Bangladesh Cricketer Tamim Iqbal suffers heart attack during DPL match

March 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has been hospitalized after suffering severe chest pain at a hospital in Savar, following the toss of a Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan on Monday.

The Mohammedan Sporting Club skipper was rushed to Fazilatunnesa Hospital

According to hospital sources, BCB’s chief medical officer, Debashis Chowdhury, confirmed that Tamim suffered two heart attacks but is now improving.

Match referee Debabrata Pal, who is at the hospital, told Prothom Alo that an angiogram revealed a blockage in Tamim’s heart. (Dhaka Tribune)