Naimul Karim

At the end of the day, both the team management and the fans will readily acclaim the 2-1 series victory. After all, none of the players had spoken of a series-win prior to the start of the tour.

The Indian cricket contingent may not have kidnapped Mustafizur Rahman, as per Ravichandran Ashwin's suggestion in the pre-match

"Can you give me Taskin Ahmed?" an Indian journalist had politely asked Rabeed Imam, BCB's media manager, during Bangladesh's training at Mirpur prior to the second

Mustafizur's magic kept Bangladesh's target to a nominal 200 and the hosts buoyed by a responsible half-century from the ever dependable Shakib Al Hasan romped to a win with 9 overs remaining.

Mustafizur Rahman might have stolen the show with a gentle twist of his wrist; the left-hander's off-cutters have already been deemed 'legendary' amongst Bangladesh's cricket fans, but spare a thought for Nasir Hossain, whose tidy off-spinners and flawless catching pegged back India in the first 35 overs of the match at Mirpur yesterday.

It wasn't too long ago when winning a match seemed to be a near-impossible task for Bangladesh. No matter what the situation of the game was or what position the Tigers

Mustafizur Rahman is not sitting on his laurels, but wants to become a regular member of Bangladesh national team in all 3 formats of cricket.

At no point of the match yesterday did Mustafizur Rahman let the batsmen dominate him. When Rohit Sharma pulled him for a six in the early stages of the match, he came back with his off-cutter to produce an edge in the very next ball.

Eyes were blinked, heads were scratched and a sense of confusion seemed to spread across the Mirpur press box as soon as

At the Grand Stand of Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday afternoon was standing a man, who looked to be in his mid 30s, with a picture of Shakib Al Hasan in his hand. Now that of course is a very common scenario, with several fans waiting at the stands just to have a glimpse of their heroes training.

Generally known for resorting to a more balanced approach in press conferences, a seemingly frustrated Mushfiqur Rahim, didn't have too many positive statements in his armoury after the Tigers completed a rare draw against India yesterday.

It was the dawn of a new era yesterday. Tamim Iqbal finally took over Habibul Bashar as the highest run-getter in Test cricket for Bangladesh. It took him 40 matches.

For the first time since the Zimbabwe series last year, Bangladesh's bowling seemed to rediscover its panache.

Going into the India Test, Shakib Al Hasan had his back against the wall. He had posted his worst ever bowling average in the recently concluded two-match Test series

Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain yesterday admitted that he was disappointed for having been left out of the squad for the India Test.

Bangladesh pace bowler Rubel Hossain on Thursday said that he was 'disappointed to miss out' the one-off Test against India.

"Is the air conditioner working," a smiling Chandika Hathurusingha asked the BCB's media manager as soon as he entered the media

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan Papon has categorically said that Mushfiqur Rahim will captain the Tigers for the one-off Test against India next month.

If the first Test gave Bangladesh the belief to dream big, the second taught them a lesson for being overconfident.

Dropped catches, an injured ring finger and his worst batting average in a series, 11.00, in the last five years; Mushfiqur Rahim will