21 Former International Cricket Captains write to Shahbaz Sharif, seek proper treatment for Imran Khan
Babushahi Network
New Delhi/Islamabad, August 24, 2026: 21 Former International Cricket Captains led by Greg Chappell have written a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif seeking proper treatment for former Pakistan Cricket Captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Apart from Greg Chappell, those who have signed this letter include Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar, England’s longest serving Skipper Sir Alastair Cook, England's Michael Atherton, Michael Brearley, Nasser Hussain, Andrew Strauss and David Gower, India's Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar, and Australia's Belinda Clark, Adam Gilchrist, Steve Waugh and Kim Hughes besides others.
In their letter they said that Imran Khan was shifted to a hospital last week only for few hours and was again taken to jail premises. 73 year old Imran Khan is in jail for last three years.
These cricket legends have demanded that Khan should be examined by a medical board as by Supreme Court of Pakistan. They also demanded that Khan’s family should be allowed to meet him on weekly basis and any treatment recommended by the medical board should be provided without delay.
This is first such development worldwide when cricket legends have come together expressing concern for their International colleague.