The 21-year-old was true to his words as he let his bat do the talking with a masterly 136.

The talented batsman, who burst onto the international stage with a century on debut to become the youngest ever to do so, played yet another authoritative innings just to show the world what he is capable of.

But after spending five years in international cricket, the Bangladesh batting genius however could not be fully satisfied with the heroic innings because of the manner it ended in.

"The wicket was fantastic for batting. Some of our batsmen got a good start but failed to carry on, that's why I always tried to play with straight bat to be successful. It is fine that I made a hundred but the way I got out was not a good one for me. I would have been really happy if I were there till the end of the day's play," said Ashraful, one of the experienced cricketers in the squad.

Ashraful was out playing a tired-looking shot in the final overs, but he blamed it on poor shot selection.

"I was not tired at all, actually I got a wrong ball to go for a big one. I have had a chance to prolong my innings as well as put the team in a comfortable position, but I played a bad shot and (Upul) Tharanga took the catch brilliantly in the deep. Over confidence might be a reason behind the mistake," conceded Ashraful.

When asked about his success against Sri Lanka's leading wicket-taker Muttiah Muralidaran, he said that he followed his bowling even on the television.

"I was never in problem to pick him. Actually I watched most of his matches on TV, that's why I can read him easily. The spin bowling is Sri Lanka's main strength and I love to play the spinners which might be a reason that I was successful against them," he explained.

Ashraful rocked back and hooked away pacer Lasith Malinga to the vacant fine-leg fence to complete his hundred in style, but he looked little bit nervous in the nineties.

"No, I was not nervous. You saw that I even tried to play reverse sweep during that time because I was successful against India during my 158-run knock. I was actually confident that's why I went for a big shot to complete the hundred," he explained.

He however refused to compare his one hundred with the other. "You can't compare one with another," he said.

Coach Dav Whatmore described his innings as a responsible one and he found inner confidence in the batsman.

"He played a responsible innings. He was a little bit unlucky as unfortunately he lost his concentration little bit at the end," said Whatmore adding that it was just beginning of the batsman.

The Bangladesh coach however was not fully happy with the achievement of making three hundred runs in a day.

"The run is good, but it could have been much better, because the wicket was brilliant. We need to understand that this is a five-day game, however there is an improvement," he said adding that Ashraful showed the maturity which might inspire the other batsmen.