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, where doctors confirmed he suffered two heart attacks but is now improving, according to Bangladesh Cricket Board’s chief medical officer, Debashis Chowdhury.
Hospital sources said a stent was placed in his heart.
Match referee Debabrata Pal, who is at the hospital, told Prothom Alo that an angiogram revealed a blockage in Tamim’s heart.
Mohammedan official Tariqul Islam said efforts were made to transfer Tamim to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, but as he was not stable enough for air transport, he is receiving treatment at Fazilatunnesa Hospital.
Meanwhile, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday enquired about the health condition of the country's finest ever opening batsman.
On behalf of the chief adviser, his Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder spoke to BCB Chief Executive Officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury.
