Published 18:15 IST, April 21st 2019

‘We better wake up before it’s too late’: Gautam Gambhir, KL Rahul, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif, other cricketers react on Sri Lanka blasts

The auspicious occasion of Easter turned tragic with the bomb blasts that killed over 150 persons and injured more than 400 in Sri Lanka. Condolences have been flooding social media and cricketers too poured their hearts out after hearing about the attack. Current Team India members, previous players of the team and ex-cricketers too were heartbroken and angry while expressing solidarity with the families of the victims.  

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auspicious occasion of Easter turned tragic with bomb blasts that killed over 150 persons and injured more than 400 in Sri Lanka. Condolences have been flooding social media and cricketers too poured ir hearts out after hearing about attack. Current Team India members, previous players of team and ex-cricketers too were heartbroken and angry while expressing solidarity with families of victims.  

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KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Mohamm Kaif, Irfan Pathan, Aakash Chopra, RP Singh were among those who took to Twitter to convey ir thoughts about blasts. 

cricketers wrote y were  ‘devastated’, ‘deeply sdened’, ‘shattered’, calling it a ‘brutal act of inhumanity’, ‘dastardly act’. and asking ‘how one human can be so cruel to ar’. Terming it as ‘heartbreaking news’, y wrote about a ‘serious challenge at hand’ and that ‘we better wake up before it’s too late.’ y asked Sri Lankans to ‘stay strong, stay united’ in time of 'crisis' while expressing ir prayers to affected families. Here's what y posted:

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Earlier Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, VVS Laxman, among ors too h expressed ir thoughts on shocking incident. 

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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe dressed media and said 'action will be taken to stop activity of all extremist groups in country. Social media would be temporarily banned with 12-hour curfew from 6 pm to 6 am.'

On Sunday, three churches- St Anthony's Church in Colombo, St Sebastian's Church in western coastal town of Negombo and ar church in eastern town of Batticaloa and three hotels Shangrila, Cinnamon Grand, and Kingsbury were targeted, killing 185 people and injuring over 400, as per reports. re were two more blasts in Dematagoda and Dehiwala in day, as per reports.

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17:46 IST, April 21st 2019