Liton Das and Shakib Al Hasan hit a fifty each and propelled Bangladesh to a challenging total of 173 for six against Pakistan on Thursday. Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first. Najmul Hossain Shanto and Soumya Sarkar opened the innings for Bangladesh.  Soumya scored four off as many balls while Shanto failed one more time to justify his inclusion in the T20 team. He made 12 off 15 balls. After the openers continued on a dismal batting display, Liton Das was firm at one end of the wicket coming to bat at three. Shakib Al Hasan joined him in the third wicket stand.  Despite having a hamstring injury, Liton was batting so well. He scored his fifty off just 31 balls with five fours and one six.  Before falling prey to Mohammad Nawaz for 69 off 42 balls, Liton partnered Shakib in the third wicket stand and they added 88 runs off 55 deliveries — the best partnership Bangladesh got in this Tri- Series. After Liton’s dismissal, Shakib took charge on the Pakistani attack. He fell for 68 off 42 balls with seven fours and three sixes. Eventually, Bangladesh ended up on 173 for six — their highest in this event. Before Thursday’s match, Bangladesh lost three matches in a row. Bangladesh made two changes in this match, replacing Mosaddek Hossain and Ebadot Hossain with Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud.     

Opener Liton Das hit 81 and Anamul Haque 73 to guide Bangladesh to 303-2 in the first ODI against Zimbabwe Friday at the Harare Sports Club. Tamim Iqbal and Liton added 119 runs in the opening stand. The Tigers captain, who scored 62 off 88 balls, fell to Sikandar Raza. Anamul, who was struggling to bring his form in the domestic arena to international cricket, finally hit a fifty. He made 73 off 63 balls with six fours and three sixes. Read: BCB yet to name a captain for Asia Cup After Liton retired hurt, Mushfiqur Rahim, who skipped the previous series against the West Indies for personal reasons, came to the wicket and scored 52 off 49 balls. Mahmudullah Riyad remained unbeaten on 20 off 12 balls. Bangladesh fielded three pacers: Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman. The Tigers won all of their last 19 ODIs against Zimbabwe. Also, they won six of their last seven ODI series at home and abroad. Ahead of the ODIs, Bangladesh lost the three-match T20I series against the hosts.

After scoring 141, his best in Tests so far, wicketkeeper-batter Liton Das fell in the eighth over of day two of the Dhaka Test against Sri Lanka. It was a delivery outside off by Kasun Rajitha. Liton tried to defend but a thick edge went to the second slip region and the fielder, Kusal Mendis, did not miss it. With Liton’s departure, the 272-stand between him and Mushfiqur Rahim came to an end. It was the best sixth-wicket stand by Bangladesh in the format. Also read: Mushfiqur, Liton stand tall after disastrous start Two balls later, Mosaddek Hossain faced the same delivery that caused the dismissal of Liton and played the same way, but this time he prodded a catch to the wicketkeeper. Mossadek suffered the fourth duck of the innings. Bangladesh went down to 296 for five to 296 for seven. Along the way, Kasun completed his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket. His previous best in Test was four for 60. Overnight centurions Liton and Mushfiqur started the day at 277 for five, with Liton batting at 135 and Mushfiqur at 115. Earlier, Bangladesh lost five wickets under 25 runs in the first hour of the match on day one after Kasun and Asitha Fernando ripped the Bangladeshi batting line-up apart. Rajitha took three wickets on day one, while Asitha took two. Also read: Mushfiqur smashes another ton vs Sri Lanka But for the sixth wicket, Mushfiqur and Liton came in to rescue the Tigers from a batting disaster. The first Test of the series ended in a draw in Chattogram. A win in the Dhaka Test is crucial for both the teams to win the title of this series, which is a part of the ongoing cycle of the ICC World Test Championship.

