Litton Das struck a century to rescue Bangladesh from a top-order collapse, as the hosts posted 278 in their first innings of the second and final Test against Pakistan on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pakistan reached 21-0 at stumps in reply with Azan Awais on 13 and Abdullah Fazal on 8 in Sylhet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Batting at number six, Litton struck 16 fours and two sixes in his 159-ball 126, his sixth Test century, after Bangladesh had been reduced to 116-6 after lunch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pakistan, trailing 1-0 in the two-match series after a 104-run defeat in Mirpur, opted to bowl and the decision immediately paid off.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy fell for a duck, edging Mohammad Abbas to second slip off the second ball of the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Debutant Tanzid Hasan made a bright start, striking three boundaries in a fluent 26 off 34 balls, but threw his wicket away attempting an ambitious pull shot off Abbas, who took the catch off his own bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mominul Haque was bowled for 22 by Khurram Shahzad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim steadied the ship with a 43-run stand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But both fell after lunch as Bangladesh lost three wickets for 15 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shanto edged Abbas behind for 29, Mushfiqur departed lbw for 23 and Mehidy Hasan Miraz was caught at deep fine leg for four to leave the hosts 116-6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Litton added 60 runs with Taijul Islam (16) off 114 balls for the seventh wicket and brought up his fifty off 93 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He took just 42 balls more to reach three figures with a cover drive off Shahzad, and then hit the next ball for six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He added 38 with Taskin Ahmed and a crucial 64 with Shoriful Islam off 73 balls for the ninth wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"The most important thing in this innings is that Taijul, Taskin and Shoriful all batted well and faced a lot of balls," Litton said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pakistan missed two review opportunities when replays showing faint edges off Mushfiqur and Litton that went unchallenged by captain Shan Masood.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We were getting wickets early on. Unluckily, we missed a couple of reviews," said Shahzad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"If we had gotten them out there, the situation would have been completely different."
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