Litton Das Profile: Bangladesh’s Wicket-Keeper Batter and T20I Captain in 2026

Litton Das is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has represented the national side since 2015 as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. He has been Bangladesh’s regular T20I captain since 2024. On 1 October 2026, Google Trends India logged a 600% jump in searches for “litton das”, with an estimated 1,000 queries in the previous 24 hours. The platform cautions that these counts are approximate and that the signal verifies search interest only, not the truth of any news story. This profile compiles his career statistics, debut dates and captaincy record as of August 2026, using the Wikipedia entry and embedded ESPNcricinfo data.

Career statistics as of August 2026

The table below summarises Litton Das’s international and first-class record as of 23 August 2026, the date cited in the Wikipedia profile’s source line.

Format	Matches	Runs	Average	100s/50s	Top score	Catches/Stumpings
Test	56	3,356	35.32	6/20	141	126/17
ODI	104	2,869	30.84	5/14	176	76/5
T20I	122	2,702	23.49	0/16	83	79/15
First-class	104	7,667	45.36	21/38	274	190/25

International debut and early milestones

Litton 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, and his Twenty20 International debut against South Africa on 5 July 2015.

His maiden ODI century came in the 2018 Asia Cup final against India, when he scored 121 off 117 balls. In the 2019 Cricket World Cup, he made an unbeaten 94 against the West Indies and shared an unbroken 189-run partnership with Shakib Al Hasan. In March 2020 against Zimbabwe, he made 176 off 143 balls, which was then the highest individual ODI score by a Bangladeshi batter, and added 292 runs with Tamim Iqbal.

His first Test hundred arrived in November 2021 against Pakistan (114 at Chattogram). By January 2022, he had reached a career-best ICC Test batting ranking of No. 12, the highest position attained by any Bangladeshi batter in that format.

Captaincy and wicket-keeping records

Litton Das was appointed Bangladesh’s T20I captain on a permanent basis on 4 May 2025, with the tenure running up to the T20I World Cup 2026. Earlier, in September 2024, he affected 12 dismissals in a two-Test series against Pakistan—the most by a Bangladeshi wicketkeeper in a Test series—and scored 138 at Rawalpindi. In December 2024, he led Bangladesh to a 3-0 T20I sweep in the West Indies.

As a wicket-keeper in Tests, Das holds the highest average for Bangladesh. He has also captained Bangladesh in Tests, becoming the 12th player to do so when Shakib Al Hasan was injured.

Domestic and franchise cricket

In the Bangladesh Premier League, Das won back-to-back titles with Comilla Victorians in 2021-22 and 2022-23, scoring 209 and 379 runs respectively. He captained Comilla in the 2024 edition, but the team lost the final to Fortune Barishal. On 12 January 2025, after being left out of Bangladesh’s Champions Trophy squad, he responded with his first T20 century for Dhaka Capitals—the second-fastest by a Bangladeshi in BPL history—and a 241-run stand with Tanzid Hasan that helped Dhaka post 254, the highest team total in the league.

In the Indian Premier League, the Kolkata Knight Riders bought Das for ₹50 lakh in March 2023; he played one match and scored four runs. He has also featured in the Caribbean Premier League for the Jamaica Tallawahs and in other franchise leagues including the Karachi Kings and Galle Titans.

Context for the India search spike

The Google Trends India observation on 1 October 2026 shows that “litton das” entered the trending list with an estimated 1,000 searches and 600% growth over the previous 24 hours. The data provider cautions that Trending Now counts are approximate and that neither the count nor the normalised interest score measures website traffic. It also states that the signal verifies search interest, not the truth of news claims. The available sources do not identify a specific match or announcement on that date, so the spike should be read as a rise in curiosity rather than a confirmed news event.