The Dhaka Platoon (Dhakaiya/), formerly known as the Dhaka Dynamites, is a franchise cricket team that plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), representing the country's Dhaka Division. Following the 2012 competition, the Platoon are one of the BPL's seven existing members. The team is headquartered at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, and so is one of three teams playing in the city, alongside the Dhaka Division cricket team and Dhaka Metropolis cricket team which are active in first-class cricket.
The 2019–20 season was the 7th season for the Bangladesh Premier League franchise Dhaka Platoon. They were one of the seven teams that competed in the 2019—20 Bangladesh Premier League. The franchise previously qualified for the BPL playoffs in 2015 and 2017 and won the tournament in 2012, 2013 and 2016.
The ownership of the team was acquired by Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman's Beximco Group. The league was later replaced with Bangladesh Premier League, with the ownership of the franchise being awarded to Europa Group under the name of Dhaka Gladiators for US$5.05 million. After multiple corruption charges against the owners, the team was re-acquired by Beximco Group in 2015. Later in 2019 Jamuna Bank acquired the team's sponsorship, with Gazi Golam Murtoza as the team director.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold. denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection. denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Notes Batsmen28 Tamim Iqbal Left-handed — 2019 68 Mominul Haque Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2019 29 Raqibul Hasan Right-handed Right arm leg break 2019 45 Asif Ali Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Overseas19 Ahmed Shehzad Right-handed Legbreak 2019 Overseas32 Laurie Evans Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Overseas All-rounders55 Mahedi Hasan Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 51 Shuvagata Hom Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 71 Ariful Haque Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 1 Thisara Perera Left-handed Right-arm medium 2019 Overseas10 Shahid Afridi Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2019 Overseas49 Shadab Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2019 Overseas45 Faheem Ashraf Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Overseas21 Luis Reece Left-handed Left arm medium 2019 Overseas Wicket-keepers66 Anamul Haque Right-handed — 2019 44 Jaker Ali Right-handed — 2019 Bowlers2 Mashrafe Mortaza Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Captain25 Mohammad Shahid Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 27 Hasan Mahmud Right-handed Right arm medium 2019 47 Wahab Riaz Right-handed Left-arm fast 2019 Overseas86 Salauddin Sakil Left-handed Left arm medium 2019
Season summary The franchise had signed English ODI captain Eoin Morgan who is the winning captain of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and South African explosive batsman David Miller as their two direct signings. For the 2019 edition of the BPL, the Platoon were coached by Mohammad Salahuddin and captained by Mashrafe Mortaza.
Dhaka Platoon started off their 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League campaign disappointingly by losing in a big margin of 9 wickets in the third match of the tournament against Rajshahi Royals. In their next game, they defeated Cumilla Warriors by 20 runs. Though they didn't start well in that match, having a wicket fallen in the very first ball, they could totally secure 180 runs from 20 overs. This was largely due to Tamim Iqbal's 75 runs off 53 runs and Thisara Perera's smashing 42 runs off just 17 balls. In response, the Warriors were restricted to 160 for 9 as Thisara Perera picked up 5 wickets for 30 runs and named as the Player of the Match.
The first phase of the tournament in Dhaka ended with Platoon's 24 runs win over Sylhet Thunder. Platoon finished their first innings scoring 182 runs losing 4 wickets, with Anamul Haque as the top-scorer, who smashed 62 runs off 42 balls. Batting second, Thunder started to lose wickets regularly as Hasan Mahmud was Platoon's best bowler taking 2 wickets for 24 runs. In their next match, Platoon lost against Chattogram Challengers by 16 runs while chasing 221 making it a high aggregate match.
In the Platoon's fifth game of the season, despite Bhanuka Rajapaksa's unbeaten 95, they clinched a five-wicket victory over Cumilla Warriors. Mahedi Hasan stars in the successful chase as he made 59 runs off 29 balls along with picking up economic 2 wickets for just 9 runs. In their following game, they made their highest successful chase in the season, chasing 175 runs by losing 2 wickets. Relying on Tamim Iqbal's 60 off 49 and Mahedi Hasan's speedy 56 off 28, Platoon comfortably won the match with 9 balls remaining.
The following match, Wahab Riaz’s fiery fifer inspired Platoon to their fifth win in the league and up to third place in the table as they thumped Rajshahi Royals by 74 runs. Asif Ali's smashing 39 runs off just 13 balls in the late overs and Hasan Mahmud's four wicket haul led Platoon to thrillingly win over Khulna Tigers by 12 runs in their next match.
