PAK vs BAN, 2nd Test: Bangladesh's star wicket-keeper batter Litton Das might have just played one of his career's best Test knocks on Sunday. Litton helped his team bounce back in the second match after the team suffered a batting collapse and were reeling at 26/6 in 12 overs, thus keeping his team's hopes alive in the game. He smashed a brilliant hundred with a four in Abrar Ahmed's over of the match. He scored his hundred off 171 balls on Sunday and reduced the deficit during the first innings.

Litton scored his hundred by stitching a partnership with Hasan Mahmood. He also stitched a gritty partnership with Mehidy Hasan Miraz when the team was struggling at 26/6 during the first innings and were on the verge of scoring their worst-ever team innings in the longest format. The pair built a partnership of 165 runs in 40 overs and helped the team bounce back.

It was Litton's fourth Test hundred and first in Pakistan and he brought it up when the team needed him the most. Litton held the innings from one end along with Mehidy as Pakistan fast bowler Khurram Shehzad wreaked havoc in the first session of the day. While surviving him, the Bangladesh batters eventually began scoring runs. Although the Pakistani bowlers did lose their plot on a batting pitch, Litton and Mehidy made significant contributions by hitting boundaries.

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This strategy meant that the Men in Green were left clueless about the pair's batting ability. Shahzad took Mehidy's wicket after he smashed the ball directly towards the bowler. After Mehidy got to 78, Litton played with tailenders and gradually reduced the deficit.

Youngster Hasan Mahmud also deserves the credit as he batted for almost 30 balls and let Litton reach his century.

Talking about the match, Litton had scored 113 runs off 186 balls and helped the team post a respectable target of 227/8 in 68.3 overs. The Shan Masood-led side's lead was reduced to less than 50 runs and that was a significant failure from their side, especially when they had restricted the Bangla Tigers to 26/6 in 12 overs.