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The Dhaka Capitals, also known as Dhaka Franchise, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Dhaka, that competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The team was one of the seven debut franchises when the league was established in 2012. The team plays its home matches at the SBNCS and is owned by BCB.
The Capitals are the one of the most successful BPL franchise, along with Cumilla Victorians, having won three BPL titles under different owners. The team is currently owned by Shakib Khan. Salman F Rahman (Beximco Pharma) established this team in 2010 NCL. Europa Group also owned this team and named Dhaka Gladiators in 2012 BPL. They lifted two titles (2012, 2013) as an owner of Dhaka.
Dhaka Capitals are currently captained by Mohammad Mithun. Toby Radford was appointed as head coach of Dhaka Capitals. Shakib Al Hasan is the leading run scorer and the leading wicket taker of the team.
| + !Franchise !Span !Slogan | ||
| Dhaka Dynamites | 2015–19 | Jitbe Dhaka Dekhbe Desh |
| Dhaka Platoon | 2019 | Math Kapabe Dhaka |
| Minister Dhaka | 2021 | Joyer Jonno Lorai |
| Dhaka Dominators | 2022 | Let's Dominate |
| Durdanto Dhaka | 2023 | Jitbe Dhaka Parle Theka |
| Dhaka Capitals | 2024–present | Together We Rise |
| +Captains of Dhaka Franchise !No. !Name !Span !M !W !L !NR | ||||||
| 1. | Mohammad Ashraful | 2010-13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2. | Mashrafe Mortaza | 2012-20 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
| 3. | Mosharraf Hossain | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Kumar Sangakkara | 2015 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 5. | Nasir Hossain | 2015-23 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 6. | Shakib Al Hasan | 2016-19 | 43 | 26 | 16 | 1 |
| 7. | Mushfiqur Rahim | 2020 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 8. | Mahmudullah | 2022 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 9. | Mosaddek Hossain | 2024 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 10. | Taskin Ahmed | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11. | Thisara Perera | 2025-present | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Saif Hassan | Right-arm off spin | |||
| Sabbir Rahman | Right-handed | Right-arm Leg spin | ||
| Alex Hales | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast bowling | Overseas | |
| Zubaid Akbari | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas | |
| Mohammad Mithun | Right-handed | Right-arm Off spin | Captain | |
| Usman Khan | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Overseas | |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Right-handed | Overseas | ||
| Irfan Sukkur | Left-handed | colspan="2" | ||
| Abdullah Al Mamun | Left-handed | Right-arm Fast bowling | ||
| Tofael Ahmed | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast bowling | ||
| Moinul Islam | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Dasun Shanaka | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast bowling | Overseas | |
| Shamim Hossain | Left-handed | Right-arm Off spin | ||
| Nasir Hossain | Right-handed | Right-arm Off spin | ||
| Left-handed | Right-arm Fast bowling | |||
| Imad Wasim | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas | |
| Odean Smith | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast bowling | Overseas | |
| Taijul Islam | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Jayed Ullah | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Taskin Ahmed | Left-handed | |||
| Maruf Mridha | Left-handed | Left-arm Fast bowling | ||
| Ziaur Rahman | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast bowling | Overseas |
| + !Name !Position | |
| Toby Radford | Head coach |
| Shoaib Akhtar | Mentor |
They started off rather smoothly by defeating their arch rival Comilla Victorians and Chittagong Vikings but lost their way through defeats against Rangpur Riders and Barisal Bulls. Luckily, they finished at 4th place out of 6 teams but lost against the Bulls in the eliminator
Dwayne Bravo became the highest wicket taker of the tournament. While Kumar Sangakkara scored most runs for them.
They got the second pick in the local and overseas pick in the draft, choosing pacer Abu Hider and English batsman Joe Denly respectively. Their surprise picks were pacers Khaled Ahmed, Mohammad Saddam, batsman Shadman Islam and little-known West Indian orthodox spinner Akeal Hosein.
Dhaka Dynamites had a shaky start with a surprise defeat to Sylhet Sixers. However, the team soon bounced back and finished 2nd in the league stage. They crushed their biggest rival Comilla Victorians in Qualifier-1, hence advancing to the final. They didn't manage the defend the title as they suffered a heave defeat to Rangpur Riders in the final who were eventually crowned the champions, securing their maiden trophy.
In the draft, Dhaka's first pick was local fast bowler Rubel Hossain. They signed South African bowler Andrew Birch and English batsman Ian Bell as their overseas players in draft. They ended up signing 10 local players in the draft.
In the tournament Dhaka had a flying start winning five matches out of their first six matches. But they suddenly lost their momentum and suffered five consecutive defeats and eventually pipped Rajshahi Kings out of top four by winning their last group match and qualified for Eliminator. In the Eliminator they defeated Chittagong Vikings and defeated Rangpur Riders in the Qualifier 2 to seal their place in the Final. In the final Comilla Victorians set a target of 200 for Dhaka, but they fell short by 17 runs in their chase and Comilla won the tournament for the second time.
