Tamim Bashir

Kuntal Chandra

Personal information
Full name	Kuntal Chandra
Born	unknown
Died	18 June 2004 Renal Hospital, Dhaka
Nickname	Papon
Batting style	unknown
Bowling style	unknown
Role	All-rounder
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 15 11 Runs scored 593 91 Batting average 37.06 30.33 100s/50s 0/4 0/0 Top score 98* 27 Balls bowled 2538 531 Wickets 44 13 Bowling average 24.52 23.61 5 wickets in innings 3 1 10 wickets in match 0 N/A Best bowling 6/41 5/32 Catches/stumpings 7/- 4/-
Source: cricinfo, September 14, 2014

Tamim Bashir was a First class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh who died of cerebral malaria on June 18, 2004,^[1] aged only 19.

He was a talented left-arm spinner who had already played 15 first-class matches for Khulna Division and fell ill while training with the Bangladesh high performance unit. Tamim Bashir, nicknamed "Tushar" on some scoresheets, claimed 44 wickets at 24.52, and was also a handy batsman, being stranded on 98 not out against Chittagong Division at Jessore in January 2004. His best bowling, six for 41, came against Dhaka Division at Jessore in 2001–02, when he was just 16 years old. He also took a five wicket haul in List A cricket.

References

1. "Tamim Bashir". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2012.