Bangladesh went past the 400-run mark four times, including once each in response to both Pakistan’s innings, while Litton Das played a Test innings for the ages. Litton went on to score 138 then, as Bangladesh slumped to 26-6 he made a masterful century and in the process batted well with Mehidy Hasan Miraz (who scored runs too) for most part in what was an crucial match-altering stand of 165 that helped restrict Pakistan lead only upto by just those dozen.
In Pakistan, one of the greatest Test cricket shows on earth was played by Bangladesh’s star wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das on September 1Brought to their rescueering his teaming at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. In sight of claiming an unforgettable series win in Test cricket on Pakistani soil, Bangladesh had a quite incredible second day after rain wiped out play on the first. The hosts were bowled out for 274 runs under the leadership of Najmul Shanto.
But Bangladesh had a dreadful start when their new pace duo Mir Hamza and Khurram Shehzad sliced through the visitors, reducing them to 26 for six. It looked as though Pakistan was on the brink of not just taking a big lead, but also potentially enforcing the follow-on.
Then Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz made the hit at seven-eight too, pulling off a rescue act with a record 165-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Litton then produced his fourth career Test century, hitting 138 off 228 balls and Hasan helped out by adding a resolute innings of unbeaten 78. Those heroics helped Bangladesh to a total of 262 but Pakistan followed up with an incredibly slender lead, just 12 runs.
In the History of Test Cricket, Litton Das created a record with his batting milestone which said that he is only 3rd batsman to score more than 1 Century after coming at number six position and higher with one team total being below fifty. His first Test ton vs Pakistan at Chattogram on september 2021 has also been made of the similar adversity, when bangladesh were struggling for 49/4. Likewise, Litton saved his team after coming in with the score on 24 for five; during that innings of 141 against Sri Lanka at Mirpur this year, he dragged New Zealand to a total they could defend.
More importantly, the stand between Litton and Mehidy was a first one where that low in at No. 7 or beyond had added so many runs after having lost half their side for less than fifty, but to Bangladesh these are specks of silver lining far outweighing any context-neutral nitpicks about individual performances here on out. The only other partnership keeping up is the 241-run eighth-wicket match between Jonny Bairstow and Jamie Overton, after England was reduced to 55 for six.
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