Liton's impeccable century leads Bangladesh

After Mirage, Bangladesh went into the tea break losing Taskin. Liton Kumar Das, then unbeaten on 82 runs, came back to complete the century. With his fourth career century, Lytton took the team to an almost impossible position.

Hasan Mahmud became his partner in the 9th wicket partnership of 69 runs. Earlier Mirage-Litton added 165. While follow-on was also heavily feared, Bangladesh lost 6 wickets for 26 runs and were eventually all out for 262 runs.

Lytton got a warm welcome in Rawalpindi after playing an impeccable innings of 138 runs. It was his second century against Pakistan, though his first on Pakistani soil. The first was in 2021, at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

Bangladesh scored 262 runs in the first innings thanks to Litton's century. Having a lead of 12 runs, Pakistan went into bat in the second innings.

Salman Ali Agha with the ball in the 79th over of the Bangladesh innings. Liton Das went to play lofted hoping for a boundary. But Saim Ayub at long on saved Pakistan with a brilliant catch running to the right. Lytton had to return to the pavilion with 138 runs off 228 balls with 13 fours and 4 sixes. Hasan Mahmud broke the 9th wicket partnership with an average of 69 runs.

Bangladesh got all out in the first innings and got 262 runs in 78.2 overs. Hasan Mahmud left the field with 13 runs unbeaten off 51 balls. Despite being very close, Bangladesh is 12 runs behind Pakistan's innings.

In the first hour of the first session of the third day, Bangladesh got confused. Starting the day with 10 runs for no wicket, Bangladesh lost 6 wickets to reach 26 runs. After that, Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Liton Das resisted the Pakistan Pacers. However, the pair of 165 runs was broken when Mirage got out with a personal score of 78 runs. After that, Taskin Ahmed also left quickly.

However, Liton resisted with his new partner Hasan Mahmud. Dapute got the desired century in batting. Before this, Liton Das took Bangladesh's collection past two hundred with Hasan Mahmud.

Liton Das first batter; When the team's score in Tests is less than 50, the bat has dropped down the batting order to five and has scored a century three times. His 114 against Pakistan in Chittagong came when Bangladesh were 49/4. His 141 against Sri Lanka at Mirpur came when his team was 24/5. This is Lytton's fourth century in Tests.

The first day of the second Test of the series was not tossed due to rain. After losing the toss on the second day, Pakistan batted for 25 runs in the first innings and were all out for 274 runs. Bangladesh is leading 1-0 in the series. Nazmul Hossain Shantor's team will win the series if they draw minimum.

Short score

Bangladesh first innings : 262/10 (Sadman 10, Zakir 1, Shanta 4, Muminul 1, Mushfiq 3, Shakib 2, Liton 138, Miraj 78, Taskin 1, Hasan 13*, Nahid 0; Hamza 16-1-50-2, Khurram 21 (3-90-6, Ali 7-2-20-0, Abrar 31-5-83-0, Salman 3.4-0-13-2)

Pakistan first innings : 274/10

Pakistan second innings : 9/2 (3.4 overs)

Bangladesh /SBT