NEW DELHI: Three months earlier than Bangladesh start their ODI World Cup marketing campaign in India, their captain Tamim Iqbal introduced his shock retirement from worldwide cricket on Thursday.
The 34-year-old was in tears as he introduced his resolution to finish his 16-year worldwide profession in a news convention in Dhaka.
“Yesterday against Afghanistan was my last international game, I am retiring from international cricket effective right now,” Tamim instructed reporters.
“This is the end for me,” Tamim, who made his worldwide debut in a 2007 ODI in opposition to Zimbabwe in Harare, instructed reporters.
“I have given my best. I have tried my best. I am retiring from international cricket from this moment.”
The Bangladeshi group, whose World Cup marketing campaign begins on October 7 in opposition to Afghanistan in Dharamsala, is but to disclose who will lead the aspect after Tamim’s exit.
Left-handed opener Tamim has scored 15,000-plus runs in worldwide cricket, together with 25 centuries.
His ODI tally of 8,313 runs is the very best by a Bangladesh batsman and his 14 centuries on this format can be greater than any of his compatriots.
Tamim scored 13 in Wednesday’s one-day worldwide in opposition to Afghanistan in Chattogram, in what turned out his final worldwide outing.
(With businesses inputs)
The 34-year-old was in tears as he introduced his resolution to finish his 16-year worldwide profession in a news convention in Dhaka.
“Yesterday against Afghanistan was my last international game, I am retiring from international cricket effective right now,” Tamim instructed reporters.
“This is the end for me,” Tamim, who made his worldwide debut in a 2007 ODI in opposition to Zimbabwe in Harare, instructed reporters.
“I have given my best. I have tried my best. I am retiring from international cricket from this moment.”
The Bangladeshi group, whose World Cup marketing campaign begins on October 7 in opposition to Afghanistan in Dharamsala, is but to disclose who will lead the aspect after Tamim’s exit.
Left-handed opener Tamim has scored 15,000-plus runs in worldwide cricket, together with 25 centuries.
His ODI tally of 8,313 runs is the very best by a Bangladesh batsman and his 14 centuries on this format can be greater than any of his compatriots.
Tamim scored 13 in Wednesday’s one-day worldwide in opposition to Afghanistan in Chattogram, in what turned out his final worldwide outing.
(With businesses inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com