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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) 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.
History
2010: Beginning
Six teams competed in the first edition of NCL Twenty20 tournament. Each team represented the six administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Six companies bid to buy a team in the tournament. Beximco Group was bid for Dhaka and bought Dhaka Division. Then it was named by Dhaka Dynamites. The companies went into a lottery in which they were to pick one of six "iconic" players from Bangladesh. Mohammad Ashraful was named icon player and captained for Dhaka. Jeewan Mendis and Imran Nazir came to play for the team. Dhaka built a strong team with a mix of experienced and young players and participated in the tournament as a title contender. Rising star Mahmudullah Riyad and experienced players Mohammad Ashraful and Rafique were key players for Dhaka. Dhaka won 5 out of 5 matches in the group stage and advanced to the semi-finals with full points as the league champion. However, they lost to Rajshahi in the semi-finals. And that was Dhaka's only defeat in the entire tournament.[]