Liton Das

Liton Kumar Das (লিটন কুমার দাস; born October 13, 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the current vice-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in all formats.

He is a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper.

Liton Kumar Das was born in a Bengali Hindu 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.

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.

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.

He made his international debut for Bangladesh in June 2015.

He has scored the highest individual score for Bangladesh in ODI cricket (176).

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

In April 2021, he was signed by Karachi Kings to play in the rescheduled matches in the 2021 Pakistan Super League.

In March 2023, Das was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for inr 5000000, for 2023 Indian Premier League.

He played only one match in that season scoring 4 runs only.

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.