The attack took place merely hours before the ICC Champions Trophy match played between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston. In June 2017, a terror attack took place in London killing seven people and injuring 48 others. London terror attack before ICC Champions Trophy - 2017 A third bomb was found and defused outside the stadium.В T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians was scheduled to be played there which started an hour late amid tight security. On April 17, 2010, two bombs exploded around a heavily packed Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium, Bangalore in which fifteen people were injured. Since then Pakistan had to play their home games for around a decade in the UAE after this incident.В The country also lost the joint hosting rights of the 2011 World Cup in the wake of the attack.

Six security personnel and two civilians were killed in the ghastly attack by the terrorists. Five Sri Lankan players, including Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, were injured. The Sri Lankan cricketers were on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in their team bus when a group of masked terrorists attacked them. In 2009, Sri Lanka was on tour to Pakistan. The New Zealand team and officials were not injured. In May 2002, New Zealand cricket officials cancelled the test tour of Pakistan after a bomb blast outside their hotel in Karachi.

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