Bangladesh one-day international skipper and veteran opener Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday.
‘Yesterday's match was the last of my international career. I am retiring from international cricket which is effective from now,’ Tamim said at a press conference in his home town Chattogram.
‘I tried my best to fulfill my late father's dream throughout my 16-year career. I don't know how much I could fulfill. I thank everyone related to cricket alongside my family members,’ Tamim said.
Tamim’s decision came just days after he came under from the Bangladesh Cricket Board for deciding to play against Afghanistan in the first ODI despite not being 100 percent fit.
BCB president Nazmul Hasan called his professionalism into question asking Tamim to decide what he wanted.
Tamim scored only 13 off 21 balls in 17-run defeat drawing further criticism.
The 34-year-old batsman scored 8,313 runs in the 241 ODIs he played for Bangladesh, hitting 14 centuries and 56 fifties.
The veteran scored 5,134 runs from the 134 innings he played in 70 Tests, while scoring 10 hundreds, including a popular one against England at the Lord's in 2010.
He captained Bangladesh in 37 ODIs from 2019 till his retirement.
