Litton Das stepped into his 100th ODI for Bangladesh national cricket team on Monday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium against New Zealand national cricket team, with captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman presenting him a special cap marked “100” before the match.
That simple gesture carried real weight. Bangladesh do not hand out milestones lightly, and Litton has had to fight through inconsistency and expectation to get here. He now becomes the 14th Bangladeshi to reach the three-figure mark in ODIs.
He started this journey back in June 2015 against India, also at Mirpur. Eleven years later, he returned to the same ground, not as a hopeful debutant but as a senior figure in the dressing room. That symmetry tells its own story.
Litton’s numbers reflect both promise and pressure. He has scored 2,700 runs in 98 innings, with five centuries and 12 fifties, striking at 85.76. Those figures do not scream dominance, but they show resilience in a role that demands both flair and responsibility.
Behind the stumps, he has chipped in with 68 catches and five stumpings. He has never been just a batter; he has offered balance when Bangladesh needed flexibility. That versatility often keeps players in the side longer than raw numbers do.
The milestone also places him among some heavy names. Mushfiqur Rahim leads the list with 274 ODIs, followed by Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal. Litton now shares a dressing-room lineage with players who shaped modern Bangladesh cricket.
