Title aspirants Dhaka recovered from early hiccup to beat Barisal by five wickets at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium while Chittagong crashed to a 60-run loss to Sylhet at BKSP in the other opening day's fixtures.

RAJSHAHI-KHULNA
Left-arm spinner Murad Khan returned with 5-50 but still, Rajshahi piled up a huge 285-6 in the stipulated 50 overs after opting to bat.

Rabiul Islam (32) and Junaid Siddiquee (50) laid the foundation by sharing 63 runs in 10.5 overs for the opening wicket before Nayeem and Anisur Rahman produced 124 runs for the fourth wicket.

Man-of-the-match Nayeem smashed four boundaries and a six in his 85-ball innings while Anisur struck five fours to score a 74-ball 63.

Asadullah Khan made 78 off 88 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six but it was not enough for Khulna to chase down the total as they were all out for 213.

DHAKA-BARISAL
Chasing 239 runs to win, Dhaka lost openers Al Shahriar and Uttam Sarker within 12 runs but an unbeaten 95-run sixth wicket partnership between Sharifullah and Sajjad Kadir guided them to a convincing victory.

Sharifullah hit 56 off 49 balls, laced with four boundaries and a six, and Sajjad smashed four boundaries and a pair of sixes to score a run-a-ball 47 as Dhaka reached the target losing five wickets in 46.1 overs.

Earlier, Iftekar Nayeem quickfired 81 off 80 balls with half-dozen fours as Barisal were all out for 238 in 49.4 overs after deciding to bat first.

SYLHET-CHITTAGONG
Nabil Samad bowled Sylhet to a convincing victory as the left-arm spinner picked up four wickets for 33 runs to wrap up the Chittagong innings for 155 in 38.2 overs. Discarded national opener Nafis Iqbal top scored 56 for the southern division.

Sylhet, after choosing to bat first, rode on Imtiaz Hossain and Ijaz Ahmed's 36 each to score 215 in 50 overs.