Sylhet International Cricket Stadium has taken a quite bitter experience on Tuesday during the first Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. Usually a good number of spectators come to the stadium here to enjoy the match. But this time the scenario has changed. The gallery was seen empty. Photo: Rafiqur Rahman Raqu

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand. Photo: Rafiqur Rahman Raqu

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium has taken a quite bitter experience on Tuesday during the first Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. Usually a good number of spectators come to the stadium here to enjoy the match. But this time the scenario has changed. The gallery was seen empty. Photo: Rafiqur Rahman Raqu

A nice view of Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday during the first Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. Photo: Rafiqur Rahman Raqu

A nice view of Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday during the first Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. Photo: Rafiqur Rahman Raqu

A Bangladeshi batsman plays a shot during the first Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Photo: Rafiqur Rahman Raqu