Liton Das

Cricket player Liton Kumer Das was born in Dinajpur, Bangladesh on October 13, 1994. He is a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. In June 2015, he made his debut for Bangladesh internationally. In ODI cricket, he holds the highest individual score for Bangladesh (176).

Liton Das: Along the Years

Liton Das Records

• 3rd Most runs in an innings by a wicketkeeper (176)

• 9th captains overall who has kept wickets and opened the innings

Liton Das Awards and Accolades

Liton Das Career

Liton Kumar Das is an international cricket player from Bangladesh who plays for his country in all three cricket formats.Das played against India in his very first international match on June 10, 2015. He made his One Day International debut against India as well. He took on South Africa in his maiden Twenty20 International match in 2015.

Liton Das, made his debut for the Bangladesh Under-23 team in 2013, He was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in March 2023 for ₹50 lakhs for the 2023 Indian Premier League season. He played as a wicketkeeper-batter in the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia as well as the 2014 Under-19 World Cups hosted by United Arab Emirates.

Das joined the Sylhet Sixers team in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League draft. He debuted as a player for the Jamaica Tallawahs in the 2019 Caribbean Premier League. Hwe was signed by KKR in the 2023 IPL season

Liton Das Domestic Career

In the National Cricket League(Bangladesh) 2014–15, Das was a player for Rangpur Division. He scored 1,024 runs at an average of 85.33 at the end of the seven-match season, scoring five hundreds. The title was won by Rangpur Division.

In the 2016–17 Bangladesh Cricket League while representing East Zone, Das made his first-ever double century in first-class cricket in January 2017.

With 752 runs in 14 games, Das has the highest run total in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League for the 2016–17 season.

With 779 runs in 6 matches, including 274 in one innings, Das was the top run scorer in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League in April 2018.

In the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League draft, Das was added to the Sylhet Sixers squad. In the 2019 Caribbean Premier League, he made his debut in an international franchise league as a player with the Jamaica Tallawahs. In two of the tournament's matches, he scored 44 runs. He was picked to play in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League for the Rajshahi Royals, scoring 455 runs throughout the season.

Das participated in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup 2020–21 for Gazi Group Barishal. He signed a contract with Karachi Kings in April 2021 to play in the Pakistan Super League's rescheduled games.

Liton Das IPL Career

Liton Das was picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders in March 2023 for ₹50 lakh 60,000 USD for the 2023 Indian Premier League. That season, he appeared in just 1 game and scored four runs.

Liton Das International Career

On June 10, 2015, Das played his first-ever Test match against India. On June 18, 2015, he debuted in One Day International match, also against India.On July 5, 2015, he played his first Twenty20 International game against South Africa.

Mushfiqur Rahim, was requested to play just as a batter on March 2, 2017, and Das took over as the wicketkeeper for the Test series against Sri Lanka.

Liton Das ODI Career

He made his One Day International debut against India on June 18, 2015. On September 28, 2018, Das scored his first hundred in an ODI vs India in the Asia Cup final.

Das got his first ODI century on September 28 in 2018, versus India in the Asia Cup final. He went on to score 121 runs in 117 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes. Bangladesh lost the match on the very last ball, but he would go on to receive "Man of the Match" for his efforts.

Liton Das was picked in Bangladesh team Cricket World Cup squad in April 2019. Against the West Indies, he made his World Cup debut. He made 94 runs not out and built an undefeated 189-run partnership with all rounder Shakib Al Hasan, helping Bangladesh to a historic seven wicket victory.

During Zimbabwe's March 2020 tour of Bangladesh, Das scored 126 runs in the opening One-Day International (ODI), his second century in the format while becoming the first batsman from Bangladesh to rack up a century in Sylhet. He scored his 1000th career run in an ODI in the third match, and he also scored 176 runs off 143 balls, recording the highest partnership for Bangladesh for any wicket in ODI history with Tamim Iqbal (292 runs). He achieved the highest individual score in ODIs of any batsman from Bangladesh. Together with Tamim Iqbal, Das amassed 311 runs at an average of 103.68 during the ODI series, earning the title of "Player of the Tournament".

He scored 223 runs, including a century and a half century, in a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan in February 2022, earning him the title of Player of the Series. With an average of 37.67, he was the second best run scorer in the series with 113 runs, helping them win their first-ever ODI series against South Africa. Despite this, he struggled in the two-game test series, managing just 81 runs in four innings.

