Opener Liton Das' brilliant century helped Bangladesh post 222/10 against India in the Asia Cup final match in Dubai on Friday.
Bangladesh were off to a flying start but lack of support from the middle and lower order batsmen and some brilliant fielding from Indian players saw Bangladesh only managing to score a modest total.
Das played 117 balls and slammed 121 runs which included 12 boundaries and two sixes. In the process he brought the up the second fastest fifty in ODI by a Bangladeshi batsman in 33 balls. Later, he also went onto score the fifth fastest hundred by a Bangladesh player in 88 balls.
Put in to bat, Das and Mehidy Hasan (32) played handsomely and forged a brilliant 120-run partnership before Hasan was dismissed by Kedar Jadhav. The two played sensibly and often thrashed Indian bowlers all around the park. This was the highest opening partnership for Bangladesh against India in ODIS. The pair eclipsed the previous record of 102 made by Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar in 2015 in Dhaka.
Unperturbed by the fall of Hasan's wicket, Das kept on playing his natural game but middle-order batsmen Imrul Kayes (2), Mushfiqur Rahim (5), Mohammad Mithun (2) and Mahmudullah (4) failed drastically.
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