Liton departs again after showing promise

Liton Kumar Das played an impressive innings in the second innings as he scored 35 off 39 deliveries with half a dozen boundaries. 

The Tigers were already in trouble and facing the threat of an innings defeat when Liton came out to bat after the lunch session on day three. 

Mahmudullah got out scoring 15 and Bangladesh’s total was 72 when Liton arrived to the middle to join Mushfiqur Rahim at the other end. 

It was a typical innings from Liton. 

He scoring some runs, hit a few good shots and then suddenly, when he looked set and in nice touch, he lost his wicket in a frustrating way. 

That’s exactly what happened.

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After scoring a delightful 35, Liton gave Ravichandran Ashwin a return catch in the 40th over and went back to the pavilion shaking his head. 

Even in the first innings, Liton looked at ease during his short stay when he scored 21 from 31 deliveries. 

In Tests, 20s and 30s are not enough, particularly when one is set at the crease. 

A big innings from Liton was required as he formed a 63-run partnership with Mushfiq. 

But yet again, Liton got out when he looked in good touch and one more short yet impressive innings came to an end.

1ST TEST, DAY 3

BANGLADESH 1ST INNINGS    R    B    

Shadman c Saha b Ishant    6    24

Imrul c Rahane b Yadav        6    18

Mominul b Ashwin        37    80

Mithun lbw b Shami        13    36

Mushfiq b Shami        43    105

Mahmudullah b Ashwin        10    30

Liton c Kohli b Ishant        21    31

Miraz lbw b Shami         0    1

Taijul run out (Jadeja/Saha)    1    7

Jayed not out            7    14

Ebadat b Yadav            2    5

Extras (lb3, w1)            4

Total (58.3 overs)        150

Fall Of Wickets

1-12 (Imrul), 2-12 (Shadman), 3-31 (Mithun), 4-99 (Mominul), 5-115 (Mahmudullah), 6-140 (Mushfiq), 7-140 (Miraz), 8-140 (Liton), 9-148 (Taijul), 10-150 (Ebadat)

Bowling: Ishant 12-6-20-2, Yadav 14.3-3-47-2, Shami 13-5-27-3 (w1), Ashwin 16-1-43-2, Jadeja 3-0-10-0

INDIA 1ST INNINGS        R    B

Agarwal c Jayed b Miraz        243    330

Rohit c Liton b Jayed        6    14

Pujara c sub (Saif) b Jayed    54    72

Kohli lbw b Jayed        0    2

Rahane c Taijul b Jayed        86    172

Jadeja not out            60    76

Saha b Ebadat            12    11

Yadav not out            25    10

Extras (lb1, nb3, w3)        7

Total (114 overs)        493/6D

Fall Of Wickets

1-14 (Rohit), 2-105 (Pujara), 3-119 (Kohli), 4-309 (Rahane), 5-432 (Agarwal), 6-454 (Saha)

Bowling: Ebadat 31-5-115-1 (w3), Jayed 25-3-108-4 (nb3), Taijul 28-4-120-0, Mehidy 27-0-125-1, Mahmudullah 3-0-24-0

BANGLADESH 2ND INNINGS    R    B

Shadman b Ishant         6    24

Kayes b Yadav            6    13

Mominul lbw b Shami        7    20

Mithun c Agarwal b Shami    18    26

Mushfiq c Pujara b Ashwin    64    150

Mahmudullah c Rohit b Shami    15    35

Liton c & b Ashwin        35    39

Miraz b Yadav            38    55

Taijul c Saha b Shami        6    43

Jayed not out            4    9

Ebadat c Yadav b Ashwin    1    3

Extras (b 2, lb 9, nb 1, w 1)    13 

Total (69.2 Overs)        213 all out 

Fall Of Wickets

1-10 (Kayes), 2-16 (Shadman), 3-37 (Mominul), 4-44 (Mithun), 5-72 (Mahmudullah), 6-135 (Liton), 7-194 (Miraz), 8-208 (Taijul), 9-208 (Mushfiq), 10-213 (Ebadat)

Bowling

Ishant 11-3-31-1, Yadav 14-1-51-2, Shami 16-7-31-4, Jadeja 14-2-47-0, Ashwin 14.2-6-42-3

India won by an innings and 130 runs

MoM: Mayank Agarwal