Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto brimmed with confidence to do something very special in the two-match Test series against Pakistan, despite a pretty ordinary record in the longer version.
While Bangladesh won just 19 out of a total of 142 Tests, they have never been victorious in a Test against Pakistan in 13 encounters.
Their only Test success against Pakistan was a solitary draw on home soil in 2015.
But Shanto looked unfazed by the poor track record, saying records are meant to be broken.
"I think it's (Pakistan 12-0 Bangladesh) just a record and record can be changed. I know the task in hand is not an easy one, but as I said earlier, we have got a balanced team. We believe we can do something very special in this tour. Cricketers are excited to play here," Shanto told reporters in Rawalpindi Tuesday.
Barring the Sri Lanka Test series in March, Bangladesh though fared fairly well in Test cricket in the last two years, despite their batters failing to come up with the goods on most occasions.
While they lost both the Tests against the Lankans, Bangladesh earlier drew a two-match Test series against mighty New Zealand and beat teams like Afghanistan and Ireland in one-off Test match.
Shanto knows the all too familiar batting collapses will not help matters against Pakistan, who are close to invincible at home.
And Bangladesh felt the wrath after tasting an innings margin defeat when they toured Pakistan last time.
"Everyone knows that our batting hasn't been upto the mark for a long time. In the last Test series (against Sri Lanka), the batting cost us. But our preparation was good. With the time that we got, we tried our best to get ourselves prepared," he said.
"Everyone in the dressing room believes that we'll do good as a batting unit this time. To win the Test, at the same time, the bowling is important. We have a good bowling attack. I think as a team, we have a golden chance this time around."
Shanto said senior cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim, who sustained a finger injury, recovered well and will be available for the first Test.
But he said in-form opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy felt some discomfort.
"Most of the cricketers are fit at this moment. Mushfiq is available for the first Test but Joy has some discomfort."
While Pakistan have already announced the playing XI, Shanto said they will see the wicket first before declaring theirs.
"Our pace attack has been in superb form and we have some world class spinners. So we have covered all bases. We'll form our first XI after seeing the wicket. But as far as I am concerned, the pacers get some help from this wicket. Therefore, our pacers are excited to bowl here."