Litton Das

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Bangladeshi cricketer (born 1994)

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Field	Value
name	Litton Das
country	Bangladesh
fullname	Litton Kumer Das
image	Liton Das (3) (cropped).jpg
caption	Litton in 2018
birth_date
birth_place	Dinajpur, Bangladesh
nickname	LKD
batting	Right-handed
bowling	Right-arm off-spin
role	Wicket-keeper-batter
international	true
internationalspan	2015–present
testdebutdate	10 June
testdebutyear	2015
testdebutagainst	India
testcap	77
lasttestdate	11 November
lasttestyear	2025
lasttestagainst	Ireland
odidebutdate	18 June
odidebutyear	2015
odidebutagainst	India
odicap	117
lastodidate	2 July
lastodiyear	2025
lastodiagainst	Sri Lanka
odishirt	16
T20Idebutdate	5 July
T20Idebutyear	2015
T20Idebutagainst	South Africa
T20Icap	46
lastT20Idate	29 November
lastT20Iyear	2025
lastT20Iagainst	Ireland
T20Ishirt	16
club1	North Zone
year1	2012–present
club2	Dhaka Gladiators
year2	2013
club3	Rangpur Division
year3	2011–present
club4	Comilla Victorians
year4	2015–17, 2022, 2024
club5	Sylhet Sixers
year5	2018–19
club6	Jamaica Tallawahs
year6	2019
club7	Rajshahi Royals
year7	2019–20
club8	Kolkata Knight Riders
year8	2023
club9	Galle Titans
year9	2023
club10	Karachi Kings
year10	2025
club11	Dhaka Capitals
year11	2024/25
year12	2025/26
club12	Rangpur Riders
hidedeliveries	true
columns	4
column1	Test
matches1	52
runs1	3,117
bat avg1	35.42
100s/50s1	5/19
top score1	141
catches/stumpings1	112/17
deliveries1	12
column2	ODI
matches2	95
runs2	2,569
bat avg2	29.87
100s/50s2	5/12
top score2	176
catches/stumpings2	59/4
deliveries2	-
column3	T20I
matches3	120
runs3	2,655
bat avg3	23.49
100s/50s3	0/16
top score3	83
catches/stumpings3	77/15
deliveries3	-
column4	FC
matches4	100
runs4	7,428
bat avg4	45.85
100s/50s4	20/37
top score4	274
catches/stumpings4	176/25
deliveries4	30
date	19 January
year	2026
source	http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/536936.html ESPNcricinfo
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Litton Kumer Das (also spelled Liton Das; born 13 October 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the current captain of the Bangladesh T20I team. He is a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in June 2015. He holds the record for the highest individual score for Bangladesh in ODI cricket (176).

Personal life

Liton Kumar Das was born in a kayastha family of Dinajpur district of Bangladesh on 13 October 1994. His name is sometimes spelled Litton. He has two brothers. He studied in Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan and played age-group cricket. On 28 July 2019, he married his long-time girlfriend Devashri Biswas Sonchita who is an agriculturist in Mirpur, Bangladesh. A daughter was born to them in November 2023.

Domestic and Franchise T20

Early life

Aged 13, Das represented the Bangladesh Under-15s in the 2007–08 season. He went on to play for Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan from 2009 to 2011. In 2010–11, he was selected for both the Under-17s and the Under-19s, playing for the latter in the Under-19 World Cups in 2012 and 2014. In 2013, while still a teenager, he played for the Bangladesh Under-23s.

National Cricket League & List-A Cricket

Playing for Rangpur Division in the 2014–15 National Cricket League, he scored five centuries and finished the seven-match season with 1,024 runs at an average of 85.33. Rangpur Division won the championship.

In January 2017, Das scored his maiden double-century in first-class cricket, playing for East Zone in the 2016–17 Bangladesh Cricket League. As a result of this, he was recalled to Bangladesh's Test squad for their one-off match against India in February 2017.

Das scored the most runs in the 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, with 752 in 14 matches.

In April 2018, Das was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League, with 779 runs in six matches, including scoring 274 runs in one innings.

Bangladesh Premiere League

In October 2018, Das was named in the squad for the Sylhet Sixers team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.

