'Things are going well for us'

While it was one of those tough days for India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who encountered a hostile press conference with journalists trying to crucify him for yet another disappointing defeat, his Bangladesh counterpart Mashrafe Bin Mortaza received a completely different ovation. One enthusiastic local reporter held the Tigers' captain up while he was on his way to the press conference.

And when he finally arrived at the media briefing room along with a shy Mustafizur Rahman for a second successive time, the mood turned extremely festive.

A broad smile on Mashrafe's face even before he uttered a word explained how big an achievement the series victory against India was.

"It is one of the biggest achievements actually. I think the boys are really confident. Maybe we didn't expect to win that way. But we were always going to play to win and fight till the last ball and obviously I know that if we play our best cricket, it will be competitive and we can win as well. I will say that a lot of luck was also involved," said Mashrafe in response to a question about whether it was their biggest success in one-day cricket.

The inspirational Bangladesh skipper expressed his satisfaction over the success but he was not at all overwhelmed.

"Look, consistency was our biggest problem. At the moment things are going well for us and I hope it will continue. In cricket, momentum is very important. Hopefully the boys will keep it up. There were a lot of challenges in the last 15 years but keeping this form is going to be a greater challenge for us. I think it's a good pressure. When you win everything comes out well. Hopefully the boys will now deliver regularly," he said on his upcoming challenges.

Mashrafe once again said that it was their fearless approach which was bringing them success and also said that he always loves to play attacking cricket.

Terming Nasir Hossain as one of the best off-spinners in the team, Mashrafe said that as per his analysis India lost quite a few wickets to off-spinners in the last one and a half years. And that was the reason why Nasir was brought on early in the game on Sunday. The bowler took two wickets and bowled a tidy line.

Regarding the third and final game, Mashrafe said: "No, there is no pressure, nobody told us ahead of the match that we will win this series 2-0. India also said that we have nothing to lose so now we will just come on the field and enjoy. If we do that the result will be there. But we are not worried or thinking about a whitewash. We are just hoping to do our best."