Liton Das
Liton Das has played 355 matches across Test, ODI, T20 International and Bangladesh Premier League cricket, all under the Bangladesh Cricket banner or for various BPL franchises. He has scored 10,301 runs at a batting average of 27.62 and a strike rate of 89.05. His strongest format by average is Test cricket, where he has compiled 3,000 runs at 34.88 from 50 matches. On recent form, a three-match ODI series against Pakistan in March 2026 saw him score 41 in back-to-back games, though his BPL campaign earlier in the year produced inconsistent returns.
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Kolkata Knight Riders · All-Rounder
Recent form
In his last 10 appearances, Das has posted scores of 41, 41, 3*, 1, 39*, 0, 22, 11, 15 and 10, with two half-chances converted into meaningful contributions in the ODI series against Pakistan in March
Strongest format
Bangladesh Premier League — Das has played more BPL matches (111) than in any other competition and strikes at 129.41 in the format, the highest strike rate across his career bre
Career stats overview
50 Test · 87 ODI · 218 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
50 matches
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
87 matches
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
218 matches
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
10,000-run career across four formats
Liton Das has accumulated 10,301 runs from 355 matches across Test, ODI, T20 International and BPL cricket, averaging 27.62 overall. His Test average of 34.88 from 50 matches stands as his strongest return across formats.
Test cricket shows his best average
In 50 Test appearances, Das has scored 3,000 runs at an average of 34.88. That figure sits comfortably above his returns in any other format, marking Tests as the competition where he has consistently built the largest individual scores.
BPL is his most-played competition
Das has featured in 111 Bangladesh Premier League matches, scoring 2,618 runs at a strike rate of 129.41. That strike rate is his highest across any competition, underlining how his game opens up in domestic T20 cricket.
Strong head-to-head numbers against Zimbabwe and Ireland
Against Zimbabwe across 29 matches, Das averages 41.28 at a strike rate of 91.58, totalling 1,197 runs. His 16 appearances against Ireland have produced 732 runs at an average of 45.75 and a strike rate of 104.57.
Sylhet International Stadium is his most productive venue
In 43 matches at Sylhet International, Das has scored 1,463 runs at an average of 37.51 and a strike rate of 118.27, both figures well above his career norms. Harare Sports Club also yields a standout average of 54 from 8 matches.
What’s next
Upcoming matches
- Indian Premier League · Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad17 Apr19:30 IST
- Indian Premier League · Eden Gardens, Kolkata19 Apr15:30 IST
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.