Shanto’s Bangladesh only came to win

There was no Plan B. Not in Najmul Hossain Shanto's dressing room. Not on this day.
Bangladesh came onto the field with a singular, unshakeable conviction, that they would win. And when Pakistan looked to be cruising toward safety at tea, the world outside that dressing room began to doubt. Inside it, nobody blinked.
“From the morning, our message was that we would play to win — regardless of the situation. At the tea break, the coach gave the same message, and we all went back in with the belief that we would win from here. And if we couldn't win, we'd at least make it very hard for them to save the match. That was the attitude. Not for a single moment did we think we might lose the match or that we wanted a draw. We had that aggressive mindset and we tried to win,” Shanto reaffirmed the Tigers’ mindset with conviction.
Pakistan were sitting pretty at 116 for 3 at tea, runs flowing freely, boundaries being carved at will through the Bangladesh outfield. In nearly every over before the break, Bangladesh were leaking runs. To the neutral observer, the match was tilting dangerously away from the Tigers. The cards were stacked. The odds were lengthening.
Then Taijul Islam arrived.
The veteran left-arm spinner did what great bowlers do under pressure, he said no. He shut the door. The boundaries dried up. The Pakistan batters, who had looked so assured, suddenly found themselves in a battle of a different kind. 
Taijul finished with figures of 14-3-22-2, a stranglehold that changed the mood of the entire innings. Cricket is as much about atmosphere as it is about skill, and Taijul single-handedly shifted it. Taskin Ahmed struck with the crucial breakthrough that cracked open Pakistan's resistance. Then came Nahid Rana.
The youngest member of the squad delivered a stunning spell, finishing with figures of 5 for 40, running through the Pakistan lower-order and claiming the two crucial wickets of Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan.

But behind every wicket, every maiden, every moment of resistance stood one man's belief. Shanto, who scored 101 and 87 across both innings, carried his team not just with the bat but with his mind. He didn't let heads drop after tea. He passed his certainty down the line, from senior to junior, from pacer to spinner. In his post-match words, he said: "Very happy. Proud of all the guys, the way we played. Slowly we are getting better at Test cricket and that's one thing we have always wanted to do."
Bangladesh registered their first-ever home Test win over Pakistan. This wasn't just a victory. It was a statement.
After the game, the Bangladesh skipper elucidated just what exactly that statement was: “I think the biggest thing in this Test match was the declaration, that was a massive decision. Something our team has never quite done before in this way. This will serve us in the future, and this decision will give us more confidence that it's possible to win a match from a position like this. I'd say that's the most novel thing that happened in this entire Test match.” It indeed was a breath of fresh air. Bangladesh came to win. And they did.