FILE PHOTO - Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - Pakistan v Bangladesh - Lord's, London, Britain - July 5, 2019 Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal in action Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
(Reuters) - Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has been named the team's new one-day international (ODI) captain, replacing Mashrafe Mortaza who stepped down earlier this week, the country's cricket board (BCB) said on Sunday.
Iqbal, 30, is Bangladesh's leading scorer in ODIs, having compiled 7,202 runs since making his debut in 2007. The left-hander also has the most ODI centuries (13) and half-centuries (47) for Bangladesh.
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