The Dhaka Dynamites are a franchise cricket team based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They were one of the seven teams that competed in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League. The team was captained by Shakib Al Hasan.
Player draft The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September. Before the draft, the seven clubs signed 38 foreign players to contracts and each existing franchise was able to retain two home-grown players from the 2015 season. A total of 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.
Player transfers Before the 2016 draft, several high-profile players moved teams. These included transfers between competing teams and due to the suspension of Shakib Al Hasan as team captain of Dhaka Dynamites from Rangpur Riders.
Owners and sponsorship The owners of the Dynamites are Beximco, a company specialising in producing clothing materials. Beximco produces textiles, basic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, jute and marine foods; the company also has real estate and land development interests. Bangladesh Export Import Company (BEXIMCO) is a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate. The industries under this Group include Textiles, Basic Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, Jute, Marine Foods, Real Estate and Development. Services provided by Beximco include Engineering, Media, Information Technology, Trade and Financial Services. Beximco Pharmaceuticals and Shinepukur Ceramics are the two units that have got world-class factories.
In 2012 and 2013, sponsorship of the then-Gladiators was bought by BBS Cables for 112.50 million for each season, and Oriental Group bought co-sponsorship for 15 million for each season. Beximco secured the sponsorship for the team during the third season.
Points table
The top four teams qualified for playoffs advanced to the Qualifier advanced to the Eliminator
League stage
Playoffs
Qualifier 1
Final
Squad NameNationalityBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen Evin Lewis Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Mehedi Maruf Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Mahela Jayawardene Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 All-roundersShakib Al Hasan Left-handed Slow Left-arm orthodox 2016 CaptainMosaddek Hossain Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2015 Dwayne Bravo Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Andre Russell Right-handed Right-arm fast 2016 Ravi Bopara Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Wayne Parnell Left-handed Left-arm fast 2015 Seekkuge Prasanna Right-handed Legbreak 2016 Matt Coles Left-handed Right-arm fast 2016 Nasir Hossain Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2015 Alauddin Babu Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2016 Tanbir Hayder Right-handed Legbreak 2016 Wicket-keepersIrfan Sukkur Right-handed – 2015 OpenerKumar Sangakkara Left-handed – 2015 Opener BowlersMohammad Shahid Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Abu Jayed Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 Usama Mir Right-handed Leg-break 2016 Suhrawadi Shuvo Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 Sunzamul Islam Right-handed slow left-arm orthodox 2016 Sources:
Statistics +Most runsPlayerInningsRunsKumar Sangakkara13370Mehedi Maruf13347Mosaddek Hossain14304 Source: CricInfo
+Most wicketsPlayerInningsWicketsDwayne Bravo1321Mohammad Shahid815Shakib Al Hasan1413 Source: CricInfo
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