Zohran Mamdani hails Ramiz Raja’s commentary for team motivation

NEW YORK: Democratic socialist and New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has turned out to be a fan of former Pakistani cricketer and commentator Ramiz Raja.

34-year-old Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, after which a video of the election campaign of the newly elected mayor of New York City is going viral on various social media platforms, which has now been reshared by Ramiz Raja.

In the viral video, Mamdani can be seen addressing his team.

He quoted Ramiz Raja to boost the enthusiasm of his colleagues and repeated his lines (To snatch defeat from the jaws of victory).

Ramiz Raja reshared the aforementioned video of the election campaign of the newly elected mayor of New York City on the micro-blogging website X and congratulated him, saying, “Congratulations, Mr. Mamdani, and thank you for being a fan of commentary.”

Ramiz Raja said that you have exposed those who do not play cricket by playing with a straight bat. I am very proud of you.

Zohran Mamdani

Zohran, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, capping a meteoric rise from a little-known state lawmaker to one of the country’s most visible Democratic figures, Reuters reported.

Mamdani will become the first Muslim mayor of the largest US city. He defeated Democratic former Governor Andrew Cuomo, 67, who ran as an independent after losing the nomination to Mamdani in the primary election.

According to CBS, Mamdani received 1,035,645 votes (50.4 per cent) against 854,783 (41.6pc) for former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and 146,127 (7.1 per cent) for Curtis Sliwa.

The campaign served as an ideological and generational contest that could have national implications for the Democratic Party.