But one good aspect about this massive defeat is that, come the next Test, incidentally the 50th Test match for Bangladesh, everyone will definitely remember this summer's series in Sri Lanka as just another loss in the island nation. Honestly, does anybody even care about losing now? A win would make everything work and that's what we are waiting for.

For the next few months, during which the national team will play in the Twenty20 World Championships, the Tigers will wait for their next big scalp or just wait for an upset when a big team is found out on their off-day because that's how they usually win.

It is hard to think for a team with such low self-esteem to win a game or even give a fight. The opposition captain tells the new boy at the helm that he is batting too low down the order and unbelievably, our captain agrees. Someone does not yield in like that no matter what happens. The statement was defeating.

Then came the bomb. By describing Mohammad Ashraful's batting as low as that of Chaminda Vaas, the Kandy Test became the loudest one in recent memory.

But then again, there were no ripostes from the Bangladesh side so it is assumes that they agree to what Muralidaran has to say.

Then there is the whole business of Shahadat Hossain's grunting. The opposition captain happens to be the only player who feels distracted. The umpires have always taken a harsh stance, which is normal because the Tigers always get the shorter straw. The bowler has maintained that he finds it hard not to make a sound but nobody cares. Try telling Brett Lee not to grunt.

But these things do not matter when you lose so badly. Nobody takes you seriously and here, even the Tigers do not take themselves seriously. They lack the self-pride or even the slightest sense of belonging at that level. Whenever someone makes a harsh comment on us, there is no strong reply rather we bow our head in submission that we are nothing and you can stamp all over us.

It will be six months when Bangladesh play their next Test matches. Against New Zealand at their home den, it will be another uphill task. Without even thinking, one can assume that the six-month period will not be of self-reflection but of quickly forgetting what happened in Sri Lanka.