Fortune Barishal skipper Tamim Iqbal believes that he is reaping the benefit of playing to his strength rather than getting tempted and going out to prove a point in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League.
 Tamim helped his franchise reach the second qualifier of the tournament with a brilliant unbeaten half-century after Barishal crushed Chattogram Challengers out of the tournament by handing them a seven-wicket defeat in Mirpur on Monday.
Tamim and Kyle Mayers came up with contrasting half-centuries during their 98-run stand as they reached 136-3 in 14.5 balls after restricting their opponent to 135-9 in the first qualifier in the jam-packed Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Tamim made an unbeaten 52 off 43 balls which was decorated by nine boundaries while Mayers hit a 26-ball 50 that included three fours and five sixes to take them game away from their opposition.
When Tamim was asked about the temptation to play over aggressively seeing his partner going after their opponent bowlers in such a murderous manner, the left-handed batsman begged to differ.
“No, no (wasn’t tempted to play aggressively). That’s his (Mayers) game,” Tamim said during the presentation ceremony after the match.
“My game is to find the gaps and stick to cricketing shots. I think I should not look to go outside my strengths and I was trying to do the same. Fantastic innings by Kyle, actually bat and ball both,” he said.
“Yes, looking at the wicket, it looked better than the other one. But especially in Mirpur early in the game, you will have something for the bowlers. The first couple of overs, it was a little tacky and we used it nicely,” he said.

Tamim said that he is not losing his sleep over his opponent in the second qualifier as they will get the losing side of the qualifier one between Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians at the same venue on Wednesday.
“Both the teams are quality teams and if we reach the final, we have to play both of them. So I don’t mind whoever comes.
“We should only concentrate on our good things and what we are doing right or doing wrong and see who comes on 28th,” said Tamim, who is the current leading run-scorer of the tournament with 443 runs in 13 innings at an average of 36.92 and a strike rate of 125.50.