T20 World Cup: Bangladesh confident recovering senior batsman Tamim Iqbal will feature in tournament

Tamim Iqbal will miss next month's Twenty20 series against New Zealand, but chief selector Minhajul Abedin said the 32-year-old would be fit for the World Cup.

Tamim Iqbal will miss Bangladesh's T20 series against New Zealand next month but will be fit for the T20 World Cup later this year, said the team's chief selector Minhajul Abedin. Tamim hurt his knee during the April-May tour of Sri Lanka and returned midway through the team's subsequent Zimbabwe tour in July. "I don't see any doubt," Abedin told Cricbuzz. "He will play when he is fit and he will be with the team. We are keeping a close eye on his development."