<strong>New Delhi</strong>: Imran Khan the PM -in -waiting of Pakistan, who just stormed to a landslide victory in Pakistan elections, is receiving wishes from eminent cricketers across the globe. The cricket fraternity is pouring in good wishes for the second innings of former Pakistani skipper and is showing trust in his leadership. Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly congratulated Khan, who is poised to become his country's prime minister after more than two decades of political struggle. "Congratulations to him. He has been fighting for a long time and now he is set to become the prime minister of Pakistan," the Cricket Association of Bengal president said at its annual awards ceremony, PTI reported. Former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop sent his felicitations via Twitter and wrote that he felt proud to know an “outstanding former player could achieve such an important role in leading one's country”. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">My heartiest congratulations to the new Prime minister of Pakistan; Prime Minister Imran Khan. Proud to know an outstanding former player could achieve such an important role in leading ones country. May he lead with integrity and by example. Inshallah????????????????.</p> — ian bishop (@irbishi) <a href="https://twitter.com/irbishi/status/1022324164726808576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2018</a></blockquote> Retweeting Imran Khan’s first wife Jemima Goldsmith’s tweet on his victory, Ex-England Captain Michael Vaughan wrote “Great News”. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Great news ???????????? <a href="https://t.co/GhgGuLpwns">https://t.co/GhgGuLpwns</a></p> — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelVaughan/status/1022453191651336192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2018</a></blockquote> Even Geoffrey Boycott reacted to Jemima’s tweet and hailed Imran as a great captain, a great cricketer and a great man. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brilliant tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jemima_Khan</a> I agree. Great captain, great cricketer, great man I hope he does well. Please send him my congratulations and best wishes. <a href="https://t.co/bRvQnUdFlj">https://t.co/bRvQnUdFlj</a></p> — Geoffrey Boycott (@GeoffreyBoycott) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeoffreyBoycott/status/1022450284533047297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2018</a></blockquote> Former Indian cricketer and commentator Sanjay Manjarekar also poured in his best wishes for Khan. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Imran is the epitome of setting the bar high and reaching it. Congratulations & good luck to my cricketing hero, Imran Khan!</p> — Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) <a href="https://twitter.com/sanjaymanjrekar/status/1022660847389290500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2018</a></blockquote> Former Pakistani cricketer Ramiz Raja also tweeted lauding Khan for his accomplishments. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who could be a bigger and better example of a leader than Imran Khan, who as a super star had the world at his feet and yet elbow greased for 22 years to work for his objective and vision..he’s special and we are proud to have him as our Prime Minister..</p> — Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) <a href="https://twitter.com/iramizraja/status/1022412157621886976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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