Former captain of the Bangladesh national team and the captain of Fortune Barishal in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Tamim Iqbal, reached 8000 runs in T20s as the first Bangladeshi batter, reports UNB.
The left-handed batter achieved the milestone of 8,000 runs on Thursday during his innings of 40 against Rangpur Riders in their BPL match in Sylhet.
Before taking the field on Thursday, Tamim had 7991 runs to his name in this format of cricket.
Tamim reached the milestone in his 272nd match and 271st innings in T20 cricket. He now has 8031 runs at an average of 32.91 and a strike rate of 121.27, including four centuries.
Most of the runs Tamim scored came for the Bangladesh national team where he scored 1701 runs. In BPL, Tamim is the all-time highest scorer with more than 3500 runs. He also has more than 600 runs in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
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