Liton Das, Pakistan vs Bangladesh Test: Bangladesh cricket team is making a splash these days on its tour of Pakistan. The team’s star wicketkeeper batsman Liton Das thrashed the Pakistani bowlers in the second test match and set a record that has never happened before in the 147-year history of cricket.
Actually, the last match of the 2 match test series between Bangladesh and Pakistan is being played in Rawalpindi. By winning the first test, Bangladesh has already taken a 1-0 lead in the series. While in the second match also it has given a tough fight to Pakistan.
After losing the toss and batting first, Pakistan team scored 274 runs. After this, Bangladesh team had a very bad start. The visiting team lost 6 wickets for just 26 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim (3), Shakib Al Hasan (2), Zakir Hasan (1), captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto (4), Mominul Haque (1) and Shadman Islam (10) all flopped badly.
A powerful century by Krishna devotee Liton Das
After this, Bangladeshi Hindu cricketer Liton Das came at number 7 and played a strong innings. He along with Mehdi Hasan Miraz made a brilliant partnership of 165 runs for the 7th wicket and took charge of the team. Liton, who calls himself a servant of Lord Shri Krishna, played an innings of 138 runs in 228 balls in the match and took the Bangladesh team out of a difficult situation.
He hit 4 sixes and 13 fours in his innings. While Mehdi Hasan Miraz played an innings of 78 runs in 124 balls. He hit 1 six and 12 fours. Due to this, Bangladesh scored 262 runs in the first innings and remained just 10 runs behind Pakistan.
This happened for the first time in 147 years of history
Liton Das made a big record in Test cricket with this century. He has become the first batsman to score a century thrice after coming in the top-5 batting when the team’s score is less than 50 runs. Apart from him, no other batsman has been able to do this in the 147-year history of Test cricket.
Before the Rawalpindi Test, Liton Das had done this feat against Pakistan in the 2021 Chittagong Test and against Sri Lanka in the 2022 Mirpur Test. When he scored a century in the Chittagong Test, Bangladesh had lost 4 wickets for 49. While in Mirpur, half of Bangladesh’s team was reduced to 24 runs, then Liton Das scored a century.
Liton Das wrote this bio on Instagram
Very few fans would know that star Liton Das is a devotee of Lord Shri Krishna. He calls himself a servant of Shri Krishna. He has also written this in the bio of his Instagram account. Liton Das wrote in his Instagram bio, ‘Never give up in life, because after a big storm there always comes a rainbow.’ Along with this, Liton Das wrote below, ‘Servant of Shri Krishna and lover of animals.’
Pakistan lost 2 wickets for 9 runs
By the end of the third day of the current test match, Bangladesh team had taken control of the match. They gave two big blows to Pakistan team at 9 runs. First Abdullah Shafiq was out after scoring 3 runs. After this Khurram Shahzad returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Both of them were made victims by fast bowler Hasan Mahmud.
Bangladesh-Pakistan playing-11:
Pakistan Team: Abdullah Shafiq, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood (captain), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Agha Salman, Khurram Shahzad, Abrar Ahmed, Mir Hamza and Mohammad Ali.
Bangladeshi team: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das (wicketkeeper), Shakib Al Hasan, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)