Tamim on way to be a global batsman

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has finally established him as one of the best batsmen of the world following his epic performance in the ICC Champions Trophy.

While he began his career in amazing fashion to hint that he got all the ingredients to be a global star, Tamim Iqbal was not quite successful initially to materialise it. There were occasional flashes of brilliance but no consistency which kept him in the category of good batsman just.
His back-to-back century in a tough pitch in the Lords and Old Trafford Test against England in 2010 gave an indication that Tamim Iqbal came off age but again the inconsistency gripped him so much so that there was doubt whether he will remain just as a good batsman.
There was criticism with regards to his performance, there was even doubt if he is axed from the team as his career hit low in 2013 and 2014. However he came as a different batsman after a lowly performance in the 2015 World Cup. The change owed to performing the Umrah, a holy activity that Muslims around the world do every year. Tamim himself admitted the Umrah helped him to calm his mind which remained so scattered during the time of batting.
And thereafter he changed in a way that he eclipsed all Bangladeshi batsman to occupy all the records as a batsman. Before Shakib Al Hasan hit 217 in a Test against New Zealand in the last year to grab the record of highest individual Test innings, Tamim had had the all the possible record as a batsman—like highest ODI innings, highest runs and century in ODI, Test and T20. Those records made him the only player in the cricket history to grab all the records in all format of a cricket at the same time.
But still there was one doubt whether this is enough to make him the global star. Because the cycle is yet to be fulfilled. For this he needs to dazzle in the ICC event and the ICC Champions Trophy is the platform for him to take him the top echelon.
He gave an indication in the tri-nation series in Ireland and practice game leading to the tournament that the cycle is going to be fulfilled. If there is any apprehension with regards to this, Tamim stopped the mouth of the critics by hammering a scintillating 128 runs against England. Even though it could not help Bangladesh to win the match due to the bowlers’ wayward performance, Tamim has proved he is on the way to be global star.
But what purely established Tamim’s status as one of the best batsmen of the world was his 95 against a mighty Australian attack in a tough pitch at The Oval. When other batsmen failed to deal with the pace and aggression of the Australian fast bowlers, Tamim fought lonely to raise the possibility of hitting back-to-back century. However he was dismissed five runs away from the century but that couldn’t take the gloss off from what he had achieved already.

Tamim on way to be a global batsman

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has finally established him as one of the best batsmen of the world following his epic performance in the ICC Champions Trophy. While he began his career in amazing fashion to hint that he got all the ingredients to be a global star, Tamim Iqbal was not quite successful initially to materialise it. There were occasional flashes of brilliance but no consistency which kept him in the category of good batsman just. His back-to-back century in a tough pitch in the Lords and Old Trafford Test against England in 2010 gave an indication that Tamim Iqbal came off age but again the inconsistency gripped him so much so that there was doubt whether he will remain just as a good batsman. There was criticism with regards to his performance, there was even doubt if he is axed from the team as his career hit low in 2013 and 2014. However he came as a different batsman after a lowly performance in the 2015 World Cup. The change owed to performing the Umrah, a holy activity that Muslims around the world do every year. Tamim himself admitted the Umrah helped him to calm his mind which remained so scattered during the time of batting. And thereafter he changed in a way that he eclipsed all Bangladeshi batsman to occupy all the records as a batsman. Before Shakib Al Hasan hit 217 in a Test against New Zealand in the last year to grab the record of highest individual Test innings, Tamim had had the all the possible record as a batsmanlike highest ODI innings, highest runs and century in ODI, Test and T20. Those records made him the only player in the cricket history to grab all the records in all format of a cricket at the same time. But still there was one doubt whether this is enough to make him the global star. Because the cycle is yet to be fulfilled. For this he needs to dazzle in the ICC event and the ICC Champions Trophy is the platform for him to take him the top echelon. He gave an indication in the tri-nation series in Ireland and practice game leading to the tournament that the cycle is going to be fulfilled. If there is any apprehension with regards to this, Tamim stopped the mouth of the critics by hammering a scintillating 128 runs against England. Even though it could not help Bangladesh to win the match due to the bowlers wayward performance, Tamim has proved he is on the way to be global star. But what purely established Tamims status as one of the best batsmen of the world was his 95 against a mighty Australian attack in a tough pitch at The Oval. When other batsmen failed to deal with the pace and aggression of the Australian fast bowlers, Tamim fought lonely to raise the possibility of hitting back-to-back century. However he was dismissed five runs away from the century but that couldnt take the gloss off from what he had achieved already.