Tamim Iqbal

They got married with a grand ceremony held at Chittagong and a similar kind of reception at Dhaka on 27th of the same month.

Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was also present at the event.

When asked about his relationship prior to his marriage, the dashing opener said "I had only Tk 5,000 in my account when she [Ayesha] went for higher education in Malaysia and it was very tough to maintain regular communication with her. But luckily I got a national call-up and I bought a laptop and an air ticket with the match fees from my first international match. There were lot of ups and downs in our relationship but we had the patience to make today's occasion possible. "He also added, "I was not a starter when we fell in love eight years back and she has little interest in cricket. So one thing is very clear; she loves Tamim the person, not Tamim Iqbal the cricketer."

Tamim Iqbal Khan (Bengali: তামিম ইকবাল খান; born 20 March 1989), more popularly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer from Chittagong who was captain of the national team in ODI matches from 2020 to 2023.

Tamim made his ODI debut in 2007 and played his first Test match the following year.

He scored his first century against Ireland.

He is the only Bangladeshi batsman to score a century against the England cricket team at Lord's Stadium.

He served as vice-captain of the national side between December 2010 and September 2011.

In March 2021, Tamim became the first Bangladeshi player to score 50 ODI half-centuries.

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

Tamim is also Bangladesh's highest century maker in international matches with 25 centuries, combining all forms of cricket.

In 2011 he was named one of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's four Cricketers of the Year, and Wisden's Test Player of the Year, becoming just the second Bangladeshi player to be awarded the accolade.

In 2011, Tamim became only the second Bangladeshi to play county cricket in England (Shakib Al Hasan was the first) when he signed to play for Nottinghamshire in June 2011.

He was recruited as a short-term replacement for Australian batsmen David Hussey, who was called up to the national squad.

During his stay, Tamim played five matches, scoring 104 runs with a highest score of 47.

Tamim, whose batting was described in the Nottingham Post as "solid if unspectacular", remarked of his performance that "It could have been better, but it wasn't too bad".

Tamim married his high school sweetheart Ayesha Siddiqa on 22 June 2013.

He met her as a classmate at Sunshine Grammar School and College and proposed her at the age of 15.Their eight-years old relationship got a happy ending on the beginning of a new innings of their life.

Considered as the greatest Bangladeshi batsman, he was the first Bangladeshi to score a century in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, making 103 not out against Oman in the 2016 tournament.

His 103 not out is the highest score made by a Bangladeshi at any T20 World Cup tournaments.

He was the highest run scorer in 2016 T20 WC (295).

He is the only Bangladeshi cricketer to score centuries in all three game formats.

He is the only player to score four consecutive half-centuries in the Asia Cup.

He is the only player to score at least two centuries for three times in a 3 match ODI series.

He also holds the record for scoring the most hundreds in One Day International cricket from Bangladesh.

In July 2022, he announced his retirement from Twenty20 International cricket.

On 6 July 2023, he took retirement from all sorts of international cricket.

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

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.

Tamim was born to Iqbal Khan and Nusrat Iqbal Khan, in the port city of Chittagong.

His paternal Khan family is a prestigious family in the city, his ancestors arrived to Chittagong from Bihar.

His maternal family belongs to Salempur in Uttar Pradesh.

Tamim is the brother of Nafees Iqbal and the nephew of Akram Khan, who both played Test cricket for Bangladesh.

Tamim's father, Iqbal, used to host small cricket tournaments to help his sons train and get better in cricket.

His brother Nafees, a former national team cricketer, in an interview said, "Tamim was the more talented one. When Tamim was 12 or 13, he hit 148 as the team chased 150".

He had his first son named Arham Iqbal Khan on 28 February 2016 and his first daughter named Alishba Iqbal Khan on 19 November 2019.

He has almost 7,000 T20 runs in overall T20 matches with 32+ average.

He plays first-class cricket for Chittagong Division cricket team.

Tamim's 128 which he made against England in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy is also the highest score made by a Bangladeshi at any tournaments.

He is starting his commentator career on 6 December 2023, Bangladesh vs New Zealand 2nd Test match.