In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Rajshahi Royals in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, scoring 455 runs in the tournament.

Das played for Gazi Group Chattogram in the 2020-21 Bangabandhu T20 Cup.

Das played for Comilla Victorians in 2021-22 Bangladesh Premiere League. His 209 runs in 9 matches helped Comilla to win their 2nd BPL title.

Das played for Comilla Victorians in 2022-23 Bangladesh Premiere League. He scored 379 runs in 13 matches, helping Comilla to win their back to back BPL title.

In 2024 Bangladesh Premiere League, Das captained Comilla Victorians. In the final, his team lost to Fortune Barishal by 6 wickets.

On 12 January 2025, Das wasn't included in Bangladesh squad for 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. In the very same day, he scored his first T-20 century for Dhaka Capitals against Durbar Rajshahi in 2025 Bangladesh Premiere League. This is the 2nd fastest century by a Bangladeshi in the history of the BPL. This century is also 4th highest individual run in the history of BPL. He also formed 241 run partnership with Tanzid Hasan in 118 balls which is 2nd highest partnership in recognized T20 Cricket. Dhaka Capitals finished with 254runs, highest team total in the BPL history.

Caribbean Premiere League

He played for Jamaica Tallawahs in the 2019 Caribbean Premier League, making his first appearance in an overseas franchise league. He scored 44 runs in two matches in the tournament.

Indian Premier League (IPL)

In March 2023, Das was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for , for the 2023 Indian Premier League season. He played only one match in that season scoring 4 runs.

International career

2015-2019

Das made his Test debut against India on 10 June 2015. He made his One Day International debut, also against India, on 18 June 2015. He made his Twenty20 International debut against South Africa on 5 July 2015.

On 2 March 2017, Bangladesh's captain Mushfiqur Rahim was asked to play as a batsman only, with Das becoming the wicket-keeper for the Test series against Sri Lanka.

In June 2018, Bangladesh toured West Indies and United States for two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International. In the first test, Bangladesh recorded their lowest team total in Tests with Das managing to enter double figures among other batters- a mere 25 off 53 balls in a losing cause making a record for Das. In the third t20 match against West Indies, he reached his first white-ball half-century off 24 balls, and his first 50-plus score in 17 innings scoring 61 runs eventually sealing the T20I series 2-1 and also ended up winning the Player of the match award.

On 28 September 2018, against India in the final of the 2018 Asia Cup, Das scored his maiden ODI century and went on to make 121(117) with 12 boundaries and 2 sixes. He would eventually win "Man of the Match" for his effort, despite Bangladesh losing the match off the final ball.

In April 2019, Das was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He made his World Cup debut against the West Indies where he scored an unbeaten 94 runs and made an unbeaten 189-run partnership with Shakib Al Hasan which helped Bangladesh to a famous 7 wicket victory.

2020–2022

In March 2020, when Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh, in the first ODI, Das scored 126 runs, his second century in ODI and became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a century at Sylhet. In the 3rd ODI, he scored his 1000th run in ODIs and then along with Tamim Iqbal made the highest partnership for Bangladesh for any wicket in ODIs (292 runs) as well as scoring 176 runs off 143 balls. He made the highest individual score by any Bangladeshi batsman in ODIs. Das scored 311 runs at an average of 103.68 in the ODI series and eventually become the "Player of the Tournament" jointly with Tamim Iqbal.

In February 2021, when West Indies toured Bangladesh, he was one of the leading run-scorers and the highest run scorer for Bangladesh in the Test series, scoring 200 runs including two half-centuries.

In June 2021, he was named in the Bangladesh's squad across all formats for their tour to Zimbabwe. During the first innings of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, he ended up five runs short of his maiden Test century, He along with Mahmudullah, sustained a 138-runs partnership, which was the second highest seventh wicket partnership and the highest seventh wicket partnership for Bangladesh in Tests.

In September 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In November 2021, in the first match against Pakistan, Das scored his first century in Test cricket.

