When is the next one? Every big inning of Liton Kumar Das, who is a bad batsman, brings praise as well as this question.
Even after the first ODI of the Zimbabwe tour last July. The opener, who scored his fourth ODI century in that match, has not seen a big inning since. The three-digit score is far from over, not even a fifty. However, 11 innings have been played in ODIs and T20s. The highest innings are only 33 runs. Even in this T20 World Cup, 56 runs in four matches does not match his name and talent at all.
However, the expectation of continuity has remained a distant beacon for the batsmen who have been identified as talented in Bangladesh for ages. With a long break in the middle, a glimpse of a big innings was seen in their bat. Waiting indefinitely for the latter has also broken the dam of patience. But being talented has become such armor for them that they have not been deprived of opportunities day after day.
Ever since Bangladesh got Test status, there has always been someone like this. Al-Shahriar, who is considered as such a talented person, could not get his best out even with many opportunities. In the case of Mohammad Ashraful, who became the youngest centurion in history since his Test debut, things are a little different. In international cricket, his bat has laughed at almost every one-time black victory of Bangladesh. But after playing big innings, this former captain also used to dive into failure for a long time!
Liton is with you now. Is he another Ashraful? Liton also flew the flag of the previous generation by highlighting the difference between talent and performance because nature does not like empty space. For now, there is no chance to separate Ashraful and Liton with T20 performance. Ashraful has a batting average of 19.57 in 23 T20I matches, while Liton has a batting average of 42. (19.18). But they are also close in aggressive batting, which is more important in Twenty20 cricket than average. At least that’s what the strike rate says (Ashraful’s 124.40, Liton’s 127.62). Despite being able to meet the demand for quick runs, two representatives of two generations failed to play big innings regularly.