Sri Lanka's sports minister announced on Wednesday he would join the national cricket team on their first match in Pakistan since gunmen attacked their team bus in Lahore eight years ago.
Dayasiri Jayasekara said Sri Lanka was satisfied with security preparations for the Twenty20 final in Lahore later in October despite reservations from some players.
"It is safe for our team. I am accompanying them to demonstrate that it is safe for us," Jayasekara told reporters in Colombo.
"The ICC (International Cricket Council) has also said it is safe for us to tour Pakistan."
Several top players have pulled out of the three-match series starting Thursday in the United Arab Emirates, concerned about security when the final shifts to Lahore on 29 October.
Sources close to Sri Lanka's cricket board say coach Nic Pothas will also not join the squad in Lahore.