Liton Das has propelled Bangladesh to a challenging total of 155 in the first T20I against Afghanistan on Thursday in Dhaka.  Liton hit 60, his fifth half century in the format, off 44 with two sixes and four fours.  Mohammad Naim and the debutant Munim Shahriar opened the innings for the hosts, but they failed to make a good start as they posted 10 in the first wicket stand.  Naim, who had a lean campaign during the last edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), failed to prove his mettle once again as he fell for two this time.  Read: BAN vs AFG Series 2022: Bangladesh’s Predicted Playing XI for First T20I Munim had a good start as he struck a four early in his first international innings. But he couldn't carry it on as he fell for 17 off 18 balls with three fours. The number four batter, Shakib Al Hasan, also returned early scoring only five off six balls.  After Shakib, Mahmudullah Riyad also stayed only for a few minutes in the middle. The Bangladesh captain scored 10 off seven balls with a six.  However, Liton was firm at the other end of the wicket. He and Afif Hossain added 46 runs in the fifth wicket stand.  After Liton fell to Fazalhaq Farooqi for 60, Afif was dismissed for 25 off 24 balls.  Bangladesh eventually ended up on 155 for eight in 20 overs.  For Afghanistan, Farooqi and Azmatullah Omarzai scalped two wickets each. 

Another record partnership - this time 202 for the third wicket between Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim- helped Bangladesh win the second ODI of the three-match series against Afghanistan on Friday in Chattogram. With the 88-run win, Bangladesh went to the top of the table of the World Cup Super League surpassing England. The Tigers now have 10 wins— one more than England of this event. Read:Hunting small targets helps me do well: Liton And with this win, also ensured a series win for the Tigers with one match to go on February 28 at the same venue.  Liton scored his fifth ODI ton, while Mushfiqur scored 86.   Bangladesh batted first in this match and posted a big total of 306 for four wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Afghanistan tumbled for 218 all out in 45.1 overs. The tourists lost three early wickets that prevented them from getting a good momentum while chasing a big target. Rahmat Shah and Najibullah Zadran hit fifty each, but they failed to carry and in spite of being set in the middle.  Afghanistan’s biggest partnership came in the f0urth-wicket stand when Rahmat and Najibullah added 89 runs off 90 balls. The stand was broken by Taskin Ahmed. Rahmat’s dismissal opened the floodgate and the other Afghanistan batters failed to recover from there.  For Bangladesh, Taskin and Shakib Al Hasan bagged two wickets each while Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah Riyad and Afif Hossain bagged one wicket each.  Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first. Liton and Tamim Iqbal managed to have a cautious start, but they have parted away during the seventh over of the innings when Tamim fell prey to Fazalhaq Farooqi for 12 off 24 deliveries.  Shakib Al Hasan also backed early scoring 20 off 35 balls with two fours. And right after that, Liton and Mushfiqur added 202 runs off 186 balls in the third wicket stand.  Read: Domingo eyes to grab the series in 2nd ODI vs Afghanistan Along the way, Liton hit his fifth ODI ton— first against Afghanistan— with 16 fours and two sixes. Mushfiqur was also on the verge of his second ODI ton in two years. But with needing 14 more runs to do that, Mushfiqur was dismissed by Fareed Ahmad.  Both Liton and Mushfiqur were scalped by Fareed off two consecutive deliveries in the 47th over.  After the ODI series, both teams will lock the horns in the two-match T20I series in Dhaka on March 3 and 5. 

