Dhaka, March 28 -- Former Bangladesh cricket captain Tamim Iqbal returned home from hospital on Friday, four days after suffering a heart attack during a domestic cricket match and undergoing emergency medical treatment.

Dr Shahabuddin Talukder, who oversaw Tamim's treatment at a hospital in Dhaka, confirmed that Tamim was discharged.

"He will have to maintain a rehabilitation programme," Dr. Shahabuddin said in a press briefing on Friday.

Tamim had fallen ill on March 24 while leading Mohammedan Sporting Club in a Dhaka Premier League match at the BKSP grounds in Savar.

After initially experiencing chest pain - which he believed to be gastric discomfort - he was rushed to a nearby hospital. There, doctors detected a blockage in one o...