Nazmul also backed Bangladesh's aggressive batting approach as he felt it was a difficult wicket to bat on and going into a shell would have hardly helped them against the tourists.

The hosts found themselves in deep trouble by the time stumps were called as they finished with 76/7 in reply to Pakistan's 300/4 declared, requiring another 25 runs to avoid the follow on.

"Wicket isn't easy to bat on," he observed. "We do rely on our defense, but you cannot spend the whole day defending the ball. You have to attack. I don't feel we were overly attacking. We played our natural game.

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"There was no specific plan. Everyone played their natural game. Everyone was aggressive because it was the type of wicket where you couldn't continue to defend the ball. Run scoring was important. I think the defensive mindset gave more possibility of getting out. I think this is why the batsmen tried to play shots but unfortunately it didn't come off.

"Execution will happen one day, another day it won't happen. The more you can execute, the more you will be successful. I think we will execute in the next innings. It is not as if we can't play or haven't done it before. It just didn't happen today."

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