‘Treat him with dignity’: Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev among cricket legends on Imran Khan’s health

Fourteen former cricket captains on Tuesday expressed concerns about the reported treatment and incarceration conditions of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The signatories include India’s Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar, Australia’s Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark and Kim Hughes. The others in the group are English cricketers Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton, Michael Brearley and David Gower, New Zealand’s John Wright and West Indies’ Clive Lloyd.

In an open letter, the former international cricketers said that recent reports about his health, “particularly the alarming deterioration of his vision while in custody”, and the conditions of his imprisonment had caused them profound concern.

“As fellow cricketers who understand the values of fair play, honour and respect that transcend the boundary rope, we believe that a person of Imran Khan’s stature deserves to be treated with the dignity and basic human consideration befitting a former national leader and a global sporting icon,” the cricketers said.

Khan played for Pakistan between 1971 and 1992, when he captained the side to victory in the World Cup.

After retiring from the sport, Khan formed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and served as the prime minister between August 2018 and April 2022. His government had collapsed after his relations with the Pakistani...

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