# 2016 Dhaka Dynamites season

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Dhaka Dynamites (C) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.912 |
| 2 | Khulna Titans (3) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | −0.215 |
| 3 | Chittagong Vikings (4) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.233 |
| 4 | Rajshahi Kings (R) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.208 |
| 5 | Rangpur Riders | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.106 |
| 6 | Comilla Victorians | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | −0.345 |
| 7 | Barisal Bulls | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | −0.688 |
* The top four teams qualified for playoffs
* advanced to the Qualifier
* advanced to the Eliminator

## League stage

* 8 November 2016 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Barisal Bulls 148/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 149/2 (16 overs) |
| Shahriar Nafees 55 (34) Mohammad Shahid 3/21 (4 overs) | | Mehedi Maruf 75 (45) Taijul Islam 1/14(2 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: Mehedi Maruf (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
* Mahedi Hasan (Barisal Bulls) made his T20 debut.
* 11 November 2016 19:15 (D/N) Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 138/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 139/4 (18.1 overs) |
| Mosaddek Hossain 59* (46) Samit Patel 2/20 (4 overs) | | Samit Patel 44* (25) Abu Jayed 1/14 (2 overs) |
* Rajshahi won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Samit Patel (Rajshahi Kings)
* Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 November 2016 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 170/6 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 92/9 (19.2 overs) |
| Mosaddek Hossain 48 (28) Shahid Afridi 2/22 (4 overs) | | Naeem Islam 29 (26) Shakib Al Hasan 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 78 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: Mosaddek Hossain (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Rangpur Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* 14 November 2016 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 194/5 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 161/9 (20 overs) |
| Mehedi Maruf 60 (39) Rashid Khan 3/28 (4 overs) | | Mashrafe Mortaza 47 (35) Mohammad Shahid 3/34 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 33 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: Mehedi Maruf (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to field.
* This was a replay of the match from 5 November 2016.
* 17 November 2016 13:00 Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 148/9 (20 overs) | v | Chittagong Vikings 129/8 (20 overs) |
| Mosaddek Hossain 35 (26) Mohammad Nabi 3/18 (3 overs) | | Tamim Iqbal 26 (35) Mohammad Shahid 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 19 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: Mohammad Shahid (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Chittagong Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
* 19 November 2016 13:00 Scorecard
| Khulna Titans 157/5 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 148 (19.1 overs) |
| Mahmudullah 62 (44) Dwayne Bravo 2/27 (4 overs) | | Seekkuge Prasanna 53 (22) Mosharraf Hossain 3/31 (4 overs) |
* Khulna won by 9 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Mosharraf Hossain (Khulna Titans)
* Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 November 2016 13:00 Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 182/4 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 184/7 (19.5 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 66 (46) Farhad Reza 2/22 (3 overs) | | Samit Patel 75 (39) Dwayne Bravo 3/35 (4 overs) |
* Rajshahi won by 3 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: Samit Patel (Rajshahi Kings)
* Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 November 2016 13:00 Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 170/4 (20 overs) | v | Comilla Victorians 138/8 (20 overs) |
| Shakib Al Hasan 41 (26) Rashid Khan 2/26 (4 overs) | | Khalid Latif 38 (33) Dwayne Bravo 3/32 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 32 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
* 27 November 2016 13:00 Scorecard
| Barisal Bulls 132/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 135/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Mushfiqur Rahim 36 (30) Abu Jayed 1/12 (4 overs) | | Nasir Hossain 34 (29) Taijul Islam 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 4 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Barisal Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 November 2016 13:00 Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 188/7 (20 overs) | v | Rangpur Riders 146/8 (20 overs) |
| Evin Lewis 75 (34) Rubel Hossain 3/25 (4 overs) | | Ziaur Rahman 60 (43) Abu Jayed 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 42 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Evin Lewis (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to bat.
* As a result of this match, Dhaka Dynamites qualified
* 2 December 2016 18:15 (D/N) Scorecard
| Chittagong Vikings 134/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhaka Dynamites 135/4 (18.2 overs) |
| Tamim Iqbal 74 (59) Dwayne Bravo 3/27 (4 overs) | | Kumar Sangakkara 35 (35) Mohammad Nabi 1/2 (2 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Dhaka Dynamites won the toss and elected to field.
* 4 December 2016 17:45 (D/N) Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 158/7 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Titans 159/4 (18 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 59 (41) Junaid Khan 3/22 (4 overs) | | Mahmudullah 50 (28) Ravi Bopara 2/17 (3 overs) |
* Khulna won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Mahmudullah (Khulna Titans)
* Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.

## Playoffs
### Qualifier 1

* 6 December 2016 17:45 (D/N) Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 140/8 (20 overs) | v | Khulna Titans 86 (16.2 overs) |
| Andre Russell 46 (25) Junaid Khan 4/24 (4 overs) | | Andre Fletcher 28 (22) Dwayne Bravo 3/10 (2.2 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 54 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Khulna Titans won the toss and elected to field.
* Dhaka Dynamites advanced to Final and Khulna Titans goes to Qualifier 2

### Final

* 9 December 2016 17:45 (D/N) Scorecard
| Dhaka Dynamites 159/9 (20 overs) | v | Rajshahi Kings 103 (17.4 overs) |
| Evin Lewis 45 (31) Farhad Reza 3/28 (4 overs) | | Mominul Haque 27 (30) Abu Jayed 2/12 (3 overs) |
* Dhaka won by 56 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Dhaka Dynamites)
* Rajshahi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Dhaka Dynamites won the championship and Rajshahi Kings became runners-up

## Squad

| Name | Nationality | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||
| Evin Lewis | West Indies | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | |
| Mehedi Maruf | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Slow Left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Captain |
| Mosaddek Hossain | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2015 | |
| Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | |
| Andre Russell | West Indies | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2016 | |
| Ravi Bopara | England | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | |
| Wayne Parnell | South Africa | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2015 | |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | Sri Lanka | Right-handed | Legbreak | 2016 | |
| Matt Coles | England | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 2016 | |
| Nasir Hossain | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2015 | |
| Alauddin Babu | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2016 | |
| Tanbir Hayder | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Legbreak | 2016 | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Irfan Sukkur | Bangladesh | Right-handed | – | 2015 | Opener |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | Left-handed | – | 2015 | Opener |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Mohammad Shahid | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | |
| Abu Jayed | Bangladesh | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | |
| Usama Mir | Pakistan | Right-handed | Leg-break | 2016 | |
| Suhrawadi Shuvo | Bangladesh | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | |
| Sunzamul Islam | Bangladesh | Right-handed | slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | |
* Sources:

## Statistics

Most runs :
| Player | Innings | Runs |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 13 | 370 |
| Mehedi Maruf | 13 | 347 |
| Mosaddek Hossain | 14 | 304 |
* Source: CricInfo
Most wickets :
| Player | Innings | Wickets |
| Dwayne Bravo | 13 | 21 |
| Mohammad Shahid | 8 | 15 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 14 | 13 |
* Source: CricInfo