Mohammed Siraj celebrates Litton Das wicket in second Test vs Bangladesh.©Twitter
The battle between Mohammed Siraj and Litton Das continues on India’s ongoing tour to Bangladesh. The Indian star pacer has been seen on more than a few occasions provoking and dragging the Bangladesh player while the latter is in the fold. The strategy has worked for Siraj as he has managed to dismiss the batsman twice in the Test series. After losing his wicket to Siraj after a row in the first Test, Litton has certainly turned his attention to his batting more than answering or responding to Siraj, but the pacer continues to dominate him.
During Bangladesh’s second innings in the second Test on Saturday, Siraj dismissed Litton with a fine pitch and what followed was an emphatic celebration from the Indian player.
It was a short ball from Siraj that was thrown on stump outside. The ball came in sharply and rattled the stumps of Litton, who looked stunned.
Watch it here:
A special delivery to fire a special batter @LittonOfficial‘s fabulous innings was brought to an end by an absolute beauty of a delivery through @mdsirajofficial
Respond to this delivery in words #Muhammad Siraj #LittonDas #BANVIND #SonySportsNetwork pic.twitter.com/lfs4KC8A1G
— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) December 24, 2022
After Litton Das’ wicket, Bangladesh lost the plot as India finally dismissed them for 231 in their second innings on the third day, setting themselves a target of 145 ahead of the guests.
In the post-lunch session, Bangladesh lost their remaining three wickets: Das (73), Taijul Islam (1) and Khaled Ahmed (4). Das had led Bangladesh’s fight on the third day with seven fours in his innings off 98 balls.
For India, Umesh Yadav (1/32) removed the dangerous Zakir Hasan (51) just after the southpaw hit a fifty, while Axar Patel (3/58) claimed the scalps of Mehidy Hasan Miraz (0) and Nurul Hasan (31). .
India led the two-match Test series 1–0 after winning the first Test by 188 runs.
(with PTI inputs)
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