Chittagong, March 16 -- Bangladesh have released opening batter Litton Das from the third ODI against Sri Lanka.

This is the first time in almost three years, Litton has lost his place in the team. The last time he was dropped from Bangladesh's squad was against Pakistan in 2021.

In-form batter Jaker Ali has replaced Litton in the squad for the third ODI. Jaker recently impressed with his influential knock of 68 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka. He also has 84 List A appearances to his name in which he has amassed 1918 runs at an average of 34.87.

While Jaker has been flying high on the back of his recent performances, Litton has struggled to put runs on the board. He has two ducks to his name in the two ODI games and even floundere...