Bangladesh are a poor Test team. There can be no two ways about that. However, they do have a couple of players of genuine talent amidst them. Mohammad Ashraful is one of course. His century against Sri Lanka at the age of 16 is stuff of legend. Although statistics tell a different story, he is undeniably a notch higher than any other Bangladesh player where quality of strokes and technique is concerned.

But here I want to focus on another very talented Bangladeshi: Mashrafe Mortaza. He is a bowler with decent pace and can trouble the best of the batsmen, as Rahul Dravid will readily testify. He bowled quite superbly yesterday and gave all Indian batsmen, Tendulkar included, a really tough time.

One to look for in the future.