Liton ruled out of Asia Cup, Bijoy called in as replacement

In the end, Liton Kumar Das, the opening batsman of the Bangladesh national team, did not go to Sri Lanka. He missed the flight to Lanka with the team in the first round due to fever. In the next two days, there was no news of improvement in physical condition. The selectors were forced to choose an alternative opener.

However, the Tiger team management was waiting for Liton till the end. But he is still unable to recover from virus fever. Due to which Liton has been ruled out of the entire Asia Cup. Instead, another right-handed batsman, Enamul Haque Vijay, has been brought back into the team.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the matter in a statement. Regarding Vijay's inclusion, BCB Chief Selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu said, 'Vijay has scored regular runs in our domestic cricket, BCB was also under observation. Liton is not able to play in the Asia Cup, so we have included Vijay in the squad.'

However, Saif Haasan's name was being considered as an alternative to Liton earlier. However, he was diagnosed with dengue and could not be considered. After that Zakir Hossain's name also came loudly. BCB did not walk that way either.

In the end, however, the cricket board came close to victory. 30-year-old Vijay has previously played 44 ODIs for Bangladesh. He was last seen in the ODI against India. Although he is not a regular in the national team, he has regularly scored runs with the bat in domestic cricket.

However, the victory figures in the Asia Cup are quite good. After playing only one season, he made it to Wisden's Bangladesh XI. Played only in 2014. Seva's Bangladesh team failed to do well but Vijay was in great form. He scored 227 runs in 4 matches at 56.75. There were two great innings of 100 runs against Pakistan and 77 runs against India.

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