sri Lanka has sent a 16-strong squad for the series and it reliably learnt that at least eight of them want to head back to Colombo.

Sri Lanka Cricket acknowledged the request in a statement but said that it has instructed them and the support staff travelling with the t

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