After the Pulwama terror attack on 14 February which claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans, there was a call from all quarters including senior cricketers like Sourav Ganguly, asking India to call off their World Cup league match against Pakistan, scheduled to be played in Manchester on 16 June.

The BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (CoA) had then reportedly drafted a letter to the ICC asking them to ban Pakistan from participating in the upcoming World Cup, on the charge of supporting terrorism in India.