Riding on a stunning 81 off 62 not out by Imrul Kayes, and 53 off 37 by Liton Das, Comilla Victorians beat the Chattogram Challengers by a big margin of nine wickets under the DL Method on Thursday in Mirpur and backed to the winning-streak after losing the previous match to Minister Group Dhaka.  It was the fourth win of the Victorians in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in five matches they have played so far. Before this match, the Victorians played four matches with only a defeat—  in the previous match.  In the rain-hit match, which was reduced to 18-over aside, Comilla won the toss and sent Chattogram bat first who posted 138 for eight in 18 overs with the highest 57 by Will Jacks and 27 and 26 by Afif Hossain and Shamim Hossain respectively.  The rain hit the game during the 13th  over of Chattogram, and the game was stopped for 64 minutes.  Read: ICC Women's World Cup: Bangladesh team leaves for New Zealand For the Victorians, Mustafizur Rahman bagged five wickets conceding 27 runs in four overs— his best in this edition of BPL, and It was the best first five-for of this BPL as well.  In reply, the Victorians captain Imrul and  wicketkeeper-batter Liton came up with a 138-run opening stand which left a little to do to seal the match. They needed to score 144 in 18 overs as per the DL Method, and they ended up on 148 for one in 16.3 overs.  Imrul hit six fours and five sixes in watchful innings of unbeaten 81 while Liton smashed four fours and three sixes in his maiden fifty of this BPL.  The Victorians now have secured eight points and jumped to the top place of the points table while Chattogram remained at the second-lowest place of the table with six points from three wins in seven matches. They now have little chance to stay alive in the race of the next phase of the event.  The Victorians will take on Dhaka in their next match on February 4 while Chattogram will also take on Dhaka on February 8 in Sylhet. 

With Liton Das’s imperious ton at Christchurch, his second in career, Bangladesh ended the New Zealand series with a draw 1-1 on Tuesday. Despite his century, Bangladesh lost the second Test in Christchurch by an innings and 117 runs within the third day of the match. It has been Bangladesh’s best Test result against New Zealand so far. Before this series, Bangladesh played a total of 32 international matches in New Zealand but failed to win any of them. But in the first Test, Bangladesh managed to beat the Kiwis by eight wickets and created history. “It was a dream to win a Test abroad against a big team,” Mominul Haque, Bangladesh captain told after the match. “It was so important for us to register the first win. We will also win series abroad in future. We now have that important belief. It was the biggest positive side of this series. But we have many things to do.” Also read: Ashwell Prince laments Tigers' batting collapse in Christchurch Bangladesh, however, failed to continue on a good run in the second Test when they had to endure a defeat by an innings and 117 runs. In the first innings of the match, New Zealand had posted a massive total of 521 for six and declared the innings. Tom Latham, the New Zealand captain hit a double-ton while Devon Conway registered this second century of the series as well. In reply, Bangladesh tumbled for 126 in the first innings with the highest score of 55 by Yasir Ali who was playing only his third Test. Trent Boult bagged five wickets for the hosts— his ninth five-fors in Tests so far. “It was disappointing that we failed to bat well in the first innings of the second Test,” Mominul said. “Our bowling in this match was also below our standard. Shohan (Nurul Haque), and Yasir (Ali) did well in the first innings, and in the second innings, Liton was outstanding.” The hosts enforced a follow on, and in the second innings, Bangladesh ended up on 278 all out. They came up with a better response, but it was too late from the Bangladeshi batters. Liton came to bat at five and posted 102 for 114 balls— his second ton in Test career. His first Test hundred came against Pakistan in the previous series at home— which was Bangladesh’s first series in the new cycle of the World Test Championship. The second Test of the series was the last Test of New Zealand legend Ross Taylor. The batter ended up his red-ball journey with the wicket of Ebadot Hossain. Latham took a great catch to remove Ebadot, and in his last ball of the career, Taylor got his farewell gift from Ebadot. Also read: New Zealand take giant stride as Bangladesh suffer batting collapse While leaving the field for the final time, Taylor got applauded by his teammates, opposition, and the crowd. Taylor ended his Test career as one of the best batters that New Zealand has ever produced. He helped the Blackcaps won the last year’s World Test Championship final against India. He saw many ups in his career with little downs. Bangladesh team will now travel back home and start preparing for the upcoming edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which is set to begin on January 21 in Dhaka. This year BPL is scheduled to be played at three venues in Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet. However, the official schedule is yet to be revealed.

Married life helped him enormously to get matured as a batsman and as a person, said Bangladesh top-order batsman Liton Das after hitting back-to-back fifties in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Bangladesh top-order batsman Liton Das was seen wearing a mask during the practice session of touring Bangladesh national cricket team at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday.