Capacity: 35,000 Manager: Azizur Rahim Captain Shakib Al Hasan Date founded 2012 | Chief executive: Obeid Nizam Bangladesh Premier League wins: 3 Coach Khaled Mahmud City Dhaka | |
Owner: Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman (Beximco Group) Home ground: Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Grounds Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Model Thana Profiles | ||
Dhaka dynamites official theme song
The Dhaka Dynamites are a franchise cricket team that plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), representing the country's Dhaka Division. Following the 2015 competition, the Dynamites are one of the BPL's six existing members and are expected to participate in the league's 2016 edition. The team is headquartered at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, and so is one of two teams playing in the city, alongside the Dhaka Division cricket team which is active in first-class cricket.
Contents
- Dhaka dynamites official theme song
- Dhaka dynamites mannequin challenge
- Franchise history
- Season One
- Season Two
- Season Three
- Owners and sponsorship
- Current squad
- Administration and support staff
- References
The team was originally established in 2012 for the inaugural BPL season as the Dhaka Gladiators and they won both the 2012 and 2013 editions of the tournament. The Gladiators were one of the teams dissolved in 2013 after the second edition. The franchise was sold to the current owners Beximco Group and rebranded as the Dynamites. Its theme song is Jadur Shohor Dhaka.
For the 2015 edition of the BPL, the Dynamites were coached by South African batsman Mickey Arthur, and captained by Kumar Sangakkara. Bangladeshi player Nasir Hossain was selected as the "icon" player of the team.
Dhaka dynamites mannequin challenge
Franchise history
Dhaka Dynamites was founded in 2012 as the Dhaka Gladiators, one of the six founding members of the BPL. The team was purchased at the February 2012 auction by Europa Group for $5.05 million. The franchise was indefinitely suspended by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after its involvement in a match-fixing scandal. In 2015, The team was sold to Beximco and rebranded as Dhaka Dynamites, reviving the name used for T20 by the Dhaka Division in 2010.
Season One
In the first two seasons, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza captained the team and Ian Pont was the head coach. Dhaka Gladiators started off their campaign disappointingly by losing against an experienced Khulna Royal Bengals which was led by all rounder Shakib Al Hasan. However this was succeeded by three consecutive wins even without players like Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal. During their third victory against Barisal Burners, they made the highest total of the tournament by scoring 208 runs for five wickets. They defended this score, even though Chris Gayle scored a century for the Barisal Burners. Later in the tournament, they failed to chase mediocre targets due to batting collapses. In the final, Dhaka Gladiators beat the Barisal Burners to be crowned champions of BPL 2012.
Season Two
For the 2013 season, Dhaka Gladiators bought all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan who was the most expensive player in the tournament. They bought fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, the emerging wicket keeper Anamul Haque and the spinner Mosharraf Hossain. Overseas, they bought South African Alfonso Thomas, and West Indians Kieron Pollard and Chris Gayle who were only available for one game. They bought English players Luke Wright, Owais Shah, Darren Stevens, bowler Chris Liddle and batsman Josh Cobb. This team of players were crowned 2013 champions, just as they had been in 2012. They played 14 games, won 11 and lost only 3. This time their strongest opposition came from the Sylhet Royals.
Season Three
Dhaka Dynamites was introduced in a new look in 2015. During the player draft, Kumar Sangakkara was selected as the captain while Nasir Hossain was picked as the "icon" player. A total of eighteen players was selected in the draft process. The players included Mustafizur Rahman, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Hafeez and Ryan ten Doeschate.
Owners and sponsorship
The owners of the Dynamites is 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 which has got world class factory.
In 2012 and 2013, sponsorship of the then-Gladiators was bought by BBS Cables for 112.50 million for each season, Oriental Group bought co-sponsorship for 15 million for each season. Beximco secured the sponsorship for the team during the third season.