‘It was a professional performance’

Roquibul Hasan

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It's a good take-off and sets the tone for the rest of the World Cup. It's the kind of victory that can provide confidence to any side for the future matches. There could not have been a better time for Shakib and Mushfiqur to peak and our pacers bowled beyond expectations.

Gazi Ashraf Hossain

The best part about the win was that we handled Afghanistan in a professional manner. We were out of form and had some doubts in our minds as to how we would play against them in a neutral venue. But we handled them very coolly and began the World Cup with great authority.

Akram Khan

The mental strength that we got from this win will help our players a lot. We are a better-ranked side than them and the performance that we showed yesterday, in all the three departments proved that.
Focusing on the other games now should be easier.

Since this match was highlighted by the media so much, it was good to win it. But I think we will come to know how well our boys have adjusted there during the next game against Australia.

Habibul Bashar

I am very happy with the win because it's our first match; not because it's Afghanistan. When a team wins the first match, the pressure becomes less on the rest of the matches. So from that aspect this was an important game.