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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMUMBAI: As many as 21 former international captains from nine cricketing nations, including India\u2019s Sunil Gavaskar<\/a>, Kapil Dev<\/a> and Dilip Vengsarkar, have written to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, renewing their appeal for the medical treatment and welfare of Pakistan\u2019s former Prime Minister and 1992 World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan<\/a>, following developments this week that they say fall short of a directive of the Supreme Court of the country.The letter \u2014 a follow-up to one sent in February by 14 former captains \u2014 was prompted by events surrounding a Supreme Court order that Khan be transferred to hospital for examination by a medical board including his own physicians and his sister, Dr Uzma Khan, alongside reinstated weekly family visits.The 73-year-old Imran is currently facing severe health issues after having been in jail for more than three years following his tenure as Pakistan PM.On Friday, Imran returned to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail shortly after undergoing a medical examination at Shifa Hospital in Islamabad.In February this year, 14 legendary captains from five countries \u2014 including Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Greg Chappell, a former head coach of Team India \u2014 had made a fervent, emotional appeal to the Pakistan government about ensuring proper treatment for Imran, amid mounting concerns about the cricketing icon\u2019s health. However, there was no response from the Pakistan government to the cricket legends\u2019 request.In the latest letter (a copy is with TOI), addressed to the Pakistan PM and titled “Appeal by 21 Former International Cricket Captains on the Medical Treatment and Welfare of Imran Khan,” Chappell & Co. have written, \u201cDear Prime Minister, six months ago, fourteen former international cricket captains wrote to you and the Pakistani government appealing for humane treatment and proper medical care for Imran Khan. We wrote then not as politicians, but as former colleagues and rivals who share a bond forged on the cricket field \u2014 one that transcends the borders and disputes that too often divide countries.\u201cWe write again now \u2014 joined by seven further former captains \u2014 because of what has reportedly just occurred. Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court ordered that Imran Khan be transferred to hospital for examination by a medical board that was to include his own personal physicians and his sister, Dr Uzma Khan. The Court also reinstated weekly family visits. These were very welcome steps.Concerningly, Mr Khan\u2019s hospital stay lasted only a few hours. He was examined by a state-appointed team rather than the board the Court had directed, declared \u201cmedically fit,\u201d and returned to Adiala Jail before that board could complete its work. His family and legal team say this falls short of what the court ordered.The signatories, who describe themselves as writing “not as politicians, but as former colleagues and rivals who share a bond forged on the cricket field,” are careful to note they do not seek to adjudicate Pakistan’s domestic legal processes. Their letter makes three specific requests: that the Court-directed medical board be permitted to complete its independent assessment; that weekly family visits continue without interruption; and that any treatment the assessment recommends be provided without delay.“We’re not asking Pakistan for anything unusual \u2014 just that a court order most countries would take for granted is actually carried out,” said Greg Chappell, who took this initiative.“We do not presume to adjudicate Pakistan\u2019s domestic legal processes. That is not our place, and it was not the spirit in which we wrote in February. But we do ask, again, respectfully: 1. That the medical board directed by the Supreme Court \u2014 including Mr Khan\u2019s own doctors \u2014 be permitted to complete a full and independent assessment of his health, particularly the reported loss of vision in his right eye. 2. That the weekly family visits reinstated by the Court be honoured without interruption or administrative delay. 3. That whatever the outcome of that medical assessment, the treatment recommended by it be provided without delay. Imran Khan is 73 years old and has now spent more than three years in custody. Whatever the legal and political arguments surrounding his case, the basic decency of ensuring a court-ordered medical process is actually completed is not, in our view, a controversial request. It is one we believe every nation that plays this game would recognise as fair. We hope this matter can be resolved expeditiously and with the dignity Mr Imran Khan deserves. Yours in cricket,”Also among the signatories of the letter are Michael Atherton, Alex Blackwell, Allan Border, Michael Brearley, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark, Alastair Cook, Lee Germon, Adam Gilchrist, David Gower, Kim Hughes, Nasser Hussain, Clive Lloyd, Arjuna Ranatunga, Andrew Strauss, Steve Waugh and John Wright.<\/div>\n Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar (Image credit: Agencies) MUMBAI: As many as 21 former international captains from nine cricketing nations, including India\u2019s Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar, have written to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, renewing their appeal for the medical treatment and welfare of Pakistan\u2019s former Prime Minister and 1992 World Cup-winning 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