Surrey Jaguars Secure Third Win as Liton Das Shines with a Match-Winning Fifty. After a series of lackluster performances in the previous three matches, Liton Das delivered a stunning display for Surrey Jaguars, smashing his first Global T20 Canada fifty to lead his team to a convincing six-wicket victory over Brampton Wolves in Brampton on Tuesday.

Having chosen to field, Surrey Jaguars restricted Brampton Wolves to a modest 128 for nine. Liton’s sensational 45-ball 59-run knock then ensured Surrey Jaguars chased down the target with 11 balls to spare, securing their third win in this edition of the tournament.

During the chase, Surrey Jaguars faced an early setback, losing three wickets for just 21 runs in 4.3 overs. However, Liton played a pivotal role, forming a crucial 99-run fourth-wicket partnership with Pakistan’s Iftikhar Ahmed to stabilize the innings.

Liton started cautiously, going scoreless in the initial five deliveries, but gradually found his rhythm, smashing his first boundary in the fifth over and reaching his fifty off 40 deliveries.

Despite being dismissed in the 18th over, after Surrey Jaguars’ victory seemed almost certain, Liton’s innings included three boundaries and three maximums. Skipper Iftikhar remained unbeaten on 38 off 41 deliveries.

In the bowling effort that restricted Brampton Wolves to a low total, Ammar Khalid, Matthew Forde, and Ayaan Khan each claimed two wickets, contributing to Surrey Jaguars’ dominant performance.

Following Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das, Afif Hossain, another talented Bangladesh cricketer, is set to join the Global T20 League in Canada. The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Cricket Operations committee chairman, Jalal Yunus, confirmed that Afif has been granted a no objection certificate (NOC) and will depart for Canada on Sunday to participate in the league.

Afif will represent Surrey Jaguars, alongside Liton Das. However, if the team fails to qualify for the play-off stage, Afif will only get to play the remaining two group matches.

Meanwhile, Shakib Al Hasan, the Tigers’ Test and T20I skipper, will leave for Sri Lanka today to take part in the Lankan Premier League, having featured for Montreal Tigers in the Global T20 League.

As of now, Surrey Jaguars holds the third position in the points table, with their next two matches scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. The final is slated for August 6.

The Bangladesh team’s skill camp for the upcoming Asia Cup is scheduled to begin on August 8 after a fitness camp, which starts tomorrow.

Although both Afif and Liton will miss the fitness camp, they are expected to join the skill camp later.

On the other hand, Mushfiqur Rahim and Taskin Ahmed will return from featuring in the Zim-Afro T10 League and join the camp. However, pacer Shoriful Islam and Shakib will join the camp later due to their commitments in the LPL.

Additionally, young cricketer Towhid Hridoy was also signed by Jaffna Kings in the LPL, but he will only be available for the first three games of the tournament.