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Litton Das

Litton Kumer Das (লিটন কুমার দাস), also spelled Liton Das in some sources; born 13 October 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the current captain of Bangladesh T20I team. He is a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in June 2015. He has scored the highest individual score for Bangladesh in ODI cricket (176).

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. 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.

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.

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.

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

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