The pair shared a 104-run stand yesterday as Bangladesh posted a six-wicket victory against Zimbabwe in the day-night one-day international at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

"This was nothing new for me to open the innings with him (Nafees) because we have had experiences at different levels. We have a very good understanding, so we enjoyed the batting," said a delighted Mehrab, who made his maiden half-century with a 111-ball 54 in his third Bangladesh appearance.

"My partner was in a good form and easily played the strokes and that's why I had a different role in the match. I played a slow game but this is not my natural innings. I love to play according to the team's demand," added the young left-hander when asked whether he consumed too many balls to make his first half-century.

On the other hand, Nafees was a little frustrated as he failed to score another hundred against the Southern African nation to put his name in the record books as a batsman to make three consecutive hundreds.

"I learnt about the record before the match and it would have been nice for me if I could score another hundred today. But at the end I am happy that my team won the battle and it came quite convincingly," said Nafees, who scored three hundreds in a row against Zimbabwe.

"It is not true that we scored runs because of weak bowling attack rather I must say we played good cricket. I really enjoyed today's batting under lights because the ball came quite nicely on to the bat," he added.

Despite the two huge victories, the Bangladesh vice-captain said that they still stuck to their plan to win match by match.

"We are only thinking about our next game and not about a series whitewash," he added.