BAN vs SL: Litton Das Ruled Out Of Asia Cup 2023, Bangladesh Announce Replacement

Bangladesh have suffered a huge blow on the very first day of the Asia Cup. The three-time finalists will be without their opener and star batsman Litton Das for the continental championship. The wicketkeeper-batsman has been ruled out of the whole competition.

The right-handed batsman did not travel to Sri Lanka with his team after failing to recover from a viral fever. He has been replaced by wicketkeeper-batsman Anamul Haque Bijoy in the Bangladesh squad. Anamul will join the rest of the Bangladesh squad in Sri Lanka on Wednesday (August 30).

“He (Anamul) has been in the runs in domestic cricket and we have continued to monitor him in the Bangladesh Tigers programme. He was always in our consideration,” said Minhajul Abedin, the chairman of Bangladesh’s National Selection Panel.

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“Due to Litton’s unavailability, we needed a top-order batter who could keep wicket and Anamul got the nod,” he added.

Litton Das adds to Bangladesh’s woes:

Litton Das is not the first big name for Bangladesh who will miss the Asia Cup. Before him, two key players of the team – Tamim Iqbal and Ebadot Hossain – have also been ruled out of the tournament. While Tamim is out with a back injury, Hossain is out with a knee issue.

Hossain sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during the ODI series against Afghanistan last month. He has been replaced by 20-year-old uncapped pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib in the Bangladesh squad. While both Tamim and Litton Das are set to return to action when Bangladesh host New Zealand for an ODI series in September just ahead of the World Cup, Hossain is set for a lengthy spell.

Bangladesh will begin their Asia Cup campaign against tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka on 31 August, in Pallekele. The Tigers will be led by veteran allrounder Shakib Al Hasan.

Updated Bangladesh squad for Asia Cup 2023: Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Naim Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Anamul Haque Bijoy

Asia Cup 2023 squads:

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir (travelling reserve).

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumraj, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling reserve).

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Abdul Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Suliman Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanaka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis (vc), Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan.

Asia Cup 2023 Schedule: