Hindu Cricketers Have played For Bangladesh In International Level: Bangladesh got status in international cricket 15 years after separation from Pakistan in 1971. Bangladesh played its first ODI match against Pakistan in the year 1986, since then the Hindu cricketers of Bangladesh are being discriminated against. In the year 2000, a Hindu cricketer got a chance to play international cricket for Bangladesh. A cricketer named Ranjan Das made his Test debut against India. After this, Ranjan Das changed his religion and accepted Islam, but despite this he never got the next chance. Here we are going to talk about those Bangladeshi Hindu cricketers who have played international cricket for Bangladesh.

6 Hindu cricketers played for Bangladesh in the last 10 years

1.Litton Das

Liton Das, the captain of the Bangladesh team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka, is a Bengali-Hindu, who has been representing the country in all three formats for a long time. Liton has played more than 50 Tests, more than 90 ODIs and more than 100 T20 International matches so far. He married Debashree Biswas Sonchita in the year 2019.

2. Soumya Sarkar

Bangladesh’s opening batsman Soumya Sarkar is also a Bengali-Hindu cricketer, who has shown his talent in every format for Bangladesh. Soumya Sarkar has led Bangladeshi team to victory on many occasions. He has played 87 T20s, 79 ODIs and 16 Tests so far and is still an important player of the Bangladeshi team.

3. Alok Kapali

One of the early cricketers of Bangladesh was Alok Kapali, who was born in a Hindu family. In his international career, he played 17 Tests, 69 ODIs and 7 T20 International matches for Bangladesh. Alok was an excellent all-rounder, who is also the first cricketer to take a hat-trick for Bangladesh in Test cricket. Alok scored the only century of his career in the ODI against India. After this, Alok joined India’s rebel cricket league ICL (Indian Cricket League), due to which Bangladesh Cricket Board also banned him. Then in April 2011, he returned to the Bangladesh team but after a few months his international career ended.

4. Tapash Baisya

Tapash Baisya represented Bangladesh in Test and ODI. Although he has never spoken publicly about his religious beliefs, his background has often been linked to the Hindu community. Tapash was a talented fast bowler of his team in the 2000s.

5. Dhiman Ghosh

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dhiman Ghosh has had a short career for Bangladesh. He played 14 ODIs and only one T20 International in his career, in which his performance was disappointing.

6. Rony Talukdar

Ronnie Talukdar was born in a Hindu family of Narayanganj, who has played only one ODI and 11 T20 Internationals for Bangladesh. Ronnie played his first ODI match in the year 2023 whereas he made his debut in T-20 International seven years ago i.e. in 2015. Ronnie kept waiting for his turn in the team for a long time, but despite his excellent performance in domestic cricket, sometimes Tamim Iqbal was selected and sometimes trust was expressed in some other player. Ronnie, who played his last match for Bangladesh in the year 2023, is still active in domestic cricket.

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.