Pakistan bars players from traveling to India for IPL

Pakistan's leading cricketers will not be allowed to travel to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) because of the government's concerns over security, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday.

Saleem Altaf, PCB chief operating officer, said the foreign ministry had written to the board advising it not to send Pakistani players to India for any IPL event.

"We have informed the IPL and Indian board that our players can't take part in the IPL this year," Altaf told Reuters.