Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha was not interested to talk about the Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal issue. He wanted to look forward to the future leadership of Liton Das and Mehidi Hasan Miraz. The 54-year-old veered away from those issues and in the build-up to the series asserted that Bangladesh would have the upper hand in the contest.

As I mentally prepared to leave the stadium last night, I saw Miraz continue to play with a deftness and an attitude that I wish could be formalised and replicated by all eleven team members.

The media were made to wait quite some time for a Bangladeshi cricketer to show up to the mandatory post-day press conference following yet another disappointing showing on the third day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan yesterday.