Liton Das

Liton needs to devote more time to cricket: Mahmud

“He [Liton] needs to get back to his basics... He needs to mix more with others and give time to cricket,” Mahmud told reporters yesterday.

Liton shouldn’t have played in Sylhet Test: Papon

“If you ask me, it would have been better had Liton not played in the Test,” Papon told the media today.

Does Liton also need better communication?

If Liton has some issue to sort out, the team management knows it better than anyone else.

We should stand by Liton: Shanto

“I can’t speak about Liton’s dismissal. Liton can explain it better. But yes, you don’t see such dismissals often in Test cricket,” Shanto said after the match

Nonsensical Liton reflects batters' flaws

Batting disasters are a regular event in Bangladesh’s Test cricket and having slumped in the first innings, the Bangladesh batters once again failed to take up the challenge against a resurgent Sri Lanka pace attack on the third day of the Sylhet Test yesterday.

Our batting was unacceptable: Razzak

“Our batting, to me, was really unexpected and not at all acceptable,” Razzak told the media after the day’s play.

Sylhet Test / Bangladesh staring at heavy defeat

Bangladesh lost five wickets for 47 runs in 13 overs late on the third day of Sylhet Test, having been earlier set a victory target of 511 runs by Sri Lanka on Sunday.

Expect Liton to bring a lot more runs in red-ball cricket: Hathurusingha

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha said that he would like Liton Das to get back to form and score a lot more runs in red-ball cricket, starting with the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka.

Liton sidelined in ‘most deserving’ Jaker’s favour

Bangladesh opener Liton Das was omitted from the 15-member squad for the third ODI against Sri Lanka, scheduled to take place in Chattogram tomorrow. The move comes on the heels of his persisting struggle with form, notably marked by consecutive dismissals for ducks in the ongoing home ODI series against the visitors.

March 16, 2024

‘Putting pressure on Liton will only make things tougher for him’

Bangladesh’s star opener Liton Das is going through a rough patch, and veteran coach Nazmul Abedeen Fahim thinks that the more pressure will be put on Liton, the harder it will be for him to get back amongst runs.

March 16, 2024

Ducks keep piling on for Liton

Yesterday’s duck was Liton’s 14th in ODIs and seventh since January 2023. In fact, no other batter among Test-playing nations has been dismissed for naught in ODIs more than Liton since last year.

March 8, 2024

Soumya and Liton ‘put their hands up’ on getting approach wrong in first T20I

Coach Hathurusingha said, “It’s not about this pair but correcting what we have done wrong in the past.

March 8, 2024

Will the trials stop with Soumya-Liton?

Bangladesh have not had a stable opening pair in a while. Even looking at the records over the last two years, there have been 13 different opening pairs turning up for the Tigers. The need for a stable opening stand has been felt, especially as taking advantage of field restrictions is paramount to success in the shortest format of the game.

March 3, 2024

The fallacy of local dominance in BPL

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” is a famous quote from American author and humourist Mark Twain that alludes to the concealing nature of statistics.

March 1, 2024

BPL finalists observe a minute’s silence for Bailey Road Fire victims

Finalists of the 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, Fortune Barishal and Comilla Victorians, will observe a minute’s silence to condole the tragic Bailey Road Fire incident that took place at the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall building in Dhaka yesterday evening.