Pakistan’s prime minister and former captain Imran Khan believes India is becoming one of the best teams in the world after improving its basic cricket structure.
Imran said that Pakistan had always been a good team, but that it could not become a world team due to the non-productive structure of cricket.
“Look at India today, it is becoming a leading team in the world because they improved their structure, although we have more talent,” Imran said, speaking to the media in Islamabad.
“It takes time for a structure to work and hone talent, but I am confident that our team will become a world champion,” he added.
The Prime Minister considered that with the provincial cricket structure now in place in the country, the results will be obtained in two or three years.
Imran, who is also the chief patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board and nominates the president, said that due to his busy schedule he did not have much time for the game.
“Honestly speaking, I can’t waste time for cricket and I haven’t even watched the matches, but now that our basic cricket structure has changed, things will gradually improve,” he said.
Imran was the captain of Pakistan in their only World Cup victory in 1992 in Australia and is a highly respected and revered figure in the country for his captaincy and performances on a cricket ground.
Shortly after winning the 2018 election and forming the government, Imran hired former ICC President Ehsan Mani to head the Pakistan Cricket Board.
In the past two years, the national cricket structure has been overhauled with only six provincial teams playing first-class cricket compared to around 16 regional and departmental teams in the past.
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