Having played an astonishing brilliant knock of 219 and deservingly man of the match award for his match-winning exploits, Mushfiqur Rahim is delighted with his contribution towards the outstanding series-levelling 218-run victory at Mirpur against Zimbabwe and said that Bangladesh "Badly" needed a win in Test Cricket.

"It was really badly needed because the first Test didn't go our way. I think the boys showed some character. Mominul (Haque) played a gem of an innings," Mushfiqur said afterwards, "Throughout the series, the bowlers did their part, especially Taijul (Islam) and Miraz (Mehidy Hasan). In the last two years, Miraz has been amazing."

"As a team, hopefully, we will continue to improve. In Tests at home, we have really dominated at home over the last three years," he added.

On the other hand, skipper Mahmudullah is very happy with a good all-round performance and feels relieved to have finally clinched a victory after some torrid time in the red-ball format recently.

He said, "I think the boys were determined enough and showed their character. They stuck to their task. With Mushy and Mominul, we built up the partnership, and they gave us some good runs in the first innings," and reiterated, "Taijul was brilliant with the ball. I was struggling a bit (myself) and I have to improve to contribute to the team more,"

Man of the Series for his 18 wickets in the 2-match Test series, admirable left-arm spinner Taijul Islam is quite excited about his own game and went on to thank off-spinner Mehdi Hasan for his "invaluable" support from the other end.

"It is always good to perform well, and especially when you do it in your own country," he said, "The wicket (in Sylhet) didn't look very helpful at first sight. Today, we were confident of getting early wickets."

"The Mirpur pitch can be played out for the first one or two overs, and we were confident of getting their wickets. (Miraz) His support has been invaluable," and signed off.

Disappointed with the result in the match but pleased with the overall series where they actually inflicted an away Test victory after 17 long years, Zimbabwe skipper Hamilton Masakadza said, "We knew Bangladesh would come hard at us...but I thought the boys showed character, especially after going so far behind in the first innings."

He also showered praise on the fight shown by Brendan Taylor, who scored twin hundreds in the Test on an increasingly difficult surface, and asserted, "World-class from Brendan. We have always known how good he is. Also really impressed with the way Sean Willams played for us throughout the series. Also, the seamers, took wickets early, which is never easy in the subcontinent."

"Losing that second session on the first day's play really put us behind in the game," he concluded.

(Inputs from CricketNext)