2024-03-21 19:08:10
Liton Das has been dropped from the team after not doing well in white ball cricket recently. Chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu was clear, ‘We are not keeping Liton Das with the squad because the new ball is very inconsistent.’ The statistics don’t speak for him either. He scored 22, 6, 1*, 0 and 0 in the last five ODIs. And in the last 20 innings, there is no fifty other than 76 against England and 66 against India.
After his exclusion from ODIs, his T20 performance is also coming to the fore. Whereas the runs in the last five international T20s are 35, 41*, 0, 36 and 7. Lytton was dropped due to disappointing performances. Some questions were also raised. Practice is not too serious, Litton. He does not work on his weaknesses before the match. It has been heard. The word ‘indifferent’ is also included. That’s why Liton is extra focused on test preparation?
Some of those who have seen Liton’s practice in Sylhet, at least for the last two days, do not hesitate to say that Liton has never been seen before. Bangladesh will play a Test against the visitors at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Litton, a regular face in white, practiced hard on Wednesday and today. Sweated by batting in the net for a long time. Went to practice this morning and knocked for a while at the beginning. Later played a throw down at the center wicket. At the end, the spin and pace bowlers put their batting in the net.
This batsman has also said different things to the coach at various times. His practice ends with wicket-keeping practice on the home ground. Litton gloved the ball thrown from the bat of assistant coach Nick Pothus. There were Sleep Cordon, Muminul, Shahadat, Miraz. Lytton’s days were spent in vigorous fielding practice.
Liton did not play the last two Tests for the country. Took leave for personal reasons. Liton returned to the team with great pressure. It goes without saying that the pressure will increase if we don’t perform now. However, coach Chandika Hathurusinghe is not putting his trust in this batsman who has reached fifty in his last Test innings. He has an idea of how terrifying Lytton can be on his day.
That’s why the coach has faith in him, ‘I hope he will score a lot of runs in red ball cricket. He is playing well. It’s a different ball game. Here he will have time to settle down. We have no doubts about his talent. It goes without saying that white ball cricket has had a bit of a tough time. Hopefully he will get his form back.’