Bangladesh captain Litton Das achieved a significant milestone by scoring a half-century in the third T20I against Netherlands at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The match was later abandoned due to rain after 18.2 overs of Bangladesh’s innings.Das’s performance helped him surpass former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan’s record, despite the match being cut short by weather conditions.Das scored 73 runs off 46 balls, including six fours and four sixes, before being dismissed by Netherlands’s Kyle Klein in the 15th over. This innings marked his 14th fifty-plus score in T20I cricket for Bangladesh, setting a new national record.The 30-year-old Das has now accumulated 1,927 runs in 110 T20Is with a strike rate of 126.52. His personal best remains 83, and he has recorded 14 half-centuries in the format.Shakib Al Hasan, who retired from T20Is following the World Cup last year, finished his career with 2,551 runs from 129 matches at a strike rate of 121.25. He had 13 fifty-plus scores with a highest score of 84.The record for most fifty-plus scores in Bangladesh T20Is now stands with Litton Das at 14, followed by Shakib Al Hasan with 13. Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah share the third position with 8 fifties each.In the overall T20I statistics, Virat Kohli and Babar Azam lead with 39 fifty-plus scores each. Rohit Sharma follows with 37, Mohammad Rizwan with 31, and David Warner with 29 such innings.The hosts won the first T20I by eight wickets, successfully chasing down 137 runs in 13.3 overs, with Das scoring an unbeaten half-century.In the second T20I, Netherlands were dismissed for 103 runs in 18 overs. Bangladesh claimed a 9-wicket victory by reaching the target in 13.1 overs, with opener Tanzid Tamim remaining unbeaten on 54.The series concluded with Bangladesh winning 2-0, as the final match was abandoned due to rain.
