Muhammad Tamim Iqbal Khan (Bengali: ????? ????? ???; born 20 March 1989) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer and former Test captain of the Bangladeshi national team. Tamim made his One Day International debut in 2007 and played his first Test the following year. A left-handed opening batsman, he is the Bangladeshi's most successful runscorer to date. Between December 2010 and September 2011 he was vice-captain of the national side. Considered as the best ever opening batsman for Bangladesh, Tamim has set up centuries in all three formats of the game and is also the first Bangladeshi to score 10,000 international runs. On 23rd January 2018 against Zimbabwe at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, he became the first batsman for Bangladesh to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs and went past Sanath Jayasuriya's 2,514 runs at the R. Premadasa Stadium to become highest run-scorer at a single venue in ODIs.

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Tamim Iqbal
Personal information
Full name	Tamim Iqbal Khan
Born	(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 29) Chittagong, Bangladesh
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting	Left handed
Role	Opening batsman
Relations	Akram Khan (uncle) Nafees Iqbal (brother)
International information
National side	Bangladesh (2007–present)
Test debut (cap 51)	4 January 2008 v New Zealand
Last Test	12 July 2018 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 83)	9 February 2007 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	15 September 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	28
T20I debut (cap 17)	1 September 2007 v Kenya
Last T20I	5 August 2018 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–present	Chittagong Division
2011	Nottinghamshire
2012	Chittagong Kings
2013	Duronto Rajshahi
2012	Wayamba United
2012–2013	Wellington Firebirds
2012–2013	Pune Warriors India
2013	St Lucia Zouks
2015–2016	Chittagong Vikings
2016–present	Peshawar Zalmi
2017	Essex
2017	Speen Ghar Tigers
2017–present	Comilla Victorians
2018–present	Nangarhar
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 55 181 69 79 Runs scored 4,002 6,305 1,490 7,987 Batting average 38.68 35.84 23.56 43.07 100s/50s 8/25 11/43 1/4 14/35 Top score 206 154 103* 206 Balls bowled 30 6 – 252 Wickets 0 0 – 0 Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – n/a – – Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 13/– 40/– 14/– 27/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 15 September 2018

In 2011 he was named as 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 plays first-class cricket for Chittagong Division cricket team. He 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. Tamim is also Bangladesh's highest century maker in international matches with 20 centuries, combining all forms of cricket.

He is currently the highest run-scorer for Bangladesh in international cricket, including Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals. He is the second Bangladeshi cricketer to score 3,000 runs in Tests and 5,000 runs in ODIs and also the first Bangladeshi cricketer to go past 1,000 runs in T20Is.

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