‘They made absolute fools of themselves’ - Imran Khan’s sons slam PCB

PCB caught flat-footed after Sky Sports aired Imran Khan sons' Lord's Test interview — and reportedly threatened to pull the team off the field.

Here's the drama: Atherton sat down with Sulaiman and Kasim Khan in Lord's Writers' Room during lunch, and the PCB allegedly contacted Sky pre-break threatening that players wouldn't return if the clip aired. Sky held it, then ran an 18-min segment. PTV (Pakistan's broadcaster) nixed it entirely.

The brothers didn't mince words: "They made absolute fools of themselves" — Kasim. Sulaiman called the PCB's threat "tactless," arguing humanitarian/health concerns over an ex-patient who lived in the UK for 22 years shouldn't be politicized.

Deeper alarms raised over Imran's health and detention. They slammed the Supreme Court-ordered Shifa Hospital admission — he was instead taken to PIMS and returned to prison. "Complete charade, very murky," Kasim said. Sulaiman floated a chilling theory: they're "dripfeeding" health reports to prep the public for something worse, then wash their hands with "he's just an old man who died."

The takeaway? PCB overstepped big time by trying to suppress a family conversation. Cricket's fine, but dragging players into a political humanitarian fight is a poor look for the board.

What's your read — did PCB go too far, or is protecting the team's focus fair game? 🏏

Source: Crictracker