The Test match in Fatullah was a total dampener with rain ruining the most of it. But Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was of the opinion that his batsmen should have done better than get skittled out for 256 and allow India to enforce the follow-on on them on the final day. “Our first target was to score 262 and cross the follow-on that didn’t happen. Some batsmen got out after getting set,” he said after the match ended in a wet draw. “It is not as though they didn’t score runs by being aggressive against the two spinners. But yes, because two off spinners were bowling from both ends, they should have been a bit more cautious. They made bad decisions and therefore they got out. It’s a learning curve for our batsmen. “On a day 4 day 5 wicket you have to know when to attack and when to defend. You have to analyse what is risky and what is not. Batsmen can understand that only when batsmen get set. And those who did get set, they should have done that. Unfortunately I couldn’t do that, but the top seven should have avoided the follow-on. “Our first target was to avoid the follow-on. But the second target was to go to as close as their total because we had batsmen. We wanted our batsmen to play as long as possible, but unfortunately, that didn’t happen. We need to use these experiences and learn.” The home team captain also had some harsh words for his bowlers who let India score 462 runs, which included the opening stand of 283 runs between Murali Vijay (150) and Shikhar Dhawan (173). “Regarding bowling we need to improve a lot more,” Rahim said. “One can’t just leak runs at more than 4.5 and 5 runs an over so easily. It becomes difficult to come back from there. If an opponent scores more than 350 runs in a single day it becomes difficult. Rahim didn’t keep the wicket in this Test and handed over the stumping duties to debutant Litton Das, who is also part of Bangladesh’s ODI squad. When asked if he would take over the keeping gloves from Litton for the ODIs, Rahim sounded hopeful. “I fielded for almost three days and it did hurt once or twice,” he said of his finger injury. “Otherwise, I don’t think I am in a bad situation to keep either. Hopefully I will be fit keeping wise by the time the ODIs start. Regarding batting, actually I can’t give any excuse. The injury has not affected my batting. It might have affected me while fielding or keeping, but not my batting. Inshallah I’ll return to keeping in the one-dayers.”