40 Facts About Tamim Iqbal

1. Tamim Iqbal married Ayesha Siddiqa in a grand marriage ceremony held in Chittagong in 2013.

2. Tamim Iqbal was the international elite player for the first season of Caribbean Premier League in 2013.

3. Tamim Iqbal was auctioned as an opener for Pune Warriors India, though he didn't play a single match of the league in 2012.

4. In 2015, Tamim Iqbal joined Chittagong Vikings and ended up as a third highest run scorer in the tournament and highest run-scorer in his team.

5. Tamim Iqbal was the leading run-scorer in ICC World Cup 2016, the only centurion for Bangladesh in T20 internationals.

6. Tamim Iqbal was made vice-captain in 2011; Shakib was made the captain of the team.

7. Tamim Iqbal is the only player in national cricket history to score a double century in Test cricket.

8. Tamim Iqbal was the highest run-scorer of the 2016 T20 World Cup.

9. Tamim Iqbal is highest individual run-scorer for cricket Bangladesh overall in Tests, One-DayInternationals, and T20 internationals.

10. In 2011, Tamim Iqbal became Wisden Cricketers' of the year along with four cricketers.

11. Tamim Iqbal is the third-youngest player in cricket history to reach 1000 test runs; the other two are Muhammad Ashraful, a Bangladeshi talent, and Sachin Tendulkar.

12. At the time of selection, Tamim Iqbal was suffering from typhoid, though selectors named him as a member of the squad, Mustafa Kamal, chairman BCB ruled him out of the tournament and selected him back after being shamed by Media and public.

13. In 2012, Tamim Iqbal was sold to Chittagong Kings, his hometown franchise in the inaugural BPL.

14. Tamim Iqbal played his first International match against India in World Cup 2007; he scored fifty with Bangladesh eventually winning the game.

15. Tamim Iqbal was a permanent member and most trusted opening batsman of his division team Chittagong in the first-class circuit.

16. Tamim Iqbal is a left-hand batsman; he opens for Bangladesh in all formats of the game as well as for the league cricket.

17. Tamim Iqbal was brilliant in batting since childhood; he once scored 148 chasing a score of 150 when he was 12 or 13, cited by his brother Nafees Iqbal.

18. Tamim Iqbal was born in a port city of Bangladesh Chittagong to Iqbal Khan and Nusrat Iqbal on 20thMarch 1989.

19. Tamim Iqbal is known as a dashing batsman for his aggressive batting.

20. Tamim Iqbal is an excellent opening batsman in the Bangladesh team who made back to back hundred against Pakistan in Mirpur in 2015.

21. Tamim Iqbal jumped to the 13th position in ICC ODI Batsman Ranking with a career highest rating point of 737.

22. Tamim Iqbal scored 95 off 114 balls in the next game against Australia, a match that ended without result.

23. Tamim Iqbal led the highest number of 6's hit chart at the tournament.

24. Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladesh cricketer to score an international T20I hundred whilst surpassing the previous high score of 88*.

25. Tamim Iqbal was the highest run scorer at the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 held in India.

26. Tamim Iqbal played a superb ODI series against Pakistan, where he scored two back-to-back match-winning centuries.

27. Tamim Iqbal responded by striking four consecutive half-centuries, becoming the first Bangladesh player to achieve the feat in ODIs.

28. Tamim Iqbal was recruited as a short-term replacement for Australian batsmen David Hussey, who was called up to the national squad.

29. Tamim Iqbal became only the second Bangladeshi to play county cricket in England when he signed to play for Nottinghamshire in June 2011.

30. Tamim Iqbal ended up with 128, and was named as the Man of the Match for his performance.

31. Tamim Iqbal was the first Bangladeshi to play in a New Zealand domestic league.

32. Tamim Iqbal had his first son Mohammed Arham Iqbal in 28 February 2016.

33. Tamim Iqbal married Ayesha Siddiqa in June 2013 with a grand ceremony held at Chittagong.

34. Tamim Iqbal was classified as an international elite player for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League in 2013.

35. Tamim Iqbal has achived the most centuries for Bangladesh cricket side.

36. Tamim Iqbal is currently the highest run-scorer for Bangladesh in international cricket, including Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals.

37. Tamim Iqbal is Bangladesh's highest century maker in international matches with 20 centuries, combining all forms of cricket.

38. Tamim Iqbal is the highest individual run scorer for Bangladesh in limited over formats and only Bangladeshi cricketer to score centuries in all three formats of the game.

39. Tamim Iqbal plays first-class cricket for Chittagong Division cricket team.

40. Tamim Iqbal was the top scorer with 36 of 62 balls.