Tamim Iqbal: The Best Opener of Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal is the nightmare for every bowler. Every knock with the ball on his bat spark flares over the air, ball runs away over the boundary, in the gallery there is one sound “Boom Boom Tamim.”
Playing Style:
Tamim Iqbal is an aggressive batsman. He has keen knowledge of bowling and can easily destroy opposition’s bowling line up. Having natural talent of batting, he is perfect fit for all formats of cricket. He loves to stream brutal aggression on bowler. He played key role behind the victories of the Bangladesh National Cricket team in every match .
Background:
Named one of the best test players by Wisden Cricketer magazine, Tamim’s full name is Tamim Iqbal Khan. Born on March 20, 1989, in Chittagong, Tamim comes from a cricket family. Chittagong is the commercial capital of Bangladesh. His elder brother Nafis Iqbal and his maternal uncle Akram Khan also played in Bangladesh National Cricket team .
Tamim displayed his talents in batting since childhood. His late father Iqbal motivated him a lot. He organized many small tournaments for his better performance in cricket. His affectionate mother Nusrat Iqbal is also a great inspirational person in his life .
Carrier:
Tamim played in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006. He debuted against Zimbabwe at Harare. His performance brought him the attention of the cricket world in test match against New Zealand. At that match, he scored 137 runs by following year.
He served as the Vice Captain of the Bangladesh National Cricket Team from 2010 to 2011. To reduce the stress he stepped down.
At present, he is playing in Chittagong Division Cricket team on BPL (Bangladesh cricket Team ). He is the second Bangladeshi player to play county cricket in England after Shakib Al Hasan. He played for Nottinghamshire in June 2011. In 2012, IPL(Indian Premium League) he played with Pune Warriors.
Tamim is also a part time bowler. His bowling style is Right arm off break.
Earlier Career overview:
Test debut: New Zealand v Bangladesh at Dunedin, Jan 4–6, 2008
ODI debut: Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, Feb 9, 2007
T20I debut: Kenya v Bangladesh at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 1, 2007
Last update playing Match:
Last Test: Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, Jul 30-Aug 3, 2015
Last ODI: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, Nov 11, 2015
Last T20: Bangladesh v New Zealand at Kolkata, Mar 26, 2016
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
42
80
1
3118
206
39.46
5628
55.40
7
18
388
27
11
0
ODIs
153
152
3
4713
154
31.63
6029
78.17
6
32
536
62
35
0
T20Is
52
52
5
1154
103*
24.55
1007
114.59
1
4
125
27
12
0
First-class
72
132
7
5428
206
43.42
13
31
25
0
List A
183
182
5
5793
154
32.72
7126
81.29
8
38
46
0
Twenty20
119
118
10
3229
130
29.89
2721
118.66
2
20
324
96
30
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
42
5
30
20
0
-
-
-
4.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
153
2
6
13
0
-
-
-
13.00
-
0
0
0
T20Is
52
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
72
252
193
0
-
-
-
4.59
-
0
0
0
List A
183
12
19
0
-
-
-
9.50
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
119
2
13
18
0
-
-
-
8.30
-
0
0
0
Achievements:
In May 2011, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack named him one of the four Cricketers of the Year for his excellent performance against England. Same year in October, he was named Wisden’s Test Player of the Year. He is top run scorer in every format- Test, ODI, and T20 International. He is the only cricketer who picked up century in every format. Even this year, in ICC T20 World Cup in India, Tamim Iqbal was the highest scorer.
Personal Life:
Tamim loves to wear clothes that would make him feel comfortable. Mostly he wears casual Shirt, and T shirt. His favorite brand is Armani. He loves to travel. His favorite place is London. Recently, he visited Malaysia. He loves perfumes. His favorite brands are Daniel and Armani. He likes to collect wrist watches. His favorite brand is AP (Audemars Piguet). His favorite food is Pulao-Roast.
In June 2013, Tamim Iqbal got married to Ayesha Siddiqa. He is now the proud father of one son named Arham Iqbal.
