Former Bangladesh cricket captain Tamim Iqbal’s situation has improved, medical doctors stated Tuesday (March 25, 2025), after he was hospitalized following cardiac arrest throughout a Twenty20 match.
The 36-year-old Tamim was being stored underneath remark after present process an emergency process to deal with a blockage in one of many arteries of his coronary heart, in keeping with the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He reportedly complained of chest pains whereas fielding as he was main the Mohammedan staff towards Shinepukur in Savar within the Dhaka Premier Division.
Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, director of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, visited Tamim on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) and gave a optimistic analysis, whereas remaining cautious.
“We were studying his heart’s function through an eco cardiograph this morning. It shows everything is alright, as if there is no problem,” Mr. Chowdhury stated in quotes carried by the Prothom Alo newspaper in Bangladesh.
“But we must remember that this is a veil. An abnormal beat could be there again,” stated Mr. Chowdhury.
He stated the chance to Tamim is “very small, less than 1%. But if something happens, then the risk is 100% for the patient.”
“Tamim is Tamim, our national asset. He should stay here (in the hospital) for 48-72 hours. Then he could move,” he added.
Mr. Chowdhury stated Tamim “should talk a little, should take rest and should not be agitated about anything.”
In a message to his 7.9 million followers on his Facebook web page, Tamim — the one Bangladesh batter to attain centuries in all three worldwide codecs — stated he had been “lucky” to have had “amazing people by my side” and expressed his “heartfelt gratitude and love to all of you.”
Tamim scored greater than 5,000 check runs in his 15 years as Bangladesh’s opener, together with 10 centuries and a high rating of 206 towards Pakistan in 2015.
He amassed greater than 8,000 one-day worldwide runs with 14 centuries and a better of 158, and hit one T20 hundred.
In late 2023, Tamim opted out of the ODI World Cup after a dispute with a BCB member.
Published – March 27, 2025 01:09 am IST
