Kapil Dev delighted over Imran Khan's imminent election as Pakistan PM

With Imran Khan becoming the first ever former cricketer to be named Prime Minister of a country, his counterpart Kapil Dev seemingly is full of joy. While there have been several PMs of Pakistan who has been the victim of martial law and terrible politics, it is clear that this is indeed a massive step towards the betterment of the country itself. At the moment, although the country’s economy is in a shambles, Kapil is hoping that his election would lead to the betterment of India-Pakistan ties.

Kapil Dev went on to add that it had taken Imran 25 years to reach that post and that he ought to utilize his success for the betterment of the nation as well as the ties.

“It’s a huge achievement. The game of cricket is nothing before the country. He was passionate when he won the world and he is still the same. It took him 25 years to reach here. I hope his success should be utilized for the betterment of his nation,” Kapil Dev said to ABP news.

“It a great feeling to have represented your nation on the cricket field and then become its supreme leader. So many players have been in different political position, but no one has got to such a big post,” he added.

‘Imran would like to improve the conditions’

The former Indian skipper who led his side to an impressive World Cup win in 1983, he went on to add that the conditions off the field of play need to improve before they take their time and begin looking at cricketing matters that would benefit the nation.

“Since Imran has been a cricketer, he probably likes to improve the conditions. Even the cricketer fraternity agrees to it. But the conditions off the field should be improved first. He has been to India many times and he knows our love for cricket. He might focus on bettering the diplomacy between both the nations. And if it could be done with the help of cricket then we cricketers will be very glad,” he added.

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