Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das has etched his name into the record books by becoming the fifth Bangladeshi batter to reach 9,000 international runs across all formats.
Entering the lone Test match against Afghanistan at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi with 8,929 international runs, Litton laid the groundwork with a solid 53 in the first innings. Needing just 18 runs in the second innings to hit the milestone, he resumed Day 4 on 5 runs and completed the required 13 runs, taking a single off Zia-ur-Rehman on the final ball of the 76th over.
He joins an elite cadre of Bangladeshi batting greats—Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, and Mahmudullah Riyad. Litton's milestone was paved with fortune after surviving two dropped catches off spinner Qais Ahmad on 14 and 26, first when slip fielder Kamal spilled a chance and later when Qais himself failed to grab a return catch. Making the most of his reprieves, Litton compiled a rapid 61-ball fifty—his second half-century of the Test match. His career breakdown now stands at 3,409 Test runs (6 centuries, 22 fifties), 2,869 ODI runs (5 centuries, 14 fifties), and 2,704 T20I runs (16 fifties across a record 124 appearances).
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