On Saturday, Tamim Iqbal, the starting centre for Bangladesh against the West Indies, announced his retirement from T20 Internationals (July 16).
After Bangladesh easily defeated the West Indies in the three-match ODI series in Guyana, Tamim, the Bangladesh ODI captain, announced his retirement from international T20 cricket via a status update on his official Facebook page.
“Please consider me retired from T20Is from today. Thank you everyone,” Tamim wrote in Bangla.
On January 27, Tamim announced a six-month absence from T20 Internationals, while he still participated in a domestic T20 tournament.
Tamim participated in 78 T20Is and amassed 1758 runs—including one century and seven fifty-sevens—at an average of 24.08 and a strike rate of 117.2.