"My concern is that we last played an international series against England in February and since then we have focussed on domestic cricket events," Mohammad Hafeez said.
"But in comparison, players from other international teams are taking part in the IPL particularly the Sri Lankan players and that means they have a slight edge over us.
"If you compare the whole world with us, everyone is there in the IPL getting practice in intense scenarios and enhancing their skills, but our players are missing out on that opportunity," he added.
He said this was the main reason why a conditioning camp had been set up for the players selected for Sri Lanka in Lahore despite the heat and humidity.
Interestingly, Hafeez didn't take part in the national super eights Twenty20 event in Rawalpindi although most of the other Pakistan team players appeared in it and made good impressions.
Rookies like Shakil Ansar, Reza Hasan and Haris Sohail have won spots in the Pakistan Twenty20 squad for Sri Lanka on basis of their showing in the super eights event and the national selectors also recalled openers Khalid Latif and Ahmed Shahzad because of their fine form in the super eights. MORE