2024-03-28 07:26:05
No one can imagine that a batsman like Liton Kumar Das will play such a shot against Sri Lanka in Sylhet. But Liton beat Kalpana and got out by playing an incredible shot. It is heavily criticized.
No one can find a reason for that inexplicable shot. Captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto does not want to take responsibility for such an out. He clarified that he did not know what was going on in Liton’s mind at that time. But BCB can’t take things easy at will. His recent ODI performance has also not been up to expectations. Hence he was dropped from the ODI team. BCB president Nazmul Hasan was not in favor of keeping him in the Test team against Sri Lanka. But with no cricketers like Shakib and Mushfiqur and an almost inexperienced team, they were forced to play Liton. Or there was a thought to drop him in Tests like ODIs.
On Tuesday, the BCB president said, ‘I have been seeing something wrong with Liton’s performance since the last World Cup. That’s why he was left out of the ODI. An opener like him, who we have played for so many years, on whom we have depended and he has performed. Not that he can’t play. Excellent player. But there is some problem so we dropped him from ODI. There can be no greater signal than this.’
It would have been better if he didn’t play in the Test match. But then you all used to say that he had such a record in Tests, so-and-so, why was he dropped from the Test team, making people mad. But if he breaks at this time, he could have made a good comeback. A little more time if the brakes could have been given.’ – Added by Nazmul Hasan.
The BCB president commented that Liton would have been better off if he took a break from Tests, ‘The break is his fault. We have decided on this. He was already sent to a break. The problem is that his Test stats, the way he has scored runs at number six or five, are not worth throwing away. But we know he needs a break at this point. Nothing else. I am not asking him to leave. A break will make a comeback. That break should have been given to him. Maybe not for some reason. Since Mushfiqur and Shakib are not there and if Liton is not there… he was kept with everything in mind. Now the rest has to be seen ahead. There is also the Chief Selector. Let’s see what happens by talking.’
The current squad has several players who only play Test cricket. There are Joy, Khaled, Muminul who have played more matches in white. Talking about building a strong Test team with a few more like them, Nazmul Hasan said, ‘Our problem is, in other countries, most of the countries have different set up of squads. We need to put brakes on Shariful. Speaking from that ODI. But I can’t. Because our other players are injured. Most countries have separate Test teams and separate T20 teams. Our problem is that whoever we don’t fit in the 15, we keep them in all formats. The only exception is the Muminul. There is victory. Taizul is there. There is Khaled. It would be nice to have some people like them. They need to be separated. For so long it seemed that we don’t need a pacer anymore. But now it seems that 2-3 more pacers are needed.’