'Celebrate after series'

When Shakib Al Hasan took the last wicket of Saeed Ajmal to break the 16-year drought against Pakistan last night, the Tigers didn't celebrate much. Stand-in skipper Shakib made it clear in the post-match briefing that they will only celebrate when their target of winning the series is fulfilled.

"The win obviously means a lot since we didn't win against them in any format for the past 16 years. Also we know we can beat them and we are the favourites in the series. We are happy as we played as a team and put up a professional performance.

"But there are two more games and we need to win at least one and we will try to do that in the next game," said Shakib, when he was asked why there wasn't much excitement after the win.

"It feels good after a win, especially having won after such a long time. It is a big deal for the team. We will have the upper hand and confidence will be high in the next two matches but it definitely won't be easy. We have to play our best cricket. If we can continue our performances, the result will be good for us," he continued.

Understandably, Shakib extolled the batting of Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim and termed their partnership as the turning point of the game. He further added that it Tamim never seemed to be under pressure.  "He batted in his natural way and seemed good," said Shakib.