Litton Das

Born in Dinanjpur, Litton Das is a wicketkeeper-batter who had been touted as the next big thing in Bangladesh cricket after impressive performances in the U19 World Cups of 2012 and 2014. Over the next decade, he took some time to find his feet at the international level before eventually taking over the gloves from Mushfiqur Rahim who had served in that role for a long time.

Litton made his first-class debut in October 2011 for Rangpur Division against Dhaka Division. He didn't have a great first season, but fought back strongly in the following season registering a ton and a half-century. His career was boosted after his performances in the 2014 U-19 World Cup held in Abu Dhabi, where he scored 239 runs in just four innings.

Post the heroics in the Under-19 tournament, Litton developed into a better player and that was evident in his domestic outings. He ended up as the second highest run-getter in the Dhaka Premier League and then amplified the performances in the longer format. From second best in List A, Litton went onto top the run-charts in the National Cricket League playing for Rangpur Division. He struck five centuries and aggregated more than 1000 runs finishing the season with a mind-boggling average of 85.33.

Litton made his Test debut against India in June 2015. He played some eye-pleasing strokes before falling for 44 off 45 balls. He bettered his performance against the then ranked one team, South Africa, and registered his maiden Test fifty. However, the joy was shortlived as he spent the next two years out of the national setup. But he came back strong and 2018 proved to be a breakthrough year for him. It started with a solid knock of 94 in a drawn Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram. Then came his maiden T20I fifty against West Indies in Lauderhill. And it was followed by his maiden ODI hundred which came against India in the Asia Cup. It was the first of a few excellent knocks he would go on to play against India in big tournaments as he also made a breathtaking fifty against them in the T20 World Cup in 2022, and another fifty in the ODI World Cup in 2023.

The wait for Litton's maiden Test hundred was a reasonably long one. It came six years after his debut in 2021 when he scored 114 against Pakistan in Chattogram. After that, he added a couple more in quick succession, with knocks of 102 against New Zealand in Christchurch and 141 against Sri Lanka in Mirpur. Having grown in stature, he was named captain of the T20I side when Najmul Hossain Shanto stepped down in 2025.