Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal finished his stint for the Wellington Firebirds with a 41 against Otago at the Wellington ground yesterday. The Firebirds, who were chasing a target of 170, ended on 158 for 6 with Tamim the top-scorer.
The left-hander will play no further part in the HRV Cup as he is scheduled to return to the country today.
In the six T20 matches that he played, he scored a total of 232 runs, including two half-centuries and two scores above 30. Tamim will leave Wellington as the ninth highest scorer of the HRV Cup. The left-hander will now have to get ready for the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 which begins on January 18. Playing for Duronto Rajshahi this year,
Tamim will face his former team Chittagong Kings
in his first game of the
competition.
-With The Daily Star input
