Chamara Kapugedera tells SportsCenter India's Dinesh Chopra that the Sri Lankan team thought they would die in the Lahore firing.

The Lankan middle order batsman, who reached Colombo with his team on Wednesday, said: "We really thought we would die. Luckily, the driver got us to the ground in a safe place."

"All the time, we kept thinking we would die."

Kapugedera went on to say the team was grateful for the helicopter that was used to airlift the players from the stadium.

"It is good that they sent us a 'copter. I just prayed after getting back safely to thank God."

Kapugedera said his mother was the first to call him: "She was crying when she spoke to him. She would have spoken to me at least 10 times on Tuesday."

The Lankans, who were in Pakistan to play a two match Test series came under heavy firing from a dozen masked terrorists before the driver managed to steer the bus to a safe place in the Gaddafi Stadium.

Six Sri Lankan players were injured in the firing, which included skipper Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Kumara Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Tharanga Panavirtana and Chaminda Vaas.