Extremists could target Commonwealth Games in India: Sri Lanka Coach
SYDNEY: Sri lankan Coach, Bayliss sounded a warning for future sporting events on the sub-continent, particularly looking ahead to next year''s Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
"There are some big questions to be asked by the governing bodies of all the sports, not just cricket," he said. "I think this proves if cricket, which is the number one sport basically on the sub-continent, can get hit, then any sport can get hit and especially any big sporting tournaments or the Commonwealth Games maybe."
Following Sri Lankan team Lahore ambush, talking for the first time reaching home Australian Bayliss criticizing security arrangements in Pakistan said that this incident has left deep impacts on the whole of sub-continent. He said that this incident has given birth to several questions, “If cricket, which is the number one sport basically on the sub-continent, can get hit, then any sport can get hit and especially any big sporting tournaments or the Commonwealth Games maybe.”
He suggested that the management of the Commonwealth Games should beforehand in Australia get the impartial security survey report made.