Litton, Mehidy help B’desh’s fightback v Pak

Litton Das celebrates his century yesterday. Pic/AFP

Liton Das hit a fighting hundred to lift Bangladesh from a precarious 26-6 to 262 all out on Sunday, in a remarkable turnaround that left the second Test here within either team's grasp.

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The 29-year-old hit 138 to bring Bangladesh back into the match with a fighting 165-run seventh-wicket stand alongside Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who scored a pugnacious 78. At stumps on Day Three, Bangladesh struck back to leave Pakistan on a sluggish 9-2.

Brief scores
Pakistan 274 & 9-2 (S Ayub 6'; H Mahmud 2-3) v Bangladesh 262 (L Das 138, M Miraz 78; K Shahzad 6-90, S Agha 2-13, M Hamza 2-50)

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