Imran Khan led Pakistan to their first-ever ODI World Cup title in 1992, defeating England in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Jamal’s political inclination also brought him at the receiving end of the PCB wrath earlier, who ignored him for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 played in Pakistan.
Sunil Gavaskar reached the 1000-run mark in Tests during India’s red-ball game against Pakistan played at Bengaluru in March 1987.
Imran Khan has been held in custody with around 200 cases since August 2023.
The rain-delayed game saw Pakistan skipper Babar Azam winning the toss and inviting the inaugural T20 champions to put score on board first.
The Shadab Khan-led United chased the 196-run target comfortably in 18.2 overs to get off to a brilliant start in the competition.
This is the third sentence announced for the former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the last one week.
The 71-year-old has been given the sentence along with his wife Bushra Bibi.
The 71-year-old took to X to drop his first reaction on being handed 10-year jail sentence, claiming the violation of constitutional requirements.
Notably his lawyer, Naeem Panjutha also took to X, formerly known as Twitter, writing “Judgement is reserved”.
Khan led his team to their first and only win in the ICC ODI World Cup 1992.
After drawing curtains on his cricketing career, Khan served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022.
Police arrested Khan from his residence in Lahore in coordination with the Punjab Police and was sent to Islamabad.
Sometimes, a sports star suffers a career-altering injury, which gives them no other choice, but to retire from playing cricket as a professional.
However, PTI was quick to release a video which had Imran Khan stating that he will be under arrest by the time his words reach out to the people of Pakistan.
Both India and Pakistan, have always shared strained relations, and the Pakistani cricketers were a part of only the inaugural season of the IPL.
The cricketer turned politician in an attack on the Opposition parties who accused him of mismanaging the economy, said that he did not become the Prime Minister to check prices of “aloo, tamatar.”
The former Pakistan captain has worked effectively towards the growth of sports in his country.