Litton and Shakib is not part of Bangladesh's squad in Champions Trophy 2025

Bangladesh have avoided Litton Das with regard to their crew for the Champions Trophy. The prominent hacking out follows a line of low scores from the wicketkeeper-player in ODIs: he has not made 50 years in his last 13 innings tracing all the way back to the 2023 ODI World Cup, and has been excused multiple times for single-digit scores in his last seven innings. Shakib Al Hasan has additionally passed up choice. This was along anticipated lines, with the allrounder having been suspended from bowling in first class cricket because of an unlawful activity; he as of late bombed a second free evaluation of his activity. Shakib's rejection from the Heroes Prize crew probably denotes the finish of his ODI vocation. Other than Litton and Shakib, Bangladesh have likewise left out Afif Hossain, Shoriful Islam and Hasan Mahmud. Chief Najmul Hossain Shanto is among a few returnees to the crew, close by Mushfiqur Rahim, Towhid Hridoy and Mustafizur Rahman. Shanto missed the West Indies visit in November last year because of a hamstring injury. Bangladesh's central selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain said of Litton's avoidance: "Litton is out of structure. He is getting out in a comparative example. He can't exploit the powerplay in the white-ball design. He can't endure at the wrinkle. He is getting uncovered. Resistance investigators are getting excessively fruitful against Litton. We allowed him opportunities however there isn't a lot of trust left. "We have thought about Litton's past exhibitions, particularly his new past endeavors. It turned out to be difficult to be sure about Litton when he was unable to score runs in the West Indies where the other hitters got us to huge sums. We will play on great batting wickets in Rawalpindi. New Zealand lost there notwithstanding scoring 336, so we need to take in-structure top-request players." Ashraf said that they believe Litton should do whatever it may take to work his direction back into structure. "Soumya [Sarkar] and [Tanzid Hasan] Tamim are probably going to open the innings, so Litton is probably not going to hold a spot in the XI. However, there's no questioning his class. I figure we can get him out of his structure emergency very well. We have specialists to work with him during this time."