adminThe hosts won the One-Day Internationals 2-1 while there were draws in the Tests and the Twenty20 internationals.
Taylor said his players were burdened by the need to do well in this seriers after coming from a poor tour of the Caribbean where Zimbabwe suffered a series whitewash.
“Our players were very hungry in this series and we needed to put up our best performance after the West Indies tour and we did that,” said Taylor.
“We were determined to do well at home where we have had some good results in the past.
“We were disappointed after West Indies but I think we were very determined to come out and play well at home, we are a lot more comfortable playing here we felt we had to put a good performance against Bangladesh who had played some good cricket against Sri Lanka.
“We knew we were going to be up against it.”
Zimbabwe won the first Test by 335 runs in Harare with Taylor leading from the front with the bat after scoring 171 in the first innings before adding an unbeaten 102 in the second innings.
Kyle Jarvis took seven wickets in both innings while Shingi Masakadza finished with five wickets including 4-32 in the first innings.
But Bangladesh came back a more determined side in the second Test where they beat the hosts by 143 runs.
After a poor first ODI for the hosts, they bounced back to win the next two and take the series while striking first in the first Twenty20.
“We are very pleased to win the One Day series in Bulawayo, our track record here has not been very good against Bangladesh and we can take a lot of confidence out of that and to even draw the Twenty20 series I am sure we can hold our heads high,” said Taylor.
“They approached their innings better than us and bowled better in the first six overs. They were going at tens (runs per over) and we were going at sixes and sevens so it’s always difficult to rebuild and catch up try to at such a rate.
“They had to come out with a good result, I don’t think we were relaxed because we had to kill it just the same way we did yesterday (Saturday) and with the quality players they do have they came out and scored very freely which is not very surprising if you don’t put the ball in the right area.
“We pulled it back nicely but we thought 168 is very gettable on a good batting wicket like that but unfortunately we lost crucial wickets at the wrong time.
“I think Bangladesh will be pretty disappointed, I don’t think they played the best cricket, we saw Shakib coming out good in the last game, Tamim I am sure he will be very disappointed including Mushfiqur himself but they are quality players.”
Mushfiqur Rahim, who resigned as captain of Bangladesh after Zimbabwe wrapped up the ODi series, said he now regrets his emotional decision.
“We are upset because we had expected a much better result. A few things didn’t go our way and we made a few mistakes, we should have won the last ODI, which was disappointing we should have conducted ourselves better on the field, cooler heads were missing and there is a lot to learn from a tour like this one.
“I took the decision emotionally and that was a wrong decision on my part because no player should back out at such a time. I should have been encouraging everyone but I ended up doing just the opposite.
“I have now realised my mistake. It is only that losing to Zimbabwe did not go down well with me, my team mates have backed me and I hope this is how it remains in the future. I think that I should have discussed the issue with the BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) first because they are the ones who appointed me captain.
“But I will have discussions with the board (BCB) when I get back home I have let them know my decision and it will be up to me to stick with it or reconsider,” said Mushfiqur.
Online Reporter