Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto does not see anything wrong with taking home advantage to win the Test match. This batter, who has been given the responsibility of stand-in captain of Bangladesh in three formats, feels that Mirpur's slow and low pitch can be played to bring positive results in Tests. But for improvement, sporting wickets, batting wickets, spin-friendly wickets - everything should be available in domestic cricket. 

Bangladesh and New Zealand batters had to sweat for each run in the Mirpur Test. New Zealand had the last laugh in the end with a small gap. Many say that the tigers have stepped into their trap. By making a spin-friendly wicket, on the contrary, Bangladesh were in trouble against New Zealand's spin attack.

Shanto, however, doesn't see any downside to the loss, saying,  "I don't think (backfire). When we play Tests, we are not here to improve. This is not a place for practice. We are trying to win the Test. It is important that we prepare to win the Test and we should definitely take advantage of home conditions.

"There was both turn and bounce. It was difficult for the batters. We have to enjoy these challenges as batters. We wanted this wicket. As a batting group, it was important how we could have taken the team forward on the strength of big partnerships. I hope batters will enjoy these conditions in the future.

"It wasn't a very helpful wicket for bowlers in Sylhet. Bowlers had to bowl well and batters had to work hard for their runs. There was a bit of help for both bowlers and batters. But we didn't bat well in Dhaka. We should have scored 230-240 runs in the first innings. The wicket seemed bad because we got 172. New ball was a challenge, but that's also true anywhere around the world. It wasn't anything different here, but we could have avoided this situation if we batted better in the first innings."