Nafees Iqbal suffers stroke, shifted to Dhaka by air ambulance
The 39-year-old toured the USA and the Caribbean with the team for the T20 World Cup.
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Nafees Iqbal, former Bangladesh opener and currently the team's logistics manager, suffered a stroke this morning and has already been airlifted to Dhaka for better treatment.
The 39-year-old toured the USA and the Caribbean with the team for the T20 World Cup.
"Nafees had suffered a minor stroke. He has been moved to Dhaka from Chattogram by air ambulance. He has been admitted to Bangladesh Specialised Hospital. At 4 pm, the air ambulance arrived," said the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) chief physician Dr. Debashish Chowdhury.
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Nafees, also the elder brother of Tamim Iqbal and nephew of Akram Khan, played 11 Tests and 16 ODIs for Bangladesh.
