Liton Das

Liton Das
Personal information
Full name Liton Kumar Das
Born (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994
Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Role Opening batsman, wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 77) 10–14 June 2015 v India
Last Test 21–25 July 2015 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 117) 18 June 2015 v India
Last ODI 11 November 2015 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 16
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012-present North Zone (Bangladesh)
2012 Dhaka Gladiators
2011-present Rangpur Division
2016-present Comilla Victorians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 9 39 60
Runs scored 137 124 3,070 2,075
Batting average 27.40 15.50 49.51 37.72
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 9/15 3/11
Top score 50 36 219 139
Catches/stumpings 5/0 8/0 58/5 51/24
Source: Cricinfo, 11 May 2017

Liton Das (Bengali: লিটন দাস) (born 13 October 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer.[1] He is a right-handed opening batsman and wicket-keeper.

Domestic career

He played for Bangladesh at the Under-19 World Cups in 2012 and 2014.[2] 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.[3] Rangpur Division won the championship.

In January 2017, he scored his maiden double-century in first-class cricket, playing for East Zone in the 2016–17 Bangladesh Cricket League.[4] As a result of this, he was recalled to Bangladesh's Test squad for their one-off match against India in February 2017.[5]

He scored the most runs in the 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, with 752 in 14 matches.[6]

International career

Liton made his Test debut against India on 10 June 2015.[7] He made his One Day International debut, also against India, on 18 June 2015.[8] He made his Twenty20 International debut against South Africa on 5 July 2015.[9]

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.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Das — the new age Bangladesh cricketer".
  2. ↑ "Liton Das". ESPN CricInfo.
  3. ↑ "Walton National Cricket League 2014-15 batting averages". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Liton Das' 219 sets up big East Zone victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liton Das in squad for one-off Test in India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, 2017: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "India tour of Bangladesh, Only Test: Bangladesh v India at Fatullah, Jun 10-14, 2015".
  8. ↑ "India tour of Bangladesh, 1st ODI: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Jun 18, 2015".
  9. ↑ "South Africa tour of Bangladesh, 1st T20I: Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, Jul 5, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mushfiqur asked to give up wicketkeeping". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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