The bright side for the Bangladesh wicketkeeper is that this is only a two-Test series

The exchange ended with neither player backing down, but Litton and Bangladesh would have the final say.

Experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Litton had been sidelined since June with a left calf injury and was initially ruled out of the opening Test of the two-match series.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) chief selector Habibul Bashar confirmed that Litton came through both batting and wicketkeeping drills unscathed

Litton is scheduled to fly to Darwin on Sunday to join the rest of the squad.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Tamim Iqbal confirmed at a press conference in Mirpur on Wednesday that Litton Das has been appointed ODI captain, adding the 50-over format to his T20I captaincy and replacing Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

Initial reports suggested Rana could need two to three weeks to recover, casting doubt over his availability for the first Test in Australia, beginning on August 13.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday didn’t include regular captain Litton Das in their 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe after granting the wicketkeeper-batter a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to participate in the upcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL), scheduled from July 17 to August 8.

Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das has been ruled out of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, scheduled to begin on June 28 in Harare, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced in a press release on Sunday.

Australia clinched the three-match T20I series 2-0 following a seven-run win over Bangladesh in the second match in Chottagram on Friday.

Bangladesh are sweating over the fitness of T20 captain Litton Das ahead of the opening match of the three-match T20I series against Australia, which begins tomorrow at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium in Chattogram.

Bangladesh's recent ICC World Test Championship series triumph over Pakistan has helped a host of their red-ball stars make big gains on the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings.

“I never feared or doubted for a moment that we would not win.”

The Bangladesh cricket community has come together in shock and outrage following the horrific murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in Pallabi, Dhaka. The young girl, a class two student, was raped and killed allegedly by her neighbour, Sohel Rana, in a crime that has sent ripples of grief across the nation.

Litton Das scored a sublime century under immense pressure in the first innings and backed it up with a vital fifty in the second as Bangladesh completed their first home Test-series whitewash with a 78-run victory in the second Test in Sylhet on Wednesday.

Pakistan pacer Khurram Shahzad struck a crucial blow in the opening hour after trapping Shanto lbw for 15 off 46 deliveries.

Litton played a magnificent knock of 126 amid a batting collapse to rescue Bangladesh from a difficult situation.

Litton rated his latest innings as “totally different”, having had no established partner to share the load.

A successful review that saved Shoriful Islam from an lbw dismissal, followed by hamstring cramps and a drinks break, prolonged the delay before Litton finally regained strike and punched a delivery through the covers for four to reach the milestone.

“I said before that the lower order has responsibility and we want that they have some output with the bat. There was space today [to make contributions], but it was failure once again,” Litton said flatly, underlining his disappointment.