Tamim Iqbal Khan

Tamim Iqbal Khan is a former Bangladesh captain and one of the country’s most celebrated cricketers. The 37-year-old is the 17th President of the Board and the youngest ever to assume the role.

Tamim brings with him a distinguished cricketing background and a deep understanding of the game in Bangladesh. In an illustrious international career spanning 17 years from 2007 to 2023, he amassed 15,249 runs across formats, the second-highest aggregate by a Bangladeshi batter after Mushfiqur Rahim. The opening batsman remains Bangladesh’s leading run-scorer in One Day Internationals with 8,357 runs and holds the record for the most centuries for the country with 25 international hundreds. He is also the only Bangladeshi cricketer to have scored centuries in all three international formats. In domestic cricket, Tamim is the scorer of the highest individual first-class innings by a Bangladeshi, an unbeaten 334.

Tamim’s achievements were also recognised internationally when he was named as one of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack’s Cricketers of the Year in 2011. In the same year, he was also honoured as Wisden’s Test Cricketer of the Year.

As captain, Tamim led Bangladesh in 37 One Day Internationals between 2019 and 2023, winning 21 out of 35 completed matches to become the country’s most successful ODI captain in terms of win percentage. His tenure included Bangladesh’s historic first-ever ODI series victory in South Africa, along with home series wins over West Indies and Sri Lanka.