{"id":198974,"date":"2026-08-01T06:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198974"},"modified":"2026-08-01T06:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:15:07","slug":"aus-vs-ban-test-series-litton-das-joins-squad-to-boost-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198974","title":{"rendered":"AUS vs BAN Test series: Litton Das joins squad to boost Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71294332\">Bangladesh received a boost Saturday as experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Litton Das joined the squad for two Tests in Australia after recovering from a calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>Litton was added to the squad for the first Test in Darwin on August 13-17, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old had been sidelined since June with a left calf injury and was initially ruled out of the opening Test of the two-match series.<\/p>\n<p>His return provides timely reinforcement for Bangladesh, who have been hit by injury ahead of their first Test tour of Australia in 23 years.<\/p>\n<p>Fast bowler Nahid Rana has been ruled out of the series with a side strain, while left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam was not selected for the opening Test because of a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh will warm up for the Tests with match against a Cricket Australia XI in Darwin from August 6-8.<\/p>\n<p>The second and final Test will be played in Mackay from August 22-26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Aug 01, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/international\/australia-vs-bangladesh-test-series-litton-das-added-to-squad-latest-news\/article71294332.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh received a boost Saturday as experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Litton Das joined the squad for two Tests in Australia after recovering from a calf injury. Litton was added to the squad for the first Test in Darwin on August 13-17, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said. The 31-year-old had been sidelined since June with a left calf&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Sri_Lanka_Bangladesh_Cricket_78720.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198763,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198763","url_meta":{"origin":198974,"position":0},"title":"AUS vs BAN: Shanto backs injury-hit Bangladesh ahead of Australia Tests","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said Thursday he had \u201ccomplete faith\u201d in his injury-hit squad ahead of a two-Test series in Australia, saying those selected have the ability to compete. 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