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Liton surpasses Shakib in international T20 record, now Mahmudullah is next to him

Liton Das took to the field with two records in his hands in the last match. In a stormy innings, the Bangladesh captain broke one record and touched another. The Tiger captain surpassed Shakib Al Hasan in the highest fifty for Bangladesh in international T20s. In addition, this batsman registered his name next to Mahmudullah Riyad in the highest number of sixes. In the last T20 against the Netherlands, Liton scored 73 runs off 46 balls. He reached his 14th fifty in T20s. Earlier, he had also scored a fifty in the first match. He registered his name next to Shakib. In the highest fifty, Liton hit 4 sixes in this aggressive innings. And that is why he sat next to Mahmudullah. Both Mahmudullah and Liton have 77 sixes each in T20s for Bangladesh. However, Liton had to play far fewer matches than Mahmudullah to hit 77 sixes. The Tiger captain hit him in 110 matches, while Mahmudullah hit him in 141 matches.