Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal regained consciousness and was speaking to family members after suffering a major heart attack during a domestic match, cricket officials told AFP on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old was leading Mohammedan Sporting Club in a match of the 50-over Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League when he was rushed to a nearby hospital after severe chest pain on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is now better. He talked to his family members and also walked briefly at the hospital,\u201d club official Tariqul Islam said.<\/p>\n
Mohammedan physiotherapist Enamul Haque said Tamim was in a stable condition and would likely be transferred to another medical facility soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to go to hospital quickly to save his life, and luckily we did that,\u201d Enamul told AFP.<\/p>\n
Tamim was in critical condition when he was rushed to hospital, Razeeb Hasan, the medical director at the facility where Tamim received treatment, told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n
He also said Tamim had to undergo surgery to implant stents to clear an artery blockage.<\/p>\n
News of Tamim\u2019s health crisis saw an outpouring of support from the cricketing world.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease pray that my brother Tamim recovers quickly and returns to the game!\u201d long-time teammate Shakib Al Hasan wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n
Tamim\u2019s heart attack came the same day as Shakib\u2019s 38th birthday, but the all-rounder said he was unable to enjoy the occasion because of the news. Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh likewise offered his \u201cprayers and wishes\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve faced tough opponents before and come out stronger, this will be no different. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Stay strong,\u201d Yuvraj wrote on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal regained consciousness and was speaking to family members after suffering a major heart attack during a domestic match, cricket officials told AFP on Tuesday. The 36-year-old was leading Mohammedan Sporting Club in a match of the 50-over Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League when he was rushed to a nearby hospital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7362,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions\/7362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}