Mumbai: Former Australia captain and India head coach Greg Chappell has stepped up his efforts to safe honest medical therapy and welfare for former Pakistan Prime Minister and 1992 World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan.As a part of Chappell’s newest initiative, seven former Australia captains have approached Overseas Minister Penny Wong over humanitarian considerations surrounding Imran’s detention in Pakistan. They’ve urged the Australian Authorities to boost the matter immediately with the related Pakistani authorities.The letter, a replica of which is with TOI, was signed by Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark, Kim Hughes, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh. They pressured that they had been writing “not as diplomats or political actors, however as former Australian captains who felt we should always communicate up.”The group stated it was taking no place on the authorized or political case in opposition to Imran, which it described as a matter for Pakistan. Their concern, they stated, was the therapy of anybody in detention, calling it “a matter of primary humanity, no matter their politics.”The previous captains highlighted considerations raised publicly by Imran’s sons and sisters over his well being and therapy, together with restricted medical care, restricted household contact and minimal entry to authorized counsel.The letter additionally referred to Chappell’s final assembly with Imran in Islamabad in 2022, when he was Pakistan’s prime minister and, in response to Chappell, “hale, hearty and match.”“Greg Chappell final noticed Imran Khan in Islamabad in 2022, when Khan was Prime Minister — hale, hearty and match, by his account. It’s exhausting to reconcile that picture with the experiences now popping out of his detention, and that’s the reason we write to you at this time, not as diplomats or political actors, however as former Australian captains who felt we should always communicate up. Khan led Pakistan to its solely World Cup title. He additionally led his nation as Prime Minister. Australians maintain him in nice regard — as a cricketer whose ability and management left an enduring mark on the sport we share, and as somebody who has helped enhance the lives of Pakistanis by constructing most cancers hospitals.”“Past credible experiences, his personal sons and sisters have been pleading publicly for months over his well being and therapy in detention — restricted medical care, restricted household contact, and minimal entry to authorized counsel amongst their considerations.”The letter concluded: “This isn’t the primary time worldwide captains have raised this concern. It has been delivered to public consideration on two separate events up to now six months, and the experiences since then — now echoed by his circle of relatives — counsel the state of affairs has not improved. We might be grateful if the Australian Authorities may increase this immediately with the related Pakistani authorities. Mr Chappell has additionally requested a gathering with you on this matter over current weeks, and would welcome the prospect to debate it with you immediately on our behalf. Thanks for taking the time to contemplate this.”The enchantment comes weeks after 21 former worldwide captains from 9 cricketing nations, together with India’s Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar, wrote to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Aug 23 over Imran’s medical therapy and welfare.That letter, a follow-up to 1 signed by 14 former captains in February, adopted developments that the group stated fell wanting a Supreme Courtroom directive on Imran’s therapy. The court docket had ordered that Khan be transferred to hospital for examination by a medical board together with his personal physicians and his sister, Dr Uzma Khan, alongside reinstated weekly household visits.The 73-year-old Imran has been in jail for greater than three years following his tenure as Pakistan’s prime minister and is presently dealing with extreme well being points.For the reason that first letter, Imran’s former Pakistan teammates, together with a tearful Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram and Moin Khan, have spoken out, as has present Australia captain Pat Cummins.Chappell had additionally requested a gathering with Wong final month to debate the matter on behalf of the group however has but to obtain a response.