The president of Board for Control of Cricket in IndiaN Srinivasan told reporters that he was "shocked" by the developments which he described as "a bolt from the blue".
The five U.N. peacekeepers were from India and were part of a convoy of 32 Indian peacekeepers that came under attack in an ambush in Jonglei, South Sudan, according to Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs.