| Club: | Dhaka Dynamites ঢাকা ডাইনামাইটস |
| Season: | 2016 Bangladesh Premier League |
| Coach: | Khaled Mahmud |
| Captain: | Shakib Al Hasan |
| Ground: | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur |
| Comp1: | BPL |
| Comp1 Result: | Champions (1st title) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
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.
The 2016 BPL draft was held on 30 September.[1] 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.[2] A total of 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft.[3]
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.[4]
The owners of the Dynamites are Beximco, a company specialising in producing clothing materials.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] Beximco secured the sponsorship for the team during the third season.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Sleeve sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-14 | Anjans | BBS Cables | Oriental Group |
| 2015-16 | Yellow | National Bank | Honda Confidence Group Novo Air |
| 2016- | Beximco Petroleum | Confidence Group National Bank |
| Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka Dynamites (C) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.912 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Khulna Titans (3) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | −0.215 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chittagong Vikings (4) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.233 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rajshahi Kings (R) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.208 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rangpur Riders | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.106 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comilla Victorians | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.345 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barisal Bulls | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.688 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[8] last updated 4 December 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name[9] [10] | Nat | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed Year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Evin Lewis |  | Left-hand bat | Right-arm medium | 2016 | International Cap | |
| Mehedi Maruf |  | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ||
| Mahela Jayawardene |  | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | 2016 | International Cap | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Shakib Al Hasan | | Left-hand bat | Slow Left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Captain | |
| Mosaddek Hossain | | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-break | 2015 | ||
| Dwayne Bravo | | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | International Cap | |
| Andre Russell |  | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast | 2016 | International Cap | |
| Ravi Bopara | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | 2016 | International Cap | ||
| Wayne Parnell |  | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2015 | International Cap | |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | | Right-hand bat | Legbreak | 2016 | International Cap | |
| Matt Coles | style=-"text-align:centre;" | Left-hand bat | Right-arm fast | 2016 | International Cap | |
| Nasir Hossain | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-break | 2015 | |||
| Alauddin Babu | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |||
| Tanbir Hayder | Right-hand bat | Legbreak | 2016 | |||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Irfan Sukkur | | Right-hand bat | N/A | 2015 | Opener | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | | Left-hand bat | N/A | 2015 | International Cap, Opener | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| Mohammad Shahid | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | |||
| Abu Jayed | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | |||
| Usama Mir |  | Right-hand bat | Leg-break | 2016 | International Cap | |
| Suhrawadi Shuvo | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | |||
| Sunzamul Islam | Right-hand bat | slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | |||
| Most Runs[11] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | Highest Score | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 13 | 370 | 28.46 | 115.62 | 66 | |
| Mehedi Maruf | 13 | 347 | 26.69 | 135.54 | 75* | |
| Mosaddek Hossain | 14 | 304 | 33.77 | 124.08 | 59* | |
| Most Wickets[12] | ||||||
| Player | Innings | Wickets | Economy | 4WI | BBI | |
| Dwayne Bravo | 13 | 21 | 7.55 | 0 | 3/10 | |
| Mohammad Shahid | 8 | 15 | 6.88 | 0 | 3/21 | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 14 | 13 | 6.84 | 0 | 2/11 | |