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The 2020–21 National Cricket League is the twenty-second edition of the National Cricket League (NCL), a first-class cricket competition that is being held in Bangladesh. The tournament started on 22 March 2021, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) using the tournament as preparation for Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka in April 2021. The eight teams taking part were placed into two tiers, with the tournament scheduled to end on 29 April 2021. Khulna Division are the defending champions.

The opening round of matches saw Chittagong Division win only their third first-class match in a period of seven years, beating Rajshahi Division by 88 runs. In round two, Barisal Division were bowled out twice by Rajshahi Division inside two days, with Barisal's match aggregate of 142 runs becoming the lowest total in a first-class match in Bangladesh. On 1 April 2021, the remaining matches in the tournament were postponed due to the rising COVID-19 cases in the country.

Fixtures

Tier 1

• Sylhet Division won the toss and elected to field.
• Minhazur Rahman (Khulna Division) made his first-class debut.

• Dhaka Division won the toss and elected to bat.

• Khulna Division won the toss and elected to bat.

• Dhaka Division won the toss and elected to field.
• Tanzim Hasan Sakib (Sylhet Division) made his first-class debut.

Tier 2

• Chittagong Division won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pritom Kumar, Asaduzzaman Payel (Rajshahi Division), Parvez Hossain Emon and Hasan Murad (Chittagong Division) all made their first-class debuts.
• Shahadat Hossain (Chittagong Division) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

• Barisal Division won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anisul Islam Emon and Rakibul Hasan (Dhaka Metropolis) both made their first-class debuts.
• Shohidul Islam (Dhaka Metropolis) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

• Barisal Division won the toss and elected to bat.

• Dhaka Metropolis won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Domestic cricket to resume after Ireland Wolves series: BCB CEO". BD Crictime. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
2. "National Cricket League to begin in Bangladesh on March 22". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
3. "BCB mandates NCL participation for Bangladesh Test probables". CricBuzz. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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6. "Nurul, Anamul secure Khulna title, Sylhet surge into top tier". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
7. "Khulna ease past Sylhet, Chittagong complete elusive victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
8. "Records tumble as Sunzamul Islam leads Rajshahi's demolition of Barisal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
9. "NCL 2021 matches postponed amid surge in Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
10. "Shahadat, Marshall, Nasir shine with bat". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
11. "Nasir takes four after scoring 100". BD Crictime. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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