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Morning didn't show the day

Nur Uddin Alamgir, Chittagong
The hundreds of viewers who had thronged the Chittagong Divisional Stadium full of spirit and confidence had to head back home with a broken heart after witnessing a pile of runs from the
Sri Lanka batsmen.
The number of supporters was remarkable compared to other Test matches in Chittagong especially since the regular feature of schoolchildren having free entrance was retained.
No official figure could be confirmed by the BCB, but the turnout was significantly more than usual duringTest matches.
Beside this, over one hundred supporters of Sri Lanka, mostly students of a private university in Chittagong, inspired their homeboys
throughout the day from the Club House gallery chanting“Go Go Sri Lanka."
The dramatic fall of two wickets of the Sri Lankans at the beginning charmed the viewers into thinking that the same would hold true for the rest of the day.
But most were left disappointed as Dilshan carved out a superb 162 runs off 165 balls featuring 21 boundaries and two sixes, with ample support from Kapugedera's unbeaten 93 runs off 117 balls featuring 12 boundaries and one six.
Mashrafe's strike off the fourth ball of the first over and fourth ball of the third over helped the viewers to keep hope in mind to fight with the Sri Lankans while another joy had came from Shakib after he sent the visiting skipper Jayawardene (11 runs) back to the pavilion with the team score on 39 runs in 17.3 overs.
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After fall of the wicket of Samaraweera in the 28th over the Bangladeshi cricket fans had to pass a long time to see another achievement which came in the 52nd over when Tigers skipper Mohammad Ashraful grabbed the wicket of Warnapura (63 runs off 151 balls) off the first ball of his (Ashraful) two overs.
At stumps on the first day, the cricket fans could not calculate their earning from the match while the drop of catches also added salt to their wounds.
Jabed Monwar, an employee of a private firm, said he used to not go to the stadium to enjoy Test matches, but the hopeful performance of the Bangladeshi players in the first match in Dhaka forced him like others to watch the match.
"But I am quite unhappy with the performance that they showed today," Jabed said.
Like Jabed many other cricket fans thronged the Chittagong Divisional Stadium yesterday only to come back home with a broken heart.