In the end, Australia's four-wicket victory only reminded that had the Tigers put some more runs on the board, the match could have been finished in a different way.

"Against the new ball we lost too many wickets when we batted and gave away too many runs when bowled. Losing four wickets in 10 overs creates pressure and one could never guess what a good total is on this track. In the morning, we thought 260-270 would be a good total on this wicket but we found later that even 230 might have been interesting," said Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar.

"We came back strongly because of the two spinners' brilliant efforts. Razzak was successful but Rafique also did an excellent job, proving that a few more runs would have been defendable," said Bashar, who topscored with 52 in an otherwise ordinary batting display.

Coach Dav Whatmore, who thought that the wicket was assisting the bowlers in the second half, blasted his top batsmen.

"There are three stroke-makers in the top order but unfortunately, we missed their services," he said.

Mohammad Ashraful continued his poor showing in the home series when he skied a catch at mid-off to Dan Cullen off Nathan Bracken for five while Aftab Ahmed, who settled well, spooned a slower delivery by Brett Lee to Michael Clarke at point.

Tushar Imran peculiarly chased a wide delivery by left-arm wrist spinner Brad Hogg but only bottom-edged to Gilchrist's gloves.

"But I think we played some good one-day cricket in between 20 to 40 overs as we worked on singles and twos to recover from the damage. At one stage we were in a good position at 170 in 40 overs but we did not have enough quality wicket in hand for the last ten overs," the Tigers coach explained.

"We had three overs to spare and it would have been nice if we could complete the full quota. The spinners did a very good job and picked up some wickets, which is really good for us.

Whatmore informed that Alok Kapali would be fit for the next game. "It was a very unusual and freakish accident that left him with three stitches on his lip. It was a bit of a shake for him but he should be okay. He is very much in our plans for the future," he said about Kapali, who was injured during the morning's light warm-up session.

Australian vice-captain Gilchrist, who brutally punished the Bangladeshi bowlers, especially leading paceman Mashrafee Bin Mortuza, gave credit to Bangladesh for pushing them in the first game.

"All credits to Bangladesh as they stretched us. They pushed us in the first Test and now ensured some nervy time in the first one-dayer," said the left-hander who blasted a 46-ball 76.

"We have learnt a very good lesson in the match like first Test which I think definitely will work on the next two games in Dhaka," the man-of the-match warned.

"Looked like it was the kind of wicket where you had to get the runs against the new ball while it was shiny and hard and coming on to the bat. Fortunately Simon (Katich) and I were able to get the team off to a flying start. Bangladesh fought really well and we are becoming accustomed to that."

Meanwhile, captain Ricky Ponting was desperately looking forward to win a toss in the rest of the series.

"As this series goes on, it would be pretty hard to chase runs. So hopefully, I'll win a few tosses," said Ponting who has yet to win a toss so far on the tour.

"I think I said this morning during the toss that it would spin a bit as the game went on and it turned out that way. Their spinners bowled very well in the middle after Adam (Gilchrist) had got us off to a flying start. They stayed in the game and competed very well. Luckily we had Hussey and a few good tailenders to bat us across the line. It might have been a different game if we didn't have such a start," he added.