Islamabad: Pakistan has decided not to send its cricket team to the World Twenty20 tournament being held in India until the Indian government gives an assurance of complete security to its players, the interior ministry here said on Wednesday.

The interior ministry said in a statement that Pakistan has conveyed to the Indian government its reservations about the security of its team after hard-line Hindu groups threatened to disrupt a much-awaited Pakistan-India encounter in Dharamsala scheduled for March 19, Geo TV reported.