Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- If you are insanely fond of winning in cricket, it's a bad time. Bangladesh is running out of countries to be whacked by. The defeat by Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and then India has exposed the many weaknesses that we have. More importantly, it shows why we are not taken very seriously by other teams. We just don't come across as worthy of the lofty standards we have claimed. In most other eyes, we are still wearing shorts ready to go to junior high school. Not a nice thing to say but we are not doing nicely either.

Sunil Gaavaskar has said what is on most minds. "Bangladesh is an ordinary team." Ravi Shahstri said we must learn to win outside home. Another remarked, if we really know how to respect a test status. These are ...