3 min readFeb 23, 2026 08:10 PM IST ‘A one-off voice is often a drop in the ocean, destined to disappear overnight without leaving a ripple.’ This is the reasoning put forth by Greg Chappell for getting together 13 other international cricket captains to write for better facilities for incarcerated former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan. ‘When the news reached me of the dire circumstances surrounding my old friend and rival Imran Khan, I realised that a single lamp in the wilderness would not suffice. To pierce the gathering gloom surrounding one of cricket’s greatest luminaries, I knew I had to assemble a chorus of voices, a collective of captains whose shared history could not be ignored amid the winds of political indifference,’ Chappell, a former Australia captain, wrote in ESPNCricinfo. Imran, a former Pakistan prime minister, has been imprisoned since 2023 on 186 legal cases. It had been alleged that his family was not allowed to meet him and there wasn’t proper access to medical or legal facilities. The premier all-rounder of yesteryear is said …