Cricketers share their thoughts with families of Manchester attack victims on Twitter

The eight edition of the ICC Champions Trophy will commence from the 1st of June this year. England has been selected as the hosts for the consecutive second time. But before the ball gets rolling, a terror attack shook the nation. American pop singer Ariana Grande was performing at a concert in the Manchester Arena when the suicide bombings happened.

According to the latest reports, at least 22 people were killed along with more than 50 people injured. Over twenty thousand people were attending the concert of the pop singer. The singer did not get incur any injury but said she was broken after the incident. Prime Minister of Britain Theresa May termed this act as an act of terror. She said her thoughts are with those who are affected by the terror attack.

Many celebrities expressed their concern on social media. Many cricketers shared their thoughts and wishes with the families of the victims. Twitter was filled with condolence messages for the affected families. A lot of teams are already in England at the moment. They are preparing for the Champions Trophy 2017. This incident has been a shock to International Cricket Council (ICC) as well.

They will conduct a meeting today to discuss safety of the players and security issues. On 4th June, India will play against arch-rivals Pakistan. The match will be held at Edgbaston, Birmingham and a lot of fans will be coming to watch the game. ICC is looking into forcing a tight security on 4th June so as to ensure the safety of the cricketers.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has also summoned all of its senior working committee members for an emergency meeting today. They are concerned about the safety of country’s prized assets. Moreover, the venue where the Indian team will play is not very far from Manchester. Hence, they want to ensure the safety of the cricketers before sending them to England.

Here are some tweets regarding the incident by cricketers

I wish a lot of courage & strength to all those affected in the Manchester Bombings last night. Heartbreaking to hear the sad news.

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) May 23, 2017

Thoughts and prayers goes out to Manchester! ???? #VerySad

— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) May 23, 2017

Deeply saddened by #Manchester attack. Thoughts & prayers with everyone affected. Condolences to their families.

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) May 23, 2017

Extremely sad to hear about #manchesterblast. My heart goes out to friends and families of the victims! Prayers ??

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) May 23, 2017

Attacking children going to watch their favourite artist…! SHAME ON YOU! Sickening! #ManchesterArena

— KP (@KP24) May 23, 2017

Thts N prayers to all effected in #Manchester. Appalling act against humanity,attacking innocent children is just heartbreaking ?

— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) May 23, 2017

STAY STRONG .. We Will .. GET ON WITH OUR LIFES .. We Will .. But what we really want is a stop these COWARDLY Bastards…#prayformachester

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 23, 2017

Shocking news…. heart goes out to all those families involved. #ParyForManchester

— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) May 23, 2017

So Sad #prayersforManchester #PrayForTheWorld

— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) May 23, 2017

#PrayForManchester ?

— Sam Billings (@sambillings) May 23, 2017

Not again …no man. #PrayForMancester ?

— Faf Du Plessis (@faf1307) May 23, 2017

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Manchester ,their families and loved ones. In shock like all of the world. #WorldPeace

— Darren Lehmann (@darren_lehmann) May 23, 2017

Saddened by the attack in #Manchester May God give strength to the families of the deceased.

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) May 23, 2017