Tamim to end media ‘Adda’ reuniting senior batch of Tigers

The newly-appointed Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal will conclude his series of live show (adda) on social media with local and international cricket stars Saturday (May 23) night by bringing together his favourite team mates and national heroes –Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad.

The last episode of his popular show is set to be aired online Saturday at 10:30 pm (Bangladesh time).Tamim also invited his close friend and another integrated part of Bangladesh cricket team cum world famed all rounder Shakib Al Hasan to join his last show, but he will be unable to do so for personal reasons.

In his latest episode with New Zealand captain Kane Williamson on Thursday (May 21) afternoon, Tamim announced that his next and last episode will be aired on Saturday night at 1O:30 pm (Bangladesh time).

Tamim started this show aiming to entertain the people, who are stuck at home due to the ongoing lockdown, which was imposed by the authority to contain the spread of the coronavirus which has taken many lives around the globe.

He came to live on social media in the first two sessions with former Bangladesh skipper cum wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim and the T20 captain Mahmudullah Riyad respectively on Instagram.

Later, Tamim moved the program to his Facebook and Youtube channel where recent past Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, pacers Taskin Ahmed and Rubel Hossain have appeared and shared some of their unknown stories.

Tamim’s Facebook Live what he started with his teammate Mushfiqur Rahim, involved South African captain Faf du Plessis as the first foreign cricketer to join his show and later on, Indian star opener Rohit Sharma, Indian captain Virat Kohli and Pakistani legrnt Wasim Akram were also a part of this show, apart from Kane Williamson’s.

Tamim invited former Pakistani captain Wasim Akram as special guest in his show with three former Bangladesh captains- Minhajul Abedin Nannu, Akram Khan and Khaled Masud Pilot.

Earlier, Tamim also brought three former Bangladesh skippers Khaled Mahmud, Habibul Bashar and Naimur Rahman on his show as guests.Bangladesh Test captain captain Mominul Hoque, openers Soumya Sarkar and Liton Das also part of his live show.

source: UNB