Pat Cummins voices support for Imran Khan Mohsin Naqvi angry. Image Credits: AFP
Pat Cummins has become the latest cricketing personality to voice his support for jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan. Amidst the deteriorating health of Imran, several fans and former cricketers have urged the Pakistan government to provide the necessary care to its World Cup winning skipper.
Responding to Greg Chappell’s all-important update for the Pakistani icon, Cummins took to X and asked the Pakistani authorities to treat the cricketer-turned-politician with the dignity he deserves.
Imran Khan finds support in Pat Cummins
While speaking on the Grade Cricketer, former Australian cricketer Greg Chappell dropped an update regarding jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Chappell narrated the cricketer’s ordeal amid the latter’s deteriorating health condition while living in absolute isolation for over three years.
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Pat Cummins took note of the interview and echoed Greg Chappell’s sentiments about the decorated Pakistan all-rounder. Cummins wrote that he is joining other former international captains who have previously expressed their support for Imran Khan, and asked the Pakistani government to treat their World Cup winning skipper with dignity in jail.
The Australian captain took to X and wrote “Adding my support here to GC and the other former international captains. I hope the court ordered medical assessment be allowed to run its course, and that family visits continue. I hope Imran Khan is treated with the dignity anyone deserves.”
Which cricketers have voiced support for Imran Khan
Incidentally, Pat Cummins is not the first cricketing personality to have voiced his support for Imran Khan. Previously, former Indian captain and World Cup winner Kapil Dev revealed that he personally wrote a letter to Pakistan’s current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to protest over Imran’s treatment in jail.
Prominent England commentator Michael Atherton recently conducted an interview with the sons of the former Pakistan player at Lord’s.
Fellow cricketing stars like Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark, Alastair Cook, Sunil Gavaskar, Adam Gilchrist, Arjuna Ranatunga, Andrew Strauss, Dilip Vengsarkar have also signed a petition in a bid to seek proper treatment for Imran.
Trouble mounts for Mohsin Naqvi as cricket world rebels
With Pat Cummins joining the support cause for Imran Khan, Pakistan Interior Minister as well as PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi will surely feel the heat amidst rising support for the jailed cricketer-turned-politician.
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi straight up called for the resignation of Naqvi, shortly after the Naqvi-led PCB filed a complaint against the England-based Sky Sports network for airing an interview with the sons of Imran.
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