Opener Liton Kumar Das grabbed his chance with both hands after getting the opportunity to open the innings for Bangladesh against India.
Souyma Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal have been the first choice openers for the Tigers in recent times as both of them played in the opening slot in the recently concluded tri-nation ODI series.
Liton got one chance in that series when Soumya was given rest and the former scored an impressive 76 off 67 deliveries while chasing 293 against Ireland in that match.
During Tuesday's warm-up game against India, Tamim was given rest as the left-hander is suffering from a slight injury scare from Monday’s practice session.
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Bangladesh did not take a risk with Tamim for the warm-up game against India and thus, Liton got the chance to open the innings.
And the right-hander used his opportunity well as he scored 73 off 90 deliveries with 10 boundaries while chasing 360.
Liton’s good run of form as a back-up opener is a positive sign for the Bangladesh camp ahead of the long and hectic World Cup.
WARM-UP
INDIA INNINGS R B
Rohit b Rubel 19 42
Dhawan lbw b Mustafizur 1 9
Kohli b Saifuddin 47 46
Rahul b Sabbir 108 99
Shankar c Mushfiq b Rubel 2 7
Dhoni b Shakib 113 78
Pandya c Sabbir b Shakib 21 11
Karthik not out 7 5
Jadeja not out 11 4
Extras (lb 3, nb 1, w 26) 30
Total (50 Overs) 359/7
Fall Of Wickets
1-5 (Dhawan), 2-50 (Rohit), 3-83 (Kohli), 4-102 (Shankar), 5-266 (Rahul), 6-325 (Pandya), 7-348 (Dhoni)
Bowling
Mustafizur 8-0-43-1, Mashrafe 6-2-23-0, Saifuddin 6-1-27-1, Rubel 8-0-62-2, Jayed 3-0-41-0, Shakib 6-0-58-2, Miraz 5-0-40-0, Mosaddek 3-0-32-0, Sabbir 5-0-30-1
BANGLADESH INNINGS R B
Liton st Dhoni b Chahal 73 90
Soumya c Karthik b Bumrah 25 29
Shakib b Bumrah 0 1
Mushfiq b Kuldeep 90 94
Mithun lbw b Chahal 0 1
Mahmudullah b Kuldeep 9 12
Sabbir b Jadeja 7 12
Mosaddek st Karthik b Kuldeep 0 1
Saifuddin c Kuldeep b Chahal 18 25
Miraz not out 27 30
Rubel not out 0 3
Extras (lb 10, nb 1, w 4) 15
Total (49.3 Overs) 264/9
Fall Of Wickets
1-49 (Soumya), 2-49 (Shakib), 3-169 (Liton), 4-169 (Mithun), 5-191 (Mahmudullah), 6-216 (Mushfiq), 7-216 (Mosaddek), 8-216 (Sabbir), 9-262 (Saifuddin)
Bowling
Shami 4-0-22-0, Bumrah 5-0-25-2, Bhuvneshwar 5-0-19-0, Kuldeep 10-0-47-3, Shankar 6-0-46-0, Chahal 10-0-55-3, Jadeja 9.3-0-40-1
India won by 95 runs