In January 2022, when Bangladesh toured New Zealand for a two match Test series, he played an important knock of 86 runs in registering Bangladesh's first ever win in New Zealand and first ever Test victory against New Zealand at Bay Oval. In the second test, he notched up 102 runs off 114 balls in their second innings, which was his first test century in away matches. However, Bangladesh lost the match by an innings and 117 runs. He was the highest run getter for Bangladesh in the series gathering 196 runs in 2 matches.

As of January 2022, he attained his career best test ranking of no 12 as a Test batsman of the world in the ICC Men's Player Rankings which is the highest in the history of Bangladesh cricket.

In February 2022, in a 3-match ODI series against Afghanistan, he scored 223 runs including a century and a half century and was adjusted Player of the series. He also played a crucial role in winning their first ever ODI series against South Africa, scoring 113 runs in the series, being the second highest run-getter, at an average of 37.67. Though he could not perform well in the 2-match test series scoring only 81 runs in 4 innings.

In May 2022, In the 2-match test series, against Sri Lanka, he scored 88, 141 and 52 in three innings which promoted him to the 12th position in the ICC Men's Test Batsmen ranking with 724 rating points, which is the highest points for any Bangladeshi batter in Test cricket.

As vice captain (2022–present)

In May 2022, after Bangladesh lost their 2-test match series against Sri Lanka by 1–0, the test captain Mominul Haque stepped down from the captaincy and on 2 June 2022, Shakib Al Hasan succeeded him while Das was made the vice-captain of the test team.

On 29 March 2023, in the 2nd T20I against Ireland, he reached his fifty in just 18 balls recording the fastest half-century by a Bangladeshi cricketer in T20Is. He scored 83 runs off 41 balls and made a 124-run stand with Rony Talukdar, the highest opening partnership for Bangladesh in T20Is, helping Bangladesh to defeat Ireland by 77 runs.

As captain

In March 2021, Bangladesh toured New Zealand for a 3-match ODI and T20I series. He failed with the bat in both ODI and T20I series. In the third T20I, he captained Bangladesh for the first time in T20I in the absence of regular captain Mahmudullah who was ruled out due to an injury and Bangladesh lost the rain-curtailed 10-over match by 65 runs and eventually lost the T20I series by 3–0 as well.

Due to the injury of regular captain Tamim Iqbal, Das was named captain of Bangladesh for the 3-match ODI series against India in December 2022. Bangladesh won the first two ODIs in a thrilling way by 1 wicket and 5 runs respectively. Though Bangladesh lost the third ODI by a comprehensive margin of 227 runs. Eventually, Bangladesh won the ODI series by 2-1 margin.

Due to the injury of Shakib Al Hasan, Das became the 12th captain of Bangladesh in Tests. He scored 9 and 66 and made 6 dismissals in two innings. Bangladesh also registered their biggest margin of victory in terms of runs and overall third biggest win, in terms of runs and the biggest win in the 21st century, in Tests.

2024–2025

In May 2024, Das was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.

In September 2024, Das recorded 12 dismissals in the Test series against Pakistan, most dismissals by a Bangladeshi wicketkeeper in a Test series, 5th Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a 2-match test series. He was declared man of the match for his heroic effort, scoring 138 runs in the first innings.

In December 2024, Das was selected to lead Bangladesh in a 3-match T20 series against West Indies during Bangladesh tour of West Indies. Bangladesh later went on to whitewash West Indies under his leadership, becoming only the third team after India and England to whitewash West Indies in West Indies.

Litton Das was selected as Bangladesh T20I Captain on permanent basis on 4 May 2025 up to T20I World Cup 2026.

International centuries

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***** Remained not out
**** Captain of Bangladesh in that match
**** Man of the match ::data[format=table title="Test centuries by Litton Das{{Cite web |title=List of Test cricket centuries by Litton Das |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/536936.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Cricinfo}}"] | No. | Runs | Against | Venue | H/A | Date | Result | Ref | 114 | 102 | 141 | 138 | 128 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | Home | | Lost | | | | | | | | | 2 | | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | Away | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | Home | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Away | | Won | | | | | | | | | 5 | | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | Home | | | | | | | | | | ::

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No.	Against	Venue	Date
1	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Neutral	Lost
2	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet	Home	Won
3	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet	Home	Won (D/L)
4	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Away	Won
5	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	Home	Won
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