But Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar does not want to get swayed by the emotion of the occasion rather he was realistic at the job ahead against one of the top-ranked cricketing nations.

"We are actually not in a position to look on the brighter side because we have done little to savour tomorrow's 100th match. We are basically trying to improve where we had left off in Chittagong," Bashar told reporters ahead of Bangladesh's landmark match at the Big Bowl today.

Bashar's men went down fighting in the first one-dayer in Chittagong by 11 runs. But it was one of the rare occasions where Bangladesh showed fighting qualities. In their last 99 games they have had just five successes.

However, after the spirited showing in the port city expectation is running high that the day-night game will be played in front of a full house.

Bashar is well aware of the fact that local fans want nothing less than another good performance against Sourav Ganguly's team.

"I know that fans will be wanting us to play another good match on this special day but I want to remain realistic," said Bashar, who led the Bangladesh fightback in the first ODI with 65.

"We are not thinking about results rather we trying to reduce the gap against the world's top teams but you know on a given day anything can happen," he said.

Since their introduction to one-day cricket in the 1986 Asia Cup in Colombo, Bangladesh's best results have come against Pakistan in 1999 World Cup in England and most recently versus Zimbabwe in Harare.

"We are confident of doing well after the Chittagong match but our top order must perform if we stand a chance to challenge India," Bashar said adding that out-of-form Rajin Saleh and all-rounder Mushfiqur Rahman are expected to be dropped.

"Mashrafee-Bin-Mortuza will replace Mushfiq while Rajin is likely to make way for Javed Omar. Javed will definitely play in the middle-order," hinted Bashar.

He however defended the go-slow policy in Chittagong, where opener Nafees Iqbal scored a painstaking 52-ball 9.

"We know a flying start is always the feature of a one-day match but we cannot sacrifice too many wickets at the same time which has been our case for a long time. Everything will fall into place once the top three make big scores," observed Bashar.

The Bangladesh captain for the second time wanted to win the toss.

"The toss is crucial in a day-night match because no team likes to chase under lights," he said.

While Bashar made a long appearance in the pre-match briefing, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly did not show up.

Interestingly, Harbhajan Singh, who will sit out the match, acted as spokesman for his skipper.

"The experiment with the side will continue as the team management has decided to rest Sachin Tendulkar, Irfan Pathan and myself for the second match," said the Indian off-spinner.