Dhaka Platoon beat Rangpur Rangers by 61 runs in the next match, bowling out the Rangers for just 84 and thus confirmed a playoff berth. In their last two matches of the league stage, Platoon lost against Rangpur Rangers and Khulna Tigers by 11 runs and 8 wickets respectively, although they were qualified to the playoffs.
At the playoffs stage, Dhaka Platoon lost the eliminator against Chattogram Challengers by 7 wickets and thus they were eliminated from the tournament.
Kit manufacturers and sponsors Shirt Sponsor (Chest) Shirt Sponsor (Back) Chest BrandingJamuna BankJamuna Bank Foundation; Jamuna BankJamuna Bank
Administration and support stuff PositionNameOwner Bangladesh Cricket BoardTeam director Gazi Golam MurtozaCaptain Mashrafe MortazaHead coach Mohammad SalahuddinBowling coach Syed RaselTeam sponsorJamuna BankSource:
Season standings
advanced to the Qualifier 1 advanced to the Eliminator
Matches + denotes that Dhaka Platoon won the match+ denotes that Dhaka Platoon lost the match Date Opponent Toss Result Man of the MatchLeague Stage 12 December 2019 Rajshahi Royals Rajshahi Royals elected to field. Rajshahi Royals won by 9 wickets. Ravi Bopara 13 December 2019Cumilla Warriors Cumilla Warriors elected to field. Dhaka Platoon won by 20 runs. Thisara Perera 14 December 2019Sylhet Thunder Sylhet Thunder elected to field. Dhaka Platoon won by 24 runs. Anamul Haque 18 December 2019 Chattogram Challengers Dhaka Platoon elected to field. Chattogram Challengers won by 16 runs. Mehedi Hasan Rana 23 December 2019 Cumilla Warriors Dhaka Platoon elected to field Dhaka Platoon won by 5 wickets. Mahedi Hasan 24 December 2019Sylhet Thunder Sylhet Thunder elected to bat. Dhaka Platoon won by 8 wickets. Mahedi Hasan 27 December 2019Chattogram Challengers Chattogram Challengers elected to field. Chattogram Challengers won by 6 wickets. Imrul Kayes 30 December 2019 Rajshahi Royals Rajshahi Royals elected to field. Dhaka Platoon won by 74 runs. Wahab Riaz 3 January 2020 Khulna Tigers Khulna Tigers elected to field. Dhaka Platoon won by 12 runs. Hasan Mahmud 8 January 2020 Rangpur Rangers Rangpur Rangers elected to field. Dhaka Platoon won by 61 runs. Shadab Khan10 January 2020Rangpur Rangers Dhaka Platoon elected to field. Rangpur Rangers won by 11 runs. Lewis Gregory11 January 2020Khulna Tigers Khulna Tigers elected to field. Khulna Tigers won by 8 wickets. Najmul Hossain Shanto Playoffs13 January 2020Chattogram Challengers Chattogram Challengers elected to field. Chattogram Challengers won by 7 wickets. Rayad EmritSource: ESPNcricinfo
Statistics
Most Runs PlayerRuns Tamim Iqbal 12 12 396 39.60 109.39 74 0 3 36 11 Mominul Haque 10 8 297 42.42 122.22 91 0 2 24 7 Mahedi Hasan 13 12 253 23.00 136.02 68* 0 3 1717 Anamul Haque 13 13 198 15.23 118.56 62 0 1 224 Thisara Perera 10 9 167 27.83 163.72 47 0 0 178 Source: ESPNcricinfo , last updated on 4 May 2021
Most Wickets Player Mahedi Hasan 13 13 40.3 0 274 12 3/13 22.83 6.7600 Shadab Khan 10 10 34.4 0 240 11 2/14 21.81 6.9200 Wahab Riaz 7 7 25.4 1 167 10 5/8 16.70 6.5001 Source: ESPNcricinfo , last updated on 4 May 2021
Awards and achievements DateAwardPlayerOpponentResultContribution13 December 2019Man of the MatchThisara PereraCumilla WarriorsWon by 20 runs.42 and 5/314 December 2019Anamul HaqueSylhet ThunderWon by 24 runs.62 23 December 2019Mahedi HasanCumilla WarriorsWon by 5 wickets.2/9 and 59 24 December 2019Mahedi HasanSylhet ThunderWon by 8 wickets.1/33 and 56 30 December 2019Wahab RiazRajshahi RoyalsWon by 74 runs.5/83 January 2020Hasan MahmudKhulna TigersWon by 12 runs.4/328 January 2020Shadab KhanRangpur RangersWon by 61 runs.31* and 2/14
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