Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal suffered a heart attack on March 24 morning during the Dhaka Premier Divison Cricket League match between Mohammedan Sporting Club and Shinepukur Cricket Club in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka. The 36-year-old batter, felt discomfort in his chest while he was on the field. He was rushed to the hospital for further evaluation after being given medical attention on the field.
"He complained of having chest pain and was taken to a nearby hospital where he was checked and underwent an ECG," BCB chief physician Debashish Chowdhury confirmed. "There was a little problem and at times you cannot understand immediately (what the condition of the heart is).
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"In the first blood test, there was a problem. He said he was feeling uncomfortable and wanted to go back to Dhaka. An ambulance was called in and when he was returning to the field from the hospital, he felt a pain in his chest again. He was then brought to the hospital for the second time and it seemed he had a massive heart attack. Now he is under observation at Fazilatunnesa Hospital. As per a report by Bangladesh's Daily Star, Iqbal's one of the two arteries is 100 per cent blocked.
The 36-year-old has been in stellar form this season. He is the fourth-highest run-scorer in Dhaka Premier Divison Cricket League 2024-25. The southpaw has scored 368 runs from seven innings at an average of 73.60, including two centuries. His strike rate of 102.50 is at par with modern-day One-Day cricket as well. Tamim is Bangladesh's highest century maker in international matches with 25 centuries, combining all forms of cricket. He scored more than 15000 runs in his whole international career, which is the highest among any other Bangladeshi batsman to date.
In 2011 he was named one of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's four Cricketers of the Year, and Wisden's Test Player of the Year, becoming just the second Bangladeshi player to be awarded the accolade. He was the highest run scorer in 2016 T20 WC (295). He is the only Bangladeshi cricketer to score centuries in all three game formats. He is the only player to score four consecutive half-centuries in the Asia Cup. He is the only player to score at least two centuries for three times in a 3 match ODI series. He also holds the record for scoring the most hundreds in One Day International cricket from Bangladesh. He retired on January 10, 2025, from all forms of international cricket, marking the end of a remarkable career.
