Twenty-one international captains recently wrote to the Pakistan government, urging better treatment of Imran Khan, who has been in prison since 2023. Pakistan cricket legend and the country’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, continues to draw attention from the global cricketing fraternity. Now, one of the greatest pacers of all time, Michael Holding, has joined the bandwagon in support of the jailed former Pakistan cricket team captain. a West Indies cricket legend, is wary of the politics behind the imprisonment, he didn’t shy away from speaking highly of the person Imran Khan is While Holding.
I played county cricket, a few games against Imran, but apart from playing with Imran, I have spent time with Imran,” Holding said during a chat with Sports Now . So I don’t see the reason why this man should be treated that way,” Holding said. “I’ll mention one name, Imran Khan, but you probably don’t want to go down the political route, and I don’t want to either, but that’s a sad story. It has become one of the former Pakistan captain’s defining legacies. I played with Imran, I wouldn’t say I played a lot. I played some one-day games with him. “I am in total support of the captains who wrote that letter. I don’t know what effect it will have, but I am in total support of trying to get the man to be treated just like another human being. You don’t treat human beings that way. People who have committed murder aren’t treated that way.