Liton Das Test Career

Das played his first-ever Test match versus India on June 10, 2015. Against Sri Lanka, Das took the duty of wicket keeper for the Test series. Das was appointed the 12th captain of Bangladesh test team. In test cricket, he has not yet scored a hundred.

He scored 200 runs overall, including two half-centuries, throughout the Test series, making him one of the top run scorers for Bangladesh during the West Indies visit to Bangladesh in February 2021.

He was included in the Bangladeshi team's all-format squad for their visit of Zimbabwe in June 2021. He fell five runs short of his first Test century in the opening innings of the one-off Test match against Zimbabwe. He and Mahmudullah had a 138-run stand, which was the best seventh wicket partnership for Bangladesh in Test cricket and the second highest seventh wicket partnership overall.

Das achieved his first century in a Test match against Pakistan in November 2021.

He contributed a crucial 86-run innings during Bangladesh's two-match Test series in New Zealand in January 2022, which marked the team's first-ever victories in both the Test and New Zealand series at Bay Oval. He scored his maiden test century in an away encounter in the second test, scoring 102 runs off 114 balls in their second innings. Bangladesh, however, lost the game by 117 runs in an innings. With 196 runs in two games, he was Bangladesh's top scorer in the series. He achieved his career-best test ranking of no. 1 as of January 2022.

He reached the highest position in Bangladeshi cricket history as a Test batsman in the world, ranking No. 12 in the ICC Men's Player Rankings as of January 2022.

He hit 88, 141, and 52 in three innings during the two-match test series against Sri Lanka in May 2022, moving him up to the 12th spot in the ICC Men's Test Batsmen list with 724 rating points, the most points of any Bangladeshi batter in Test cricket.

Following Bangladesh's 1-0 loss in their two-test series against Sri Lanka in May 2022, test captain Mominul Haque resigned, and Shakib Al Hasan took over on June 2, 2022, while Das was made the vice-captain of the team

In September 2024, Das recorded 12 dismissals in the Test series against Pakistan, the most dismissals by a Bangladeshi wicketkeeper in a Test series, Fifth most wicketkeeper dismissals in a two-match test series. He scored 138 runs in the first innings and was named man of the match for his valiant performance.

Liton Das T20I Career

He played against South Africa in his debut Twenty20 International match in 2015. 2018 saw him reach his first white-ball fifty in twenty-four balls versus the West Indies. He took over as captain of Bangladesh's squad in 2021, after Mahmudullah, who was the regular captain.

In September 2021, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In May 2024, Das was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.

Liton Das Captaincy

Bangladesh travelled to New Zealand in March 2021 for a three-match ODI and T20I series.In the third Twenty20 game, he led Bangladesh team for the first time as captain, replacing regular captain Mahmudullah, who was injured . Bangladesh lost the rain-shortened 10-over game by sixty-five runs, and they ended up losing the Twenty20 International series 3-0 against New Zealand

In December 2022, Das was appointed as Bangladesh's captain for the three-match ODI series versus India. Bangladesh thrillingly won by one wicket and five runs, respectively, in the initial 2 ODI games. Bangladesh lost the third One-Day International by a big margin of 227 runs. In the end, Bangladesh sealed the ODI series by 2-

In the Test , Das was named as Bangladesh's twelfth captain. In two innings, he made 6 dismissals and scored 9 and 66 respectively. Bangladesh also won versus Afghanistan by the widest margin in 2023.

Liton Das Under-19 Career

Das featured in the 2007–08 Bangladesh Under–15 campaign . He represented Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan from 2009 to 2011.He played as a wicketkeeper-batter in the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia and also 2014 Under-19 World Cups hosted by United Arab Emirates. In 2013, he made his debut for the Bangladesh Under-23 team while still a youngster.

Liton Das Family

On October 13, 1994, Liton Kumar Das was born in Bangladesh's district of Dinajpur into a Bengali family. He has two brothers. He played age-group cricket and attended Krira Shikkha Protishtan, a school in Bangladesh. He married on July 28 in 2019, with Devashri Biswas Sonchita, his longtime love.They welcomed a daughter into the world in November 2023.

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