Dhaka, Sept. 25 -- Bangladesh will spend the day waiting on Liton Das. The captain, who sat out Wednesday's defeat to India with a rib injury, remains uncertain for tonight's virtual semifinal against Pakistan in Dubai.

Liton was at the ground long before most of his teammates yesterday, walking around the wicket, even giving it a close look. For a while it seemed he might play.

But he never joined the warm-up, and by toss time Jaker Ali was handed the captaincy. It was his first match in charge of the national side.

"We waited till the end," Jaker said after Bangladesh's 41-run loss. "He's in rehab now, and we'll wait again until right before the match against Pakistan."

The injury came two days ago during practice, when Liton felt d...