Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto was lost for words after Bangladesh sealed a landmark first-ever Test series win over Pakistan on Tuesday in Rawalpindi.The visitors won the second and final Test by six wickets on the fifth day, chasing down a 185-run target for a 2-0 series victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh were reeling on the third day of the rain-hit second Test on 26-6 but middle-order batsmen Litton Das (138) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (78) hauled them back into the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rookie pacers Hasan Mahmud (5-43) and Nahid Rana (4-44) then demolished Pakistan for 172 on Monday to set Bangladesh on course for a stunning victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh won the first Test -- also in Rawalpindi -- by 10 wickets, their first victory in 14 matches against Pakistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We can't express feelings with words, we are really happy," said Najmul.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I think before we came here we're looking to win, and the way everyone did their job made me really happy."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Najmul gave his bowlers special praise, saying their recent work had paid off.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Our bowlers were very impressive," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The spinner Mehidy was player of the series while Hasan and Nahid also played starring roles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh next face India in an away two-match Test series starting from September 18.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I hope they will do the same against India as well, which will be a very challenging series," said Najmul, whose team has never won a Test against India in 13 attempts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Under-pressure Pakistan captain Shan Masood said his team needed to improve, and fast.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Masood has now lost all five Tests since being appointed skipper last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We haven't learnt our lessons," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We could have bowled them, especially after 26-6 down here, but we let them back in the game."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pakistan next month face a formidable England, who inflicted Pakistan's first-ever 3-0 whitewash in 2022.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Masood-led Pakistan also suffered a 3-0 whitewash against Australia earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I think now it's time where we've realised that we were playing good cricket in Australia and not finishing games, that's something that we really need to work on," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He insisted that "it's never doom and gloom".<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"You always keep trying, you always come back," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n