5 biggest match-winners for Bangladesh over the years

#2 Tamim Iqbal

Tamim has been his team’s most prolific run-scorer across formats

Tamim Iqbal has been the biggest name in the Bangladeshi batting line-up for a long, long time now. The opening batsman has been amongst the runs in all three formats of the game and recently became the only cricketer from his country to score 9000 international runs.

Iqbal’s credentials as a match-winner for Bangladesh are difficult to parallel, particularly in ODI cricket. He has scored 2729 out of his 4948 career runs in matches won by his team at an average of over 44, which is several notches above his overall average of 32.33.

To add to it, 5 out of Tamim’s 7 ODI centuries have resulted in a victory for the Tigers. In the shortest format of the game, too, the southpaw averages nearly 40 in wins compared to a career average of just 24.55. The same applies in Tests as well with his overall figure of 39.46 swelling to 46.75 in matches won.

At the age of 27, Tamim Iqbal still has a lot of time on hand to lead Bangladesh to many more memorable victories in the future.