Taking a big decision before the T20 World Cup 2026, Bangladesh Cricket has made Liton Das the captain of its team. He got this responsibility after formally being handed over the command of the T20 International team in May 2025. Wicketkeeper-batsman Liton replaced Nazmul Hossain Shanto and will now lead Bangladesh in the tournament. The special thing is that Liton Das comes from the Hindu community and due to reasons related to this, he has earlier been the target of some fanatic fans of his own country.

Who is Linton Das?

Liton Das was born in 1994 in a Bengali Hindu family in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh. He started his international career in Test cricket against India in 2015 and made his ODI debut just eight days later. In the same year, he entered the shorter format by playing T20 International match against South Africa.

Initially Liton Das played as a specialist batsman, but after 2017 he was given the responsibility of regular wicketkeeper. After this Mushfiqur Rahim played only the role of batsman. Liton made a special mark in the team with his technique, timing and ability to score fast runs.

Why were you trolled in your own country?

Liton Das is a Hindu. Due to which his name became a cause of controversy during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in 2025. While playing for Dhaka Capitals, he was targeted by some spectators because of his religious beliefs. In a video viral on social media, it was seen that the audience was teasing him with words like ‘Bhuya’. Which is considered derogatory and means ‘fake’ or ‘trash’. However, Liton did not react and remained calm and continued his game.

Memorable innings and records

Liton Das’s most memorable innings came in the 2018 Asia Cup final, when he scored a brilliant century against India. Although Bangladesh lost the match, he was chosen ‘Man of the Match’ for his innings. In March 2020, he played a historic inning of 176 runs against Zimbabwe, which is still the highest individual score by any Bangladesh batsman in ODIs.

Till now Liton Das has scored 3,117 runs in Test cricket, 2,569 runs in ODI and 2,655 runs in T20 International. He has also captained Bangladesh in all three formats on different occasions, but for the first time in 2025, he was made the full-time captain of the T20 team.

Big responsibility in the World Cup

In the T20 World Cup 2026, there will be huge expectations from Liton Das not only in captaincy but also in batting. Along with Parvez Hossain Emon and Tanjid Hasan, he is considered the backbone of Bangladesh’s top order. Now it remains to be seen how far Liton Das can take his team on this big stage.

Incidents of atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh have been in the news for quite some time. The situation became more tense after the murder of two Hindu youths in Bangladesh. This affected cricket also. KKR and team owner Shahrukh Khan started being criticized for buying Bangladeshi player Mustafizur Rahman. The result was that BCCI directed to release Rahman. After this the news came that Bangladesh does not want to come to India for the T20 World Cup, during this time BCB announced the team. In this, Bangladeshi Hindu cricketer Liton Das was chosen as the captain.

There is also talk of making Liton Das the captain. Let us tell you that it is not that Liton has been made the captain only for the T20 World Cup, rather he is already the captain of the T20 team. Relations between India and Bangladesh have been sour for a long time, due to which India’s tour of Bangladesh was postponed last year. Which was rescheduled in September this year. Know how many Hindu players have played for the Bangladesh national team till now.

Liton Das

Bangladeshi cricketer Liton Das is a Bengali Hindu. He follows Hindu religion only. He married Devashree Biswas Sonchita in 2019. Liton Das made his international debut more than 10 years ago. So far he has played 52 Tests, 95 ODIs and 120 T20 International matches for Bangladesh.

Soumya Sarkar

Soumya Sarkar is also a Bengali Hindu, who has played 16 Tests, 79 ODIs and 87 T20 matches for the Bangladesh national team.

Alok Kapali

Alok Kapali played 17 Tests, 69 ODIs and 7 T20 International matches for Bangladesh team. He was born on 1 January 1984 in a Bengali Hindu family.

Tapash Baisya

Tapash has played 21 Test and 56 ODI matches for Bangladesh cricket team. He never talked about his religion, but looking at his surname it is clear that he is a Hindu.

Dhiman Ghosh

Dhiman Ghosh is also a Hindu, who played 14 ODI and 1 T20 International match for Bangladesh cricket team.

Subhashish Roy

Subhashish Roy is a Hindu Bangladeshi cricketer, who played 4 Tests and 1 ODI match. However, his international cricket did not last long.

Ronnie Talukdar

Ronnie Talukdar was born in a Hindu family in Narayanganj district. He played 1 ODI and 11 T20 International matches for Bangladesh team.

Bangladesh team has been announced for T20 World Cup 2026, Liton Das has been elected captain and Mohammad Saif Hasan has been elected vice-captain. Bangladesh team is included in Group C of the World Cup. 3 out of 4 matches of the team’s group stage will be held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and 1 match will be played at Wankhede in Mumbai.

