DHAKA: Tamim Iqbal has ended her international T20 career after taking a break from the shorter format in January this year.
Bangladesh starter Tamim announced his retirement from T20Is on his official Facebook page.
“Consider me retired from T20 internationals as of today. Thank you all,” she wrote in Bengali in a Facebook post on Sunday.
The announcement ends speculation in recent weeks about his return to the T20 format after he took a six-month break from the T20Is.
“My entire focus will be on testing and ODIs,” he announced in January this year. “We are preparing for the World Test Championship and the 2023 World Cup qualification. I will not think about the T20Is for the next six months.”
Tamim was an integral part of the Bangaladesh T20I team as he appeared in 75 matches for his team scoring 1701 runs at an average of 24.65. He remains the only centurion from Bangladesh in the shorter format, plus he also scored seven half centuries during his T20I career.
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