Balbirnie found Liton’s glasses while batting in the first innings to be quite amusing.
According to the Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, it is not necessary for him to bowl if he has five to six different options in his arsenal.
Mushfiqur Rahim’s stellar outing with the bat against Ireland in the one-off Test in Mirpur, which ended with Bangladesh winning by seven wickets today, saw him cross the 14000-run mark in international cricket.
Previously, board president Nazmul Hassan had stated a numerous times that the board were not going to allow players to feature in franchise leagues during international assignments.
Bangladesh handed Ireland a seven-wicket defeat as the home side chased down a 138-run target before the end of the second session on the fourth day of the one-off Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.
Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan’s decision to not introduce himself into the bowling attack till the 66th over of the first innings against Ireland raised a lot of questions on the opening day of their lone Test in Mirpur. Shakib, eventually, bowled only three overs on that day.
Ireland had appeared to be on the verge of defeat with top-order failing to counter Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam in the final session on day two. From there, they found a way on day three to make Bangladesh toil on a hot and humid day.
Few would have given Ireland to avoid an innings defeat, let alone stage a turnaround to keep the Mirpur Test alive as they began day three at 27 for four, but the visitors managed to claw their way back into the one-off Test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has won the toss and elected to bat first against Ireland in the third and final match of the T20I series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Friday.
Bangladesh’s Test and T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan and opener Liton Das reached individual milestones as the Tigers saw a number of records break in their thumping 77-run win over Ireland in the rain-affected second T20I at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Bangladesh's Test and T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan has reached a new milestone as he became the highest wicket-taker in T20Is during the Tigers' second T20I against Ireland at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Ireland lost four quick wickets in their chase of a mammoth target in the rain-affected second T20I against hosts Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Liton Das set the new record for the fastest fifty by a Bangladeshi in T20Is as the Tigers shattered a number of milestones during their second match of the three-match T20I against Ireland at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Bangladesh batters continued to bat with an aggressive intent as the Tigers got to a flying start in their second T20I against Ireland at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Ireland have won the toss and elected to field on a gloomy day in Chattogram in the second of the three-match T20I series against hosts Bangladesh today. However, the start of play might get delayed as heavy rain started soon after the toss.
A blistering opening stand between Liton Das and Rony Talukdar, and a rapid maiden T20I fifty from the latter saw Bangladesh cross the 200-run mark only for the fourth time in the shortest format before rain halted play during the Tigers’ first T20I against Ireland at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Opener Liton Das and Rony Talukdar came out all guns blazing, with the latter scoring a rapid 24-ball fifty to help Bangladesh score their fastest 100 in the shortest format during the first T20I against Ireland at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Having given the license to be fearless and aggressive, openers Liton Das and Rony Talukdar gave Bangladesh a rapid start in their first of the three-match T20I series against Ireland at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
