Toned-up Liton Das led Bangladesh’s fight with a strong stand against Pakistan on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan. The hosts started the match on a slow pace losing four wickets early. He and Mushfiqur Rahim shared an undefeated 204-run partnership after Bangladesh were reduced to 49-4 in the first session.
He kept the Pakistani bowlers away from the first half of the morning till the second and third sessions.
Liton was 113 at stumps and Mushfiqur was on 82 due to poor light.
Bangladesh batting coach Ashwell Prince said, “The players showed a lot of character and skill after we scored 40 for four today.”
“I was really impressed by how calm and composed Lytton was. The most nervous of all was when Lytton started having convulsions. We were hoping his body could hang in him by the end of the day. He’s going to recover tonight. is going on, and hopefully that continues tomorrow.”
The first hour was spent by the Pakistan pacers, who used the initial moisture on the pitch.
Opener Saif Hasan signaled a good start for Bangladesh by hitting pacer Hasan Ali for two boundaries in the second over.
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Opening partner Shadman Islam struggled against Shaheen Shah Afridi, who shook the ball well, but Saif rose with confidence, taking the left-arm pacer for four through mid-off.
Afridi breaks with the next delivery when Saif hits a short delivery off short leg for 14.
Shadman also fell for 14 as Ali legged him before leaking a run in his opening spell.
Off-spinner Sajid Khan gave the team a major breakthrough when he successfully reviewed skipper Mominul Haque for 6 runs.
Najmul Shanto chased them down, a direct catch for 14 runs as Bangladesh fell under the pressure.
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Liton and Mushfiqur were duly alert at the start and survived some tricky moments before dominating.
He was unsuccessful throughout mid-season, during which he scored his half-century and Liton hit Khan for his only six of the day.
Liton, who was dropped from the Twenty20 side after a poor T20 World Cup, completed his half-century in 95 balls by hitting a short delivery from left-arm spinner Nauman Ali to the boundary.
Batting coach Prince said, ‘I did not ask him (Lyton) anything during the T20 series. “We worked on one or two small technical things. It was more about changing his stance, and basically his alignment to better prepare him. ,
With the pitch offering nothing for the bowlers, the Pakistan pacer came up with a short-ball plan that almost worked as Liton on 67, wronged one off Afridi, but Khan struck midwicket. But lowered the catch.
Lytton then became more alert.
Meanwhile, Mushfiqur completed his 24th half-century off 108 balls with successive fours against fast bowler Ali. After sweeping straight to point, he was narrowly saved due to a no ball by Nauman Ali.
Playing with caution, Liton scored his maiden Test century off 199 balls and pushed Nauman to mid-off for a single.
Pakistan took the new ball as soon as it became available for five overs without any reward.
Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali said, “Bangladesh are in good shape at the moment but our batsmen are in good form and they have the ability to score better on this track.”
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