India Tour of Bangladesh: Neymar’s special gift for Tamim- The Football World Cup fever is on, and the international cricketers too are caught in that frenzy. Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal who loves Brazil football team, was in Qatar for the game against Serbia last week. He not only left with happy memories of Brazil winning the game 2-0, but also with a memorabilia that he will treasure for the rest of his life. Brazilian star Neymar gifted an autographed number 10 jersey to Tamim Iqbal. Follow India vs Bangladesh Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
🚨Match Day!
The Seleção will face Switzerland in their 2nd group stage match 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/opkhDcF6aw
— Brasil Football 🇧🇷 (@BrasilEdition) November 28, 2022
Irrelevant to say that Tamim Iqbal is a massive Neymar fan, and the gift certainly made his day. However, the Bangladesh opener couldn’t get to meet his favourite footballer in Qatar.
The autographed gift was also arranged by Tamim’s common friend – Robin Mia, who has been associated with Neymar for a very long time, according to local reports. Mia provides logistical support to Neymar’s family, who came to Qatar for the World Cup.
Mia got to know that the Bangladesh cricketer would be coming to Qatar to watch Brazil vs Serbia game, and this is where he got Neymar’s autographed jersey for Tamim.
Neymar suffered a swollen right ankle in the game against Serbia, the same game which Tamim went all the way from Bangladesh to Qatar for. The recent reports from Brazilian football team claims that Neymar is recovering well, and is likely to participate in Bazil’s third Group G match, if required.
India Tour of Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal gets a very special gift, Neymar gives autographed jersey to Bangladesh opener: Follow FIFA World Cup LIVE
Tamim to lead Bangladesh vs India
Maybe Neymar’s autographed jersey is just the added motivation that Tamim Iqbal needs to lead his side against India. India takes on Bangladesh in three One-Day Internationals and two Test series in Bangladesh starting next month.
The Bangla Tigers have improved their stature in white-ball cricket and are no pushovers. In 22 ODIs played against India at home, they have beaten India on four occasions.
The last time these two teams played against each other was in the 2022 T20 World Cup, in Group B’s encounter at the Adelaide Oval. India won the contest 5 runs on DLS method.
India’s squad for Bangladesh ODIs: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen
India’s squad for Bangladesh Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav
| India’s tour of Bangladesh, 2022 – ODI series | ||||
| Sr. No. | Day | Date | Match | Venue |
| 1 | Sunday | 4th December | 1st ODI | SBNCS, Mirpur |
| 2 | Wednesday | 7th December | 2nd ODI | SBNCS, Mirpur |
| 3 | Saturday | 10th December | 3rd ODI | ZAC Stadium, Chittagong |
India Tour of Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal gets a very special gift, Neymar gives autographed jersey to Bangladesh opener: Follow FIFA World Cup LIVE
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