||  CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh opener Liton Kumar Das said that he is now confident that if he can score big runs if he can stay at the wicket for 30 overs.

Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by 123- run and clinched the series by a clean sweep at the Sylhet International Stadium in the rain-hit third one-day international of three-match series in Sylhet on Friday.

Liton hit- 176 off 143 balls, the highest ever ODI innings for Bangladesh, while Tamim played an unbeaten knock of 128 off balls as the duo put 292-run in a record opening stand .

Liton, who scored his second ODI hundred during the opening game of the series and that too after a gap of 17 months, said that scoring this hundred would give him the confidence this hundred will give him the confidence to do well in future.

‘’I wasn’t nervous in this game,’’ said Liton who insisted that he was pretty nervous in the opening game after coming into the opening slot after a long gap, making 126 before being retired hurt.

‘’ I started from zero. The target was to bat at least 30 overs. And I was batting with planning. But after 100, the momentum changed, position changed. I played fast, so there was a chance [of double hundred]. But I never thought of scoring 200 runs,’’ he said.

‘’I targeted to bat as many overs as possible and after the rain break I have to play more shots because of the curtailed overs,’’ he said.

‘’After scoring two centuries I can hope that if I play 30 overs I can score big score against any opponent,’’ he said.
 
‘’Today I played the best innings of my life till date. I changed my batting style after the domestic season if I progress like this I can make good score in the future,’’ he said.

Liton said his opening partner Tamim Iqbal insisted him to do something that can be recorded in the history book.