Cricket Australia is keeping an eye on the situation following a horrific suicide bombing in Pakistan

Cricket Australia is keeping an eye on a terrorist suicide bomb assault in Peshawar, Pakistan, which killed more than 30 worshippers on Friday. Peshawar is barely two hours away from where Australia and Pakistan are playing their first cricket Test in the country in 24 years.

A bomb exploded in Peshawar, Pakistan’s northern metropolis, injuring over 50 persons, according to local reports. Mark Taylor’s historic unbeaten 334 in 1998 took place in the same city.

The incident has been criticized by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former international cricketer.

For the first Test in Rawalpindi this week, the Australian team is staying in Islamabad and has been assigned presidential-style security for the duration of the tour. Due to forthcoming games in Karachi and Lahore, the team will not travel to Peshawar on this tour.

Officials from the team are keeping an eye on the situation and communicating with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, but there is no indication that the incident will have a substantial impact on the series, which is Australia’s first in Pakistan since 1998.

This is the sixth Test that Pakistan has hosted since 2019, after international cricket was suspended in the country for a decade following an attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in 2009, which was shot at while being driven to a Test in Lahore.

According to local sources, 150 people attended Friday prayers at Peshawar’s Kucha Risaldar mosque.

According to reports, the violence began when assailants opened fire on police in close proximity to the mosque, according to Peshawar police chief Muhammed Ejaz Khan.

After that, a guy dashed into the mosque and exploded a bomb.

The CA and the Pakistan Cricket Board have worked tirelessly to make this series a reality, and they will do everything they can to ensure that this latest incident does not derail such a historic series.