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Stroke-filled opening day

Sports Reporter
That majority of Bangladesh's national batsmen are going through a transition process from their T20 mode to adjusting to longer version was evident on the first day of the Bangladesh Cricket League at the BKSP yesterday.
The first day of the opening round matches saw Mushfiqur Rahim's North Zone collect 331 for 8 against Abdur Razzak's South Zone, while at a different playground at the same venue saw Tamim Iqbal's East Zone reach 301 for 9 at stumps against Mahmudullah Riyad's West Zone. Aggressive stroke-play was a common feature in both the matches. While the batsmen got starts, they failed to build on those.
NORTH V SOUTH
North Zone's innings was based on three half-centuries at different points of the game. After being put into bat, they struggled against the opponents' opening pacers - Robiul Islam and Al Amin Hossain - and slumped to 42 for 2 by the 17th over. A 78-run stand for the third wicket between Forhad Hossain (76 not out) and Naeem Islam (24) began their recovery. Forhad played a patient knock which still saw him hit 13 fours. Naeem played a characteristically slow innings, taking 101 balls for his 24. I lowever, both the batsmen were removed by Robiul after lunch and suddenly North seemed vulnerable.
Their captain Mushfiqur Rahim scored a rare duck. He
was dismissed by Shohag Gazi while attempting to play his favourite slog sweep shot in the 52nd over. By the 62nd over they were struggling at 168 for 6. That was when Nasir Hossain and Forhad stepped in.
The pair shared an aggressive 141 -run stand off 133 balls. Nasir smacked 99 off 93 balls before a mix-up led to his runout, one short of a century, at the end of the day. He whacked 14 fours and two sixes. Forhad, who was given an early let-off, remained unbeaten after an 88-ball innings. He hit 11 fours and two sixes.
Robiul was the most impressive bowler for South and finished with figures of 3 for 35. He bowled with good pace and induced plenty of edges.
EAST V WEST
East Zone's star batsmen - Tamim Iqbal (37) and Mominul Haque (32) - failed to fire with the bat and at the end of the day it was the talented Liton Kumar who carried the innings forward.
Tamim skied one in the 22nd over whereas Mominul, who hit seven fours in his 32, was trapped in front by Mahmudullah after lunch.
Liton, who came in at number five, shared two half-century partnerships with Alok Kapali and Jubair Ahmed for the sixth and seventh wickets to help his side get past the 300-run mark. He hit 12 boundaries. Mahmudullah was the pick of the bowlers taking four scalps.