Bangladesh Captain Tamim Iqbal emerged as the first batsman to score 14,000 international runs for his country during the first One Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka in Dhaka on Sunday.
With this feat, Tamim also emerged into the list of 10 openers to have scored the most international runs.
With 13,998 runs under the belt Tamim was only two runs short from the milestone ahead of the game.
Tamim picked a boundary in the last ball of the first over, off pacer Isuru Udana, to reach yet another record as Bangladeshi batsman.
Tamim with the 52 runs scored against Sri Lanka in the first ODI took the tally of his international runs to 14,050 runs in 355 international innings.
The Bangladesh captain has scored 4,788 runs in 64 Tests, 7,504 runs in 213 ODIs and 1,758 runs in 78 T20Is.
With 14,011 runs Tamim sits at number 10 of the most runs scored by an opener. The list is led by Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya with 19,298 runs.
(Agencies)
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