Tanjeed Hasan, Mohammad Parvez Hussain, Tauheed Hridoy are included in the team. It is not that Liton Das will captain this team for the first time, he was the captain in the last match also. Liton Das has captained in 29 T20 International matches, out of which Bangladesh has won 15 matches and lost 13. 1 match was inconclusive. But considering the current situation, this is big news because recently there were many reports of atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh.

bangladesh t20 world cup 2026 squad

Liton Das (captain), Mohammad Saif Hasan (vice-captain), Tanjeed Hasan, Mohammad Parvez Hossain Imon, Tauheed Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Kazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shaq Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzeem Hasan Saqib, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Shaifuddin and Shoriful Islam.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the national squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, to be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka from 7 February to 8 March.

SQUAD
Litton Kumer Das (Captain), Mohammed Saif Hassan (Vice Captain), Tanzid Hasan, Mohammad Parvez… pic.twitter.com/A9o7EtB99v

— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) January 4, 2026

BCB had called an emergency meeting

On Saturday, Bangladesh Cricket Board had called an emergency meeting, in which the stance of T20 World Cup 2026 was considered. According to the report, BCB wants their matches to be shifted from India to Sri Lanka. Actually, on the instructions of BCCI, KKR released Bangladeshi player Mustafizur Rahman, against which BCB wants so. However, BCCI has made it clear that hotels etc. of other teams have been booked and now it is very difficult to make changes in the schedule.

Bangladesh defeated Hong Kong by 7 wickets and registered the first win in the Asia Cup 2025. On the other hand, this was the second consecutive defeat of Hong Kong, due to which it has almost been out of the Asia Cup 2025. In this match, Hong Kong played a respectable score of 143 runs while playing first. In response, Bangladesh won by 7 wickets with 14 balls remaining. Captain Litton Das became the hero of Bangladesh’s victory.

Hong Kong’s team once scored 117 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Captain Yasim Murtaza looked in good form, but then he was runout on the score of 28. Had Murtaza not out, the team could have comfortably scored the score of 150 runs.

Litton Das lying heavy on Hong Kong

The Bangladesh team, which came to chase the target of 144 runs, had lost two big wickets in the powerplay overs. Tight bowling from Hong Kong had rescued the sweat of ‘Bengal Tigers’ for one time. But for the third wicket, Litton Das and Tauheed Heart almost ensured Bangladesh’s victory by parting 95 runs.

Litton Das played a captaincy innings of 59 runs, he scored these runs in 39 balls. On the other hand, Tauheed returned unbeaten after scoring 35 runs. Talking about Hong Kong, Atik Iqbal took 2 wickets, while Ayush Shukla was able to take one wicket.

Hong Kong almost out

Hong Kong was placed in Group B along with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. In the first match, Hong Kong suffered a big defeat of 94 runs at the hands of Afghanistan. Now Bangladesh has washed him by 7 wickets. Now in the group phase, it is almost impossible for Hong Kong to go to Super-4 for Hong Kong.

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The United Arab Emirates cricket team created history on Monday, winning the target of 206 runs in the T20 match against Bangladesh. In the final 12 balls, UAE needed 29 runs to win, the dice overturned in the 19th over which raised the hope of victory for the UAE.

UAE needed 29 runs in 12 balls to win in the exciting match till the last over. The 19th over was put by Shariful Ismal, he dismissed Alishan Sharafu (13) on the very first ball but after that he scored 17 runs in the over. Hyder Ali hit a six and a four, before Dhruv Parashar hit a four.

To win in the final over, 12 runs were needed, Dhruv hit a six off the second ball and brought the team’s score to 200. But on the third ball, Tanjim Hasan Shakib bowled him and increased the thrill of the match. After the single off the fourth ball, Shakib threw a no ball, which spoiled the work. By taking 2 runs off the fifth ball, the UAE ensured the victory and equalized the series 1-1.

Captain Cool!
Muhammad Waseem Spearheaded Another Historic Win for the UAE with a Scintilling 82 off 42 balls (9 4s, 5 6s) pic.twitter.com/l0acruy48s

– UAE Cricket Official (@Meretscricket) May 19, 2025

Muhammad Wasim became player of the match

In the second T20 match played in Sharjah, Bangladesh scored a huge score of 205 runs while batting first. Tanjid Hasan scored 59 in 33 balls, captain Litton Das scored 40 in 32 balls and Tauheed Hridaya scored a good innings of 45 runs.

Chasing the target, captain Muhammad Wasim played the captaincy innings, he played a brilliant innings of 82 runs in 42 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 9 fours. He was voted the best player of the match for this innings. He shared a 107 -run partnership for the first wicket with Zohaib Khan, which got a good start to the team.

UAE created history

This is the UAE cricket team’s first T20 win against Bangladesh. Bangladesh won the three matches played earlier. The last and decisive match of the UAE vs Bangladesh 3 -match T20 series will be played on May 21 from 8:30 pm in Sharjah.