Tamim Iqbal Retirement / The captain of this team retired before the World Cup, said goodbye crying

Tamim Iqbal Retirement: While on one hand all the teams are busy preparing for the World Cup 2023, on the other hand Bangladesh has suffered a setback. Bangladesh captain and his explosive opener Tamim Iqbal has retired. Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement during a press conference on Thursday. Tamim became very emotional while announcing his retirement. He was seen crying. Please tell that Tamim Iqbal is one of the biggest batsmen of Bangladesh. Tamim scored 5134 runs in Test cricket with the help of 10 centuries. In ODIs, 14 centuries came out of his bat and he has 8313 runs in his name, in T20 cricket also he scored 1758 runs on the basis of one century. Tamim Iqbal has scored a total of 25 centuries in international cricket.

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Tamim Iqbal retires after defeat to Afghanistan

Please tell that Tamim Iqbal has retired in the middle of the ongoing ODI series against Afghanistan. Both the teams had a match in Chattogram on Wednesday itself, in which the Bangladesh team won by 17 runs. The decision of this match came under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Within 24 hours of this defeat of Bangladesh, Tamim Iqbal said goodbye to international cricket.

Tamim Iqbal's career was amazing

If Tamim Iqbal is called Bangladesh's all-time great batsman, then it will not be wrong. Tamim Iqbal's record in international cricket is a witness to this. By the way, there is also a special world record in the name of Tamim Iqbal. Tamim Iqbal holds the world record for scoring the most ODI runs on a single ground. This left-handed batsman has scored the most 2853 runs at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. On this ground, 19 half-centuries and 5 centuries came out of his bat.

Tamim Iqbal is also the youngest Bangladeshi player to score a century in ODIs. Tamim had scored a century against Ireland at the age of just 19 years, 2 days. In this match, he played an innings of 129 runs.

What did Tamim Iqbal say after retirement?

While announcing his retirement, Tamim Iqbal said that this is the end of his career. He tried to do his best. Tamim thanked all his teammates, coach and BCB officials. Tamim Iqbal also thanked all the fans. Tamim said that for the next chapter of his life too, he would need the blessings of his fans.