A soggy pitch prevented any play at the Rangpur Cricket Garden in the game involving Rajshahi and Barisal. Sylhet batted only 17 overs against holders Khulna and scored 31-2 before proceedings came to an early halt away at Jessore.

At Comilla, Gazi Salahuddin hammered a half-century as Chittagong scored 254 in their first innings after deciding to bat against Dhaka.

The one down right-hander belted nine boundaries in his 98-ball 64.

But some brilliant late-order batting by Mukter Siddiqi and Ahsanullah Hasan enabled Chittagong to build a respectable total. They shared 53 runs for the eighth wicket.

Number nine Hasan was not out on 44 while Mukter struck a 23-ball 37 with seven hits to the fence.

Spinners Elias Sunny and Mosaddeq Hossain picked up three wickets each.

By the close Dhaka had reached 38 without loss in 11 overs.