I really want to score 10000 runs in either format: Tamim Iqbal

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Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh
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Tamim Iqbal. (Photo by Matthew Lewis-IDI/IDI via Getty Images)

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal, in a recent interview with ESPNcricinfo, has revealed his desire to score 10000 runs in either formats of the game. Iqbal has been the pillar of the Bangladeshi batting order ever since making his debut in 2007.

“I want to play for another six years. I really want to score 10,000 runs in either format. In Tests, it is looking impossible, but if I play another 150 ODIs really well, it is possible.”

Injuries and fitness issues are a part and parcel of the game and Iqbal has been no stranger to it. However, more recently, he has been less prone to fitness issues. The last time when he had to miss a series was way back in 2014 when he was ruled out of the Asia Cup due to and neck strain.

“Fitness won’t make you score hundreds, skills will. But fitness will make you play for longer. It is more important for the senior player, because I can’t really be a Sabbir Rahman. I can be someone who can be very fit within my limitations. It would give me an extra year in international cricket.”

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Bangladesh will be playing against England in October. Apart from under-performing in the World T20 2016, they have been a team to reckon with. However, they have been inactive in the past few month.

Speaking about it, Iqbal says, “After such a great season, we are not playing for eight months. It would definitely hamper us. People should be more interested in playing against us, but instead we are sitting on the sidelines. We don’t know how we are going to play. There’s no team in the world apart from Zimbabwe which sits out for so long between matches.

“I could have understood it if we were playing like we did five years ago when our results were predictable, but after we have been performing so well they [other teams] don’t want to play us. Take any top team and tell them to sit for eight months. You will see how they perform. They won’t play the way they were playing.”

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After spending nearly close to a decade as an international cricketer, Iqbal has become a mentor of sorts to many of your younger team-mates. He is said to be very supportive senior.

“It is true that people look up to me, but I have to keep performing in the same way. My responsibility is to work even harder and achieve new things. In spite of my form, people in the dressing room like me. It could be how I behave with them. I feel I am lucky to be liked so much.”

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