Litton’s form not a concern for Hathurusinga

BSS, Dhaka :
Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha was unfazed by the form of Litton Das who of late has been going through a bad patch.

Litton, unarguably the best batter of the country, given his last three year’s form, had a poor outing in Global T20 tournament in Canada and Lankan Premier League (LPL).

He scored 152 runs in nine innings with just a fifty under his belt in Canada before making just 34 runs in three innings in LPL.

As he would have to take full responsibility to give Bangladesh a good start in absence of Tamim Iqbal, his form raised a question ahead of the Asia Cup.

But Hathurusingha was reluctant to judge Litton’s form by T20 matches as the Asia Cup will be an ODI-format tournament.

“I have no concern about his form at the moment because he has played in a few competitions in Canada and in Sri Lanka.

Those are T20s,” Hathurusingha said on Satyurday.

“But he’s training really hard.

If you look at those recent tournaments that he played, the pitches are not that great, not high scoring, especially in Canada.

And to a certain extent in Sri Lanka.

So, whatever the runs he scored were impact runs.

Yes, we want him to play different, like a big role during the Asia Cup and the World Cup.

So, hope that he will show,” he added.

The main thing which kept Bangladesh fans concerned is that Litton on most occasions failed to prolong his innings despite getting a good start.