Shakib Al Hasan was the highest wicket taker of the season and won the Player of the Tournament for his all-round performances.
However, during the player's direct signing period, a conflict of interest arose between BCB and all other franchises. Subsequently, in September 2019, BCB made some changes in the rules and regulations for the season. Eliminating all franchises, BCB took over charge of the current BPL and decided to run the tournament by the itself, renaming the tournament as the Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary. Jamuna Bank acquired the team's sponsorship rights. The team was renamed for as Dhaka Platoon and signed the likes of Tamim Iqbal, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahid Afridi, Thisara Perera and Wahab Riaz.
However, the team failed to leave up to its hype and had a disappointing campaign by just securing three wins and incurring eight losses.
The squad consisted of popular local players such as Litton Das, Mustafizur Rahman and Tanzid Hasan Tamim. Its overseas collection included well-known players such as Johnson Charles, Saim Ayub, Thisara Perera, Amir Hamza, Jason Roy and Stephen Eskinazi.
| 2012 | 3rd out of 6 | Champions |
| 2013 | 1st out of 7 | Champions |
| 2015 | 4th out of 6 | Playoffs |
| 2016 | 1st out of 7 | Champions |
| 2017 | 2nd out of 7 | Runners-up |
| 2019 | 4th out of 7 | Runners-up |
| 2019-20 | 4th out of 7 | Playoffs |
| 2022 | 5th out of 6 | League stage |
| 2023 | 6th out of 7 | |
| 2024 | 7th out of 7 | |
| 2025 | 6th out of 7 |
| 2020 | 3rd out of 5 | Qualifier 2 |
| + !Year !League standing !Final standing | ||
| 2010 | 1st out of 6 | Semi-final |
| + !Opposition !Span !M !W !L !NR !Win (%) | ||||||
| Comilla Victorians | 2015–2024 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 47.22% |
| Chattogram Royals | 2012–present | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 40.00% |
| Rangpur Riders | 2013–present | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 38.10% |
| Rajshahi Warriors | 2012–present | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.53% |
| Fortune Barishal | 2012–2025 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.62% |
| Khulna Tigers | 2012–2025 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 54.17% |
| Sylhet Titans | 2012–present | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 52.17% |
| Noakhali Express | 2025–present | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% |
| Total | 2012–present | 158 | 74 | 82 | 2 | 41.57% |
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!Player
!Match !Runs | ||
| Shakib Al Hasan | 54 | 1067 |
| Nasir Hossain | 45 | 912 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 27 | 827 |
| Tamim Iqbal | 21 | 803 |
| Anamul Haque | 39 | 730 |
| Mohammad Ashraful | 26 | 654 |
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!Player
!Match !Wickets | ||
| Shakib Al Hasan | 54 | 73 |
| Rubel Hossain | 33 | 39 |
| Mosharraf Hossain | 29 | 36 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 39 | 30 |
| Sunil Narine | 27 | 29 |
| Andre Russell | 26 | 27 |
| + !Tournament !Year !Rank !Final standing !MP !W !L !NR !Pts !Top Runs Scorer !Orange Cap !Top Wicket Taker !Purple Cap | ||||||||||||
| NCL | 2010 | 1 | Semi-final | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | Shamsur Rahman(154 runs) | — | Ashraful & Rafique(10 wickets) | — |
| BPL | 2012 | 3 | Champion | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Imran Nazir(390 runs) | — | Elias Sunny(17 wickets) | † | |
| 2013 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 18 | Mohammad Ashraful(358 runs) | — | Alfonso Thomas(20 wickets) | † | ||
| 2015 | 4 | Playoffs | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | Kumar Sangakkara(349 runs) | † | Mosharraf Hossain(16 wickets) | — | |
| 2016 | 1 | Champion | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 16 | Kumar Sangakkara(370 runs) | — | Dwayne Bravo(21 wickets) | † | |
| 2017 | 2 | Runners-up | 8 | 5 | 1 | 15 | Evin Lewis(396 runs) | — | Shakib Al Hasan(22 wickets) | † | ||
| 2018 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 12 | Rony Talukdar(317 runs) | — | Shakib Al Hasan(23 wickets) | † | ||
| 2019 | 4 | Playoffs | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | Tamim Iqbal(396 runs) | — | Mahedi Hasan(12 wickets) | — | |
| Bangabandu T20 Cup | 2020 | 3 | Qualifier 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Yasir Ali(294 runs) | — | Muktar Ali(17 wickets) | — |
| BPL | 2022 | 5 | League Stage | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | Tamim Iqbal(407 runs) | — | Andre Russell(8 wickets) | — | |
| 2023 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Nasir Hossain(366 runs) | — | Nasir Hossain(16 wickets) | — | ||
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | Alex Ross(352 runs) | — | Shoriful Islam(22 wickets) | † | |||
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Tanzid Hasan(485) | — | Mustafizur Rahman(13 wickets) | — | |||
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