[citation needed] He scored more than 15000 runs in his whole international career, which is the highest among any other Bangladeshi batsman to date.

[7] However, on the next day, he astonishingly reversed his retirement decision following a meeting that included the then BCB president Nazmul Hassan, the former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza, and instead opted to take some rest before continuing to play.

[8] Tamim stepped down as the ODI captain on 3 August 2023, after being ruled out of the Asia Cup due to complications arising from a long-standing back injury.

[9] He began his career as an international commentator during the second session of the second Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka in December 2023.

[10] And finally, on January 10, 2025, Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, marking the end of a remarkable career after much reflection and heartfelt decisions.

[15][16] Tamim is the brother of Nafees Iqbal and the nephew of Akram Khan, both of whom played Test cricket for Bangladesh.

Their marriage involved a grand ceremony held at Chittagong and a similar kind of reception at Dhaka on 27th of the same month.

Even though he was playing in a foreign country, there was pressure from the media in Bangladesh for Tamim to perform – especially when Nottinghamshire faced Worcestershire who were fielding Shakib Al Hasan – with his exploits sometimes making the front pages.

[33] In the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League, Tamim played for the Chittagong Vikings, and top-scored for his team scoring 298 runs in 9 innings on an average of 37.25 along with 3 fifties.

[34] Tamim top-scored for his team again in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League scoring 476 runs in 13 innings on an average of 43.27 with 6 fifties.

[36] In the 2019 Bangladesh Premier League, Tamim top-scored for his team scoring 467 runs in 14 innings on an average of 38.91 with 2 fifties and 1 century.

[58] Tamim, a young talent of Bangladesh, who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka, was picked for the 2007 World Cup and played against India in the group stage of the competition, scoring 51 runs from 53 deliveries, helping his team to win the match.

[59] On Bangladesh's tour of the West Indies in July and August 2009, Tamim scored his maiden Test century against a West Indies team weakened by disputes between players and administrators, which resulted in seven players making their Test debuts in the match.

Speaking of his innings, Tamim said "It was a flat wicket, and if you concentrate hard and look to bat straight, it's a good track to score on.

[71] In October he was also named Wisden's Test Player of the Year, ahead of Graeme Swann and Virender Sehwag, who came second and third respectively.

It was just the second time a Bangladesh player had won the award, as Shakib Al Hasan was named the previous year.

In the next game against the West Indies, Tamim was caught at the slips for a third-ball duck as Bangladesh folded for its lowest ODI score, 58 all out.

The following game against England he scored a quick fire 38 to get his side off to another good start, with Bangladesh eventually winning by two wickets.

Even though he was playing in a foreign country, there was pressure from the media in Bangladesh for Tamim to perform – especially when Nottinghamshire faced Worcestershire who were fielding Shakib Al Hasan – with his exploits sometimes making the front pages.

[74] Despite claiming in a press conference that Zimbabwe's bowlers posed little threat,[75] Tamim managed 58 runs in the Test as Bangladesh slid to defeat.

[80] In the aftermath of the series, Shakib and Tamim were sacked as captain and vice-captain, with a BCB representative citing their poor leadership.

Though Bangladesh lost the Test series 1–0, Tamim was his team's leading run-scorer with 186 from four innings, including two half-centuries.

Tamim, who was recovering from typhoid, was initially dropped from the squad on the orders of BCB president Mustafa Kamal.

[88][89] Later that month Tamim signed with Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League,[30] but did not play a single match for the team.

[95] Preparing for the 2017 Champions Trophy, Iqbal scored a hundred against Pakistan in a warm-up game at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

[96] Playing against England in the first of the league games at The Oval, he scored 128 off 142 balls taking the team's total to 305 runs, which was later chased down by the latter.

[101] In August 2017, he was named in a World XI side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the 2017 Independence Cup in Lahore.

[103] During this innings, Tamim also went past Sri Lankan legend Sanath Jayasuriya's 2,514 runs at the R. Premadasa Stadium to become highest run-scorer at a single venue in ODIs.

[105] In the same month, he was named in the Rest of the World XI squad for the one-off T20I against the West Indies, to be played at Lord's on 31 May 2018.

[110] In July 2019, Bangladesh's regular captain Mashrafe Mortaza was ruled out of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka due to a hamstring injury.