Capt, Imran discussed cricket on their short bus ride to Kartarpur

Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh during the short bus ride from the Pakistan side of the Zero Point to Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara on Saturday told Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan that he had watched him play during his cricketing days. The cricket connect, however, went deeper, as Amarinder recalled.

Imran and his foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi received the chief minister and his delegation at Zero Point.

During their conversation, Amarinder told Imran that cricketer Jahangir Khan — who was married to Imran’s maternal aunt Mubarak — had played for Patiala, along with Mohd Nisar, Lala Amarnath, fast bowler Amar Singh and the two Alis (Wazir Ali and Amir Ali). These seven players were part of the team captained by the Amarinder’s father, Maharaja Yadvinder Singh, in 1934-35 for India and for Patiala.

The bus ride lasted less than five minutes, but cricket helped break the ice between Imran and Amarinder, said an official spokesperson, who added that cricket is a common thread between every Indian and Pakistani. The bus ride was one of bonding, with Amarinder helping Imran discover a special connect between their families, even though the two had not met before and did not know each other personally, the spokesperson added.


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