As India counts its dead in the wake of the Gurdaspur terror attacks today, Anurag Thakur, BCCI secretary has said that "Cricket and terror cannot go hand in hand."


Thakur, who is a BJP MP, was reacting to India's scheduled series against Pakistan in December this year.


"Internal security of the country can't be compromised", even though sport was a different issue.


On Monday morning, five policemen and three civilians were killed by terrorists in Gurdaspur in Punjab near the Pakistan border.
The terrorists, holed up in an empty police station, exchanged fire with security forces in a gunbattle that ended after 12 hours.


While Pakistan maintains that is not responsible for the terror attacks, India has warned Pakistan that it will not compromise on national honour. "We want peace with Pakistan, but not at the cost of national honour," home minister Rajnath Singh said.


Pakistan was supposed to host India in December 2015 as part of the six series match. India has cancelled bilateral cricket series in Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror atttacks of 2008 which left 166 people dead.