The rising tension between India and Pakistan following the Uri attack is taking its full toll on the sporting ties too. In one of the most deadliest attacks on Indian soldiers in recent years, the militants attacked an Army brigade headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri on September 18 and killed 17 soldiers.

And now the Kabaddi World Cup organisers have decided to not invite Pakistan in the Kabaddi World Cup starting from November 3 in Punjab. The organising committee cited the reason of security concerns of the Pakistani team for the decision.

“The situation in the state following the surgical strike by Indian Army at the LoC does not augur well to invite Pakistan for the World Cup scheduled to be held between November 3 and 17,” said Sikander Singh Maluka, Organising committee’s president and Punjab cabinet minister.

Kabaddi is not the only game affected due to the recent terrorist attacks as the cricketing ties between the two nations have also deteriorated further. The Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur has said that the Indian team will not play any bilateral series with the arch rivals in recent future.

“In the context of what has happened even considering such a thought is not appropriate. Priority is to expose Pak as a country which sponsors terrorism. No question of playing cricket which such a nation,” he said.

Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly also said that it is tough for India to play with Pakistan.

Talking to India Today, Ganguly said: “Terrorism is an issue and you can’t play cricket (with Pakistan) when people are getting killed at the borders.”

Not only bilateral ties but the chances of seeing the two fierce rivals playing against each other in ICC tournaments is also looking bleak as the BCCI has decided that India will avoid playing Pakistan even in the multi-nation tournaments and asked the ICC not to place the two teams in the same group in the future.