Children will turn away from cricket in Pakistan unless something drastic is done to save the sport, national team captain Younis Khan has said. “You will see people losing interest in cricket and youngsters no longer having cricket heroes to look up to,” Khan told Reuters on Thursday. Pakistani cricket is in turmoil after a series of cancellations of tours by international sides to the country due to security concerns. Sri Lanka canceled its tour when their bus came under attack while on its way to the ground in Lahore for the second Test earlier this month. Six of the Sri Lankan team were injured while eight Pakistanis were killed in the March 3 attack. “The Sri Lankans were the first team in 14 months to come and play Test cricket in Pakistan. That incident even left the players depressed and upset,” Khan said. “It is a gloomy situation for us with so many cancellations and postponements of Test and one-day matches involving us since last year. “I think the cricket board, our government, former and present players and other stakeholders need to sit together and come up with viable long-term proposals to keep cricket going in Pakistan.”
