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Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal Khan announces his retirement from international cricket.

Sports | Dated: 14 Jan 2025

On January 10, 2025, Tamim Iqbal Khan, a 35-year-old left-handed batsman from Bangladesh, announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - This is his second retirement; he had first announced his retirement in July 2023, but after Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, intervened, he reversed the decision within 24 hours.
  • - Tamim made his debut in One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 2007 and played his first Test match in 2008.
  • - He became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to score 50 half-centuries in ODIs.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) Tamim Iqbal is the only Bangladeshi cricketer to score centuries in all three formats of the game (ODIs, Tests, and T20Is).
  • (ii) In 2011, he was named one of the four "Cricketers of the Year" by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
  • (iii) He has scored more than 15,000 runs in his international career, the highest by any Bangladeshi batsman so far.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Recently, which Bangladesh batsman announced his retirement from international cricket?

Correct Answer: Tamim Iqbal Khan

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About Bangladesh

  • Capital: Dhaka
  • Currency: Bangladeshi Taka