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Tamim Iqbal announces retirement from international cricket: ICC Champions Trophy 2025 starts from 19th February. Bangladesh team is also going to participate in this tournament. Before the Champions Trophy, a big news has come out from Bangladesh cricket. Former captain Tamim Iqbal has retired from international cricket. Tamim recently met the national selection panel, which is busy preparing the Bangladesh team for the mega event. However, even before the announcement of the team, Tamim has announced his retirement.
Tamim wrote an emotional post, also remembered his son
35-year-old Tamim Iqbal wrote on Facebook, “I have been away from international cricket for a long time and this gap will never end. My chapter in international cricket has ended. I had been thinking about it for some time and considering the Champions Trophy situation, I didn’t want the team to be distracted by discussions about me. For this reason, I had distanced myself from central contracts a long time ago. However, the media sometimes suggested the opposite.
He said that every cricketer has the right to decide his own future. I have taken my time in taking this decision. Now I think the time has come. Captain Nazmul Hussain requested me to return and I also spoke to the selection panel. I’m grateful that he still saw potential in me but I followed my heart.
Tamim further said, “Being out of the team before the 2023 World Cup was a shock for me.” Wherever I went, fans expressed their desire to see me back in the national team. I deeply appreciate their love and support. My son did not tell me directly but he told his mother that he wanted to see his father in the national team jersey. I’m sorry to disappoint the fans. I told my son that when you grow up you will understand your father’s decision.
Tamim Iqbal had also retired from international cricket in July 2023, but later changed his mind. Tamim played his last match for Bangladesh in September 2023. Let us tell you that Tamim started his international career in February 2007 with an ODI match against Zimbabwe. In the same year, he scored a match-winning half-century in Bangladesh’s victory over India in the ODI World Cup.
Tamim’s international record
Tamim Iqbal scored 5134 runs in 70 Test matches at an average of 38.89, which included 10 centuries and 31 half-centuries. Tamim has scored 8357 runs in 243 ODI matches at an average of 36.65. Tamim has scored 14 centuries and 56 half-centuries in ODIs. Tamim scored 1758 runs in 78 T20 International matches at an average of 24.08. Tamim has one century and seven half-centuries to his name in T20 International.
Tamim Iqbal is the highest run scorer for his country in ODIs. Tamim’s win percentage as Bangladesh’s ODI captain is slightly higher than Mashrafe Mortaza. Under Tamim’s captaincy, Bangladesh won 21 out of 37 matches. Tamim also captained Bangladesh in the Test match against New Zealand in 2017.