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Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has returned home, having been discharged from the hospital on Friday, four days after he had suffered a heart attack.
Tamim will continue to be monitored by specialists for the next few weeks after having undergone an angioplasty surgery on Monday.
Tamim, 36, was rushed to hospital after complaining of severe chest pains while playing in a Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match on Monday.
He thanked doctors for their “amazing” care on Tuesday, having been given angioplasty to relieve a blockage of the arteries.
Tamim, Bangladesh’s record run-scorer in one-day internationals, represented his country 391 times across all formats between 2007 and 2023, scoring 15,249 runs.
Tamim, who retired from international cricket in January this year, is still playing domestic cricket. He led the Fortune Barishal franchise to their second BPL title; he also struck two centuries for Mohammedan in this season’s DPL.