Tamim Iqbal pulls out of ICC T20 World Cup

Tamim did not feature in the T20I series against Zimbabwe and Australia and is not a part of the squad for the five-match series against New Zealand.

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has withdrawn from the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman after missing a string of T20Is in the recent past.

The left-hander had suffered a knee injury during the Test series against Sri Lanka in April. He did not feature in the T20I series against Zimbabwe and Australia and is not a part of the squad for the five-match T20I series against New Zealand.

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Tamim informed Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan and chief selector Minhajul Abedin about his decision on Wednesday.

The 32-year-old has featured in 78 T20Is for Bangladesh, scoring 1,758 runs with seven fifties and a hundred since his debut in 2007.