Mushy's focus is on keeping!

That Mushfiqur Rahim is desperate to don the wicketkeeper's gloves when the ODIs begin later this week was obvious from the post-Test press conference at Fatullah yesterday.

The player, who has been having a bad run with the bat ever since he hurt his finger in the Pakistan series, was asked if the injury was affecting his batting. The focus of his reply though seemed to be on his keeping.

"No. I fielded for almost three days and I think it hurt just once or twice. Otherwise I don't think I am in a bad situation to keep either. Hopefully I will be fit to keep in the ODIs.

"Regarding my batting, I actually can't give an excuse. The injury hasn't affected it. It might have affected my fielding and keeping, but not my batting. Hopefully I'll be back behind the stumps in the one-dayers," he added.

Litton Das, who has been selected as the backup keeper in the ODIs, kept wickets in the one-off Test against India instead of Mushfiqur.