Sunil Gavaskar might attend Imran Khan's oath-taking ceremony provided a few conditions are met

Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan is set to take oath as the next Prime Minister of the country and he has invited his cricketing mates to the event as well. He shared a great on-field and off-field relationship with the likes of former Indian captain Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Navjyot Singh Sidhu all of whom have been sent personal invites. While Kapil and Sidhu had accepted that they have been asked to participate on the occasion Gavaskar was yet to confirm.

The legendary Indian opener today said that he will make the final decision only after getting a nod from the central government. He also has to make sure that the days are free on his schedule and will approach the government for their opinion once he knows it is possible for him to make a trip to Pakistan.

“I would like to take our government’s OK, take their view, opinion whether I should travel there even if there is a day when I am able to go,” Gavaskar told ‘India Today’.

Got an invite from his party

He got the invite yesterday from Imran’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), he wants to be there for the oath-taking ceremony but if at all he will be able to make it is a different matter.

“I just got the invite yesterday, and the invite was from his (Imran’s) office, his party. An official invite in a way hasn’t been there. I would like to travel but whether I would be able to travel is a different matter.

“And I say this because I have got commitments to do commentary for the second Test starting at Lord’s. As of now from what I gathered the date of the swearing-in is not yet certain,” Gavaskar said.

Won’t go if it is on August 15

The occasion might also clash with his mother’s birthday which is on August 15 and if that is the case he will not go as it is also the Independence day in India.

“If it is on the 15th (August) I clearly won’t be able to go because it’s my mother’s 93rd birthday, apart from it being India’s Independence day. And the same evening I am going to England to cover the remaining three Test matches.”

He further said that Imran’s success makes him happy, it is his hard work that has paid off and he now has a huge responsibility to come true to the mandate the people have handed him.

“Yes, I do feel happy. He has got a great responsibility, he has worked hard for it. It is not his first election, he has tasted defeat in the earlier elections and in fact the last elections would have been little bit of a bitter blow because he was really expecting to win in that election,” Gavaskar stated.

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