The words of India coach Gautam Gambhir just hours before his country launched missile strikes against Pakistan now seem eerily prescient given cricketing relations between the two nations are likely to be completely severed.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir personally believes the country should not play any cricket with Pakistan, not even in neutral venues, after a deadly Islamist militant attack in Indian Kashmir last month.

Pakistan's upcoming home series against Bangladesh cricket team has been thrown under a cloud of uncertainty after latest developments.