Sylhet Division's Zakir Hasan and Dhaka Division's Nazmul Islam Apu ended the first round of the Bangabandhu 22nd National Cricket League (NCL) as the best batsman and bowler. Despite scoring most runs in the first round of NCL, Zakir could not help his team to register a win due to the failure of his teammates. However, Nazmul helped Dhaka pull off a victory against Rangpur.  Zakir hit 151 with a highest of 140 while Nazmul bagged 10 wickets with a six-wicket haul. All four matches of the round got a winner as Dhaka beat Rangpur by 80 runs, Khulna beat Sylhet by eight wickets, Chattogram beat Rajshahi by 88 runs while Dhaka Metropolis beat Barishal by eight wickets. Also read: NCL: Nasir hits 100, claims 4 wickets Dhaka vs Rangpur Dhaka 1st innings 365/10 in 106.3 overs (Saif 127, Nadif 69, Mahidul 47, Arafat 42; Alauddin 4/46, Mahmudul 2/78) Rangpur 1st innings 230/10 in 93.4 overs (Nasir 115, Mahmudul 27, Alauddin 22; Nazmul 4/89, Shakil 2/12, Sumon 2/31) Dhaka 2nd innings 128/10 in 45.5 overs (Arafat 40, Rony 21, 19 Shuvagata; Nasir 4/21, Sohrawordi 3/26, Mahmudul 2/39) Rangpur 2nd innings 183/10 in 86.2 overs (Naeem 61, Akbar 28, Sohrawordi 20; Nazmul 6/64, Taibur 2/21) Result: Dhaka won by 80 runs and Nazmul won the man of the match award Also read: NCL opening day: Saif hits 100; Tushar gets run-out on 99 Khulna vs Sylhet Khulna 1st innings 375/10 in 109.4 overs (Tushar 99, Imrul 90, Nahidul 48, Robiul 37; Ebadot 3/79, Abu Jayed 3/94, Alok 1/52) Sylhet 1st innings 134/10 in 60.4 overs (Imtiaz 37, Enamul Jr 30, Jaker 18, Amit 14; Ziaur 3/24, Masum 3/71, Halim 2/60) Sylhet 2nd innings (follow-on) 308/10 in 104.5 overs (Zakir 140, Amite 66, Alok 23; Halim 4/62, Moinul 3/36) Khulna 2nd innings 73/2 in 9.3 overs (Imran 33*, Imrul 18, Robiul 14; Khaled 1/32, Rejaur 1/5) Result: Khulna won by 8 wickets and Zakir Hasan won the man of the match award Barishal vs Dhaka Metro Barishal 1st innings 241/10 in 76 overs (Ashraful 48, Abu Sayem 46, Sohag 45, Shykat 36; Abu Haider 3/34, Rakibul 3/76, Arafat 2/59) Dhaka Metro 1st innings 413/10 in 129.2 overs (Marshall 112, Shohidul 106, Zahiduzzaman 60, Zabid 41; Kamrul 2/49, Sohag 2/77, Monir 2/80, Tanvir 2/84) Barishal 2nd innings 208/10 in 73.2 overs (Moinul 63, Salman 44, Shykat 25, Monir 18; Abu Haider 3/42, Shohidul 2/43, Shamsur 1/2) Dhaka Metro 2nd innings 37/2 in 11.5 overs (Zahiduzzaman 15, Anisul 10; Tanvir 2/13) Result: Dhaka Metro won by eight wickets and Shohidul Islam won the man of the match award Chattogram vs Rajshahi Chattogram 1st innings 287/10 101.2 overs (Shahadat 108, Yasir 63, Mehede 55; Farhad 4/44, Asaduzzaman 2/21, Taijul 2/63) Rajshahi 1st innings 152/10 in 44.3 overs (Farhad 27, Forhad 24, Shabbir 24; Noman 4/47, Mehedi 3/22, Hasan 2/35) Chattogram 2nd innings 147/10 in 50.5 overs (Irfan 65, Mahmudul 39, Shahadat 19; Towhid 3/19, Farhad 3/37, Taijul 3/48) Rajshahi 2nd innings 194/10 in 69 overs (Junaid 68*, Tanzid 28, Farhad 25, Towhid 23; Mehedi 4/35, Ifran 3/40) Result: Chattogram won by 88 runs and Mehedi Hasan won the man of the match award

Bangladesh former national team captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who tested positive for coronavirus two days ago, has been doing well.