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• Full Name: Tamim Iqbal Khan

• Born: March 20, 1989, in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

• Family Background: Tamim's family has a strong connection to cricket. His paternal uncle, Akram Khan, is a former captain of the Bangladesh national team, and his older brother, Nafees Iqbal, also played Test cricket for the country. His father, Iqbal Khan, encouraged his sons' passion for the sport.

• Early Years: From a young age, Tamim was recognized for his immense talent. His brother, Nafees, once recalled a story of a 12 or 13-year-old Tamim scoring 148 runs while chasing a target of 150.

• Personal Life: Tamim married his long-time girlfriend, Ayesha Siddiqa, in 2013. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter.

• Role: Left-handed opening batsman.

• Style: Tamim is renowned for his aggressive and fearless batting style, particularly his ability to take on fast bowlers in the powerplay overs.

• Strengths: Known for his powerful pull shot and his ability to hit through the line. He has a strong base and is particularly effective against pace bowling.

• Fielding: An athletic fielder with a safe pair of hands, he is often positioned in the slip cordon or close to the bat in Test matches. He also has a powerful and accurate throwing arm.

• Most Runs for Bangladesh: He is the all-time leading run-scorer for Bangladesh across all three international formats (Tests, ODIs, and T20Is).

• Highest Century Maker: Tamim holds the record for the most international centuries for a Bangladeshi batsman, with over 25 hundreds.

• Triple-Format Century: He is the first and only Bangladeshi to score a century in all three formats of the game (Test, ODI, and T20I).

• Lord's Honours Board: His name is etched on the Honours Board at Lord's for his century against England in 2010, an extremely rare and prestigious achievement for a Bangladeshi cricketer.

• Wisden Recognition: In 2011, he was named one of the four Wisden Cricketers of the Year, a testament to his outstanding performance, particularly on the tour of England. He was also named Wisden's Test Player of the Year.

• First-Class Records: In domestic first-class cricket, he holds the record for the highest individual score by a Bangladeshi batsman with 334*.

• Retirement: In July 2023, Tamim Iqbal made a sudden announcement of his retirement from international cricket. However, he reversed the decision a day later after a meeting with the country's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. He officially stepped down from the ODI captaincy in August 2023 due to fitness concerns. He has since continued his domestic career, including playing in the BPL. He has also been out of the national team for various periods due to injury.