An excited Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar said the 101-run victory over Zimbabwe on Friday, in an inconsequential Champions Trophy qualifier, salvaged some pride for the team.
"Things went according to plan. Everything went our way," said a jubilant Bashar, after the day-night encounter at the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur.
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Both Bangladesh and Zimbabwe were playing for honour as they had already been gone out of the reckoning following defeats to Sri Lanka and the West Indies in earlier matches.
The result also helped the Tigers avenge a 3-2 loss in the recent away one-day series.
The author of Bangladesh's victory was 20-year old Shahriar Nafees, who struck an unbeaten 123, his second one-day hundred.
"I like to play strokes and the wicket was conducive for that. So I consumed more deliveries today," said Nafees.
The left-handed opener, who hit the headlines earlier this year with his maiden Test century against Australia, added: "I tried to stay at the wicket as long as possible. In the end, we had a reasonable total."
The West Indies and Sri Lanka clash in the final qualifier at Mumbai on Saturday to decide the pairings in the Super Eight stage of the biennial event.
The winner of that match will be placed in Group 'B' with South Africa, Pakistan and New Zealand, and the loser joins India, Australia and England in Group 'A'.
