Mohammad Rizwan in Bollywood? Litton Das, Bangladesh teammates troll Pakistani star

If the Pakistan cricket team is looking for someone to blame for their latest Test match disaster, they might want to point the finger at Bollywood. Or rather the Bangladeshi elite, the cinematic understanding of it.

As Pakistan crumbles towards historic 2-0 “Banglawash” series defeat at the hands of Najmul Hossain Shant’s men, a tense afternoon on Day 4 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium dissolved into a viral pop culture comedy skit. The main character? Mohammad Rizwan. Antagonist? Bangladesh goalkeeper Litton Das. scenario? Pure, unadulterated subcontinental banter.

Chasing a mammoth 437, Rizwan had just reached a rough half-century when he suddenly broke out of his stance and complained loudly about the movement near the screen. As the evening light began to fade, he sensed a time-wasting tactical ploy and a thoroughly annoyed Litton Das marched out from behind the stumps to confront the Pakistan veteran.

Thanks to a stub microphone, the fiery exchange was captured completely unfiltered.

“Yeh kya kar rhe ho?” (What are you doing?) demanded a cheerful Litton.

Rizwan wildly gestured towards the boundary and shot, “Woh dekh wo dekh wo khada hai.” (Look, he’s standing there.)

Litton wasn’t having it. “Udhar kya dekh rahe ho?” (You’ve reached fifty and now the gameplay begins.)

That was all the Bangladesh slip cordon needed. Shanto and his close field players immediately started a coordinated trolling routine and leaned heavily on Bollywood’s legendary comedy Hera Pheri.

“Hum exceeds ka fifty paise kaatenge!” (We will deduct 50 paise for this excessive play!) shouted one fielder. Another quickly chimed in, “Achha acting kar raha hai, sabko sikha raha hai.” (He behaves well, tries to teach everyone.)

BOLLYWOOD MEIN CHANCE?

But the banter reached its absolute zenith when the sledging took a sharp, cheeky turn to cross-border geopolitics.

One Bangladeshi player watched as Rizwan continued his animated theatrics with the umpires and shouted, “Bollywood mein chala jayega bhai!” (He’ll end up in Bollywood, bro!)

Without missing a beat, another fielder offered a ruthless, reality-checked reply from short leg: “Nahi, nahi, vahan jagah nahi milega bhai.” (No, no, he won’t get a spot there, bro.) It was pro max teasing—a subtle nod to the long-standing political reality that Pakistani actors and artists continue to be barred from working in the Indian film industry.

To his credit, Rizwan didn’t let film criticism completely break his focus. He went back to his script on the final morning and played a lone, valiant crusade to pull Pakistan closer to the target. However, there was to be no fairytale ending for the director’s cut. He stood six runs short of the deserved milestone on 94. Rizwan was eventually undone by a sharp delivery from Shoriful Islam, triggering the collapse of the final session where Pakistan lost their last three wickets without scoring a single run.

Pakistan may have lost the Test by 78 runs and the series 2-0, but the sound of the stumps will live on forever. Rizwan put in a fighting performance but the Bangladeshi fielders walked away with the best script award.

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Issued by:

Akshay Ramesh

Published on:

May 20, 2026 12:52 PM IST