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

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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.


      - 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.

Main Point :-   (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.
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Capital: Dhaka
Currency: Bangladeshi Taka
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