Bangladesh Declare on Day 4 with a 478-Run Lead After Litton's Ton in Abu Dhabi

Commanding Position: Carrying a solid 106-run first-innings lead into their second turn, Bangladesh capitalized on a wearing pitch during the fourth morning to firmly shut the door on Afghanistan.

Litton's Counter-Attack: Starting the day under pressure, wicketkeeper-batter and captain Litton Das shifted the momentum with a proactive, aggressive approach. Shrugging off a couple of early dropped chances, he raced past his half-century and anchored the innings with fluent strokeplay against both spin and pace.

Unbroken Stand with Mehidy: Litton combined with Mehidy Hasan Miraz to build a substantial, unbroken partnership for the seventh/eighth wicket, frustrating the Afghan attack through smart rotation of the strike and calculated boundaries.

Lead Past 400: Backed by Litton’s aggression and steady support from the lower order, Bangladesh's overall lead safely eclipsed the 400-run mark, putting them in complete control and setting up the prospect of a declaration later in the day.

Litton played another pretty straight drive off Ahmadzai, and next ball, the bowler belted out a huge appeal, which was turned down. Replays showed that Litton had inside edged the ball.

On the third day too, Bangladesh had done most of the running. They first bowled out Afghanistan for 240 before lunch, with Hasan Mahmud taking five wickets, including a hat-trick, and Ebadot Hossain picking up four wickets. Rahmat Shah stood tall for Afghanistan to score his fourth Test century.

Bangladesh, leading by 106 runs after the first-innings exchanges, ran into trouble when they slipped to 53 for 3. But Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto bailed them out with a fourth-wicket partnership of 159 runs.

They both got out in the last six overs of the day as Afghanistan finally hit back, but they have let that bit of momentum slip altogether since then.