The BCCI suspended the cash-rich league last Thursday due to cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan. According to ESPNcricinfo, most of the PBKS overseas staff, including head coach Ricky Ponting and assistant coaches Brad Haddin and James Hopes, stayed in India.
According to ESPNcricinfo, Buttler and Coetzee were the only overseas players who left India after the BCCI suspended the cash-rich league last Thursday due to cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan.
Heavy cross-border shelling by Pakistan after Operation Sindoor, conducted by the Indian Armed Forces in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack, had caused damage to homes and religious sites in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara, Uri, and Poonch.
"Bharat ke taraf nazar uthane ke liye ek hi anjam hai--tabahi (There is only one answer to raising eyes towards India--destruction)," PM Modi declared, reinforcing the nation's zero-tolerance stance on terrorism and cross-border aggression.
Last week, the 18th edition of the cash-rich league was suspended due to India's cross-border tensions with Pakistan. The future of the remainder of the tournament was clouded in uncertainty.
Reacting to recent statements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding cross-border issues and national security, Shandil said that all country people are united on the issue.
The Public Works Department (PWD) Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Vikramaditya Singh, strongly backed the Indian government and armed forces in the aftermath of recent cross-border tensions with Pakistan, urging for national unity above party lines during such crucial moments for the country's
After meeting residents affected by cross-border shelling in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the government will provide compensation to the people after the completion of damage assessment.