After missing the T20Is series, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has withdrawn from the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman.

During the April Test series against Sri Lanka, the left-hander suffered a knee injury. He did not play in the T20I series against Zimbabwe and Australia, and he is not in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand.

Tamim made his choice known to Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan and head selector Minhajul Abedin on Wednesday. Since his debut in 2007, the 32-year-old has played in 78 T20Is for Bangladesh, amassing 1,758 runs with seven fifties and a century.

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