Shan Masood: “Bangladesh has an experienced batting line-up including the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim. Litton Das is my personal favourite”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has admitted that Bangladesh have a number of talented batsmen, but his favourite out of the lot is Litton Das.
Das, who also serves as Bangladesh’s wicketkeeper, was recently in action in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and scored 368 runs in 11 matches for the Dhaka Capital, which included a century and two fifties, at an average of 36.80 and a strike-rate of 143.19.
Despite his form in the BPL, the 30-year-old was not picked for the 2025 Champions Trophy, where Bangladesh crashed out in the group stage.
“Bangladesh has an experienced batting line-up including the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim. Litton Das is my personal favourite,” Masood was quoted as saying by journalist Arfa Feroz Zake on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Masood was not picked for Pakistan’s ODI tri-series against New Zealand and South Africa.
He also failed to make the cut for the Champions Trophy, where the men in green were eliminated in the group stage after losing to New Zealand and India.
Their final game against Bangladesh was washed out.
Pakistan’s next assignment will be a white-ball tour of New Zealand, where they will play five T20Is and three ODIs from March 16 to April 5.
Pakistan Squad for T20I Series against New Zealand: Hasan Nawaz, Omair Yousuf, Mohammad Haris, Abdul Samad, Salman Ali Agha (captain), Irfan Khan Niazi, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Abbas Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Khan
Pakistan Squad for ODI Series against New Zealand: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Irfan Khan Niazi, Naseem Shah, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir
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