Liton felt like a prisoner amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
Bangladesh’s flamboyant opening batsman Liton Das has on Monday (April 6) expressed his frustration at being confined to his home during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in the country, saying he is feeling like a prisoner at his residence.
However, at the same time, Liton said he is not thinking about cricket at the moment at all amid the rapidly-growing COVID-19 pandemic, as the entire world including Bangladesh is in danger, fighting the ongoing health crisis caused by the deadly virus all around the world.
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The whole world forced to lockdown due to the furious spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus which has claimed over 70000 lives and infected over 13 lakh people globally so far. Despite the lockdown, the number of coronavirus cases has risen to 123 in Bangladesh with 12 deaths till now.
Liton told New Age on Monday (April 6): “You people are going out of the home. You can’t understand my situation. I am feeling like a prisoner.”
However, the outbreak arrived at the worst possible time for the wicketkeeper-batsman, as he was in the form of his life before the coronavirus pandemic has shut down all the cricketing world, as the 25-year-old scored two centuries in the home ODI series against Zimbabwe.
His 176 off 143 balls in the final ODI was the highest individual innings by a Bangladeshi batsman. He then carried his brilliant form to the two-match T20I series, scoring fifties in both matches against Zimbabwe before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Given the current critical circumstances across the world, Liton claimed that he wasn’t even thinking about the game, as the entire world is fighting for life and in this, cricket is not really the most important issue during the ongoing global crisis.
The right-hander further added, “At present situation, cricket is not even in my thoughts. The whole world is in danger. If we can survive, only then we can play or do whatever we were doing. Right now, this is not the time for cricket.”
The Bangladesh star also revealed that his wife Devasri Biswas Sanchita, who was recently met with an accident – cylinder blast while making tea in their kitchen, is fine now.
He signed off by saying, “She is ok now. Her wounds have recovered. She is not facing any difficulties. After the accident, we changed the faulty cylinder and burners.”
(With New Age Inputs)