The local and global cricket fraternity have joined hands to pray for the swift recovery of Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal, who suffered a cardiac arrest today and had to undergo a stenting surgery.

Tamim's condition is now improving as he has regained consciousness and spoken with his family while in observation at the CCU of the KPJ Specialised Hospital in Savar.

Earlier, in the day, when the news of Tamim's heart attack first started circulating online, it stunned one and all and the cricket world took to social media to send prayers and well wishes for the former Bangladesh captain.

Here are few of the notable ones:

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Tamim regains consciousness, speaks with family