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Imran Khan urged by Engineer to restore India-Pakistan Test links

Former Indian cricketer Farokh Engineer poses for a photgraph at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, north-west England. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

By: Keerthi Mohan

India great Farokh Engineer has called on former Pakistan captain-turned prime minister Imran Khan to use his political clout to help restore Test match links between the border rivals. Despite wild enthusiasm about cricket in both nations, the two have not met in a five-day Test match since they played out a draw in Bangalore in 2007. Bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan have been frozen amid political tensions and they only play each other in multi-nation events such as the World Cup. Khan, one of the outstanding all-round cricketers of his generation, became prime minister earlier this year and Engineer believes he now has the authority to break the impasse. “Imran Khan,…

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