{"id":660,"date":"2026-05-18T07:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=660"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:33:46","slug":"litton-das-closes-in-on-another-50-as-bangladesh-stretches-its-lead-over-pakistan-in-2nd-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=660","title":{"rendered":"Litton Das closes in on another 50 as Bangladesh stretches its lead over Pakistan in 2nd test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SYLHET, Bangladesh \u2014 Litton Das moved toward another half-century, following his <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bangladesh-pakistan-second-test-cricket-9b8cf43709d565391d8b16080339bee8\">first-innings hundred<\/a> , to steer Bangladesh to 203-4 at lunch on Day 3 of the second cricket test against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=659\">Cavs\u2019 Donovan Mitchell breaks through, reaching the conference finals for the first time<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s overall lead increased to 249. Das was unbeaten on 48 at the interval Monday with Mushfiqur Rahim on 39 after sharing 88 runs for the fifth wicket.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh lost skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto for 15 in the morning session after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bangladesh-pakistan-second-test-cricket-07ce45357851031531ab3de9fd0e499c\">resuming at 110-3<\/a> . Khurram Shahzad trapped Shanto lbw with a sharp inswinger in the fourth over and finished the morning session with figures of 3-46.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=656\">The Flying Kiwis: No longer flightless, spreading football fandom at the World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Das and Rahim frustrated the Pakistan attack, negotiating the disciplined bowling with equal resolve.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=653\">Nationals-Orioles: A series between rivals, managed by friends<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cricket-pakistan-bangladesh-test-54a956addfeef013559c1def9bff7ba6\">Bangladesh won the series-opening test<\/a> last week by 104 runs.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP cricket: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/cricket\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/cricket<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Litton Das has moved toward another half-century, following his first-innings hundred, to steer Bangladesh to 203-4 at lunch on Day 3 of the second cricket test against Pakistan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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