During the series-concluding third ODI against Australia on June 14, Litton Das broke his drought as he managed to score his first fifty in 50-over format at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in 11 years. Bangladesh spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed is currently unavailable for the ongoing home series against Australia due to other commitments, but he must have had a peaceful sleep in London, where he is currently residing.

After all, Litton recently credited spin bowling coach Mushtaq for helping him change his mindset.

"He (Mushtaq) changed my mindset and nowadays I am not too worried about the outcome," Litton was quoted in a podcast presented by leading Bengali Newspaper Prothom Alo.

Team insiders confirmed to Cricbuzz that the World Cup-winning cricketer is mentoring national cricketers in his own capacity when they need mental support.

"He is a World Cup-winning cricketer and has seen everything and can explain things to cricketers very well. The cricketers also take his words close to their heart taking his career and experience into account," an official involved with the development told Cricbuzz.

"You can say he is mentoring our cricketer though not in an official capacity. He has worked extensively with Litton among others," he added.

When contacted, Mushtaq told this website recently that he just tried to remove the 'fear of failure' from Litton's mind.

"I think first of all it was very kind of him to think like that but normally I know Litton is a very good player, and since I started working for Bangladesh I always knew that there are a few people maybe who never understood him, what kind of a person he is," Mushtaq told Cricbuzz when asked about Litton.

"As a coach I always believe you have got to understand the person and his personality first before you work with that guy and my philosophy of life with Litton was changing his mindset," he said.

"First of all he should be enjoying his life, enjoy his success, so how are you going to do that? So we worked together (to help him) not to worry about failures," he said.

"The whole point I was saying is if you play five games, and as a strike player, you know maybe you will miss out in three games and you will single-handedly win two games. So that was the conversation with him, changing his mindset, giving the example of other wicketkeeper-batters who have been scoring lots of runs and also have failures but they don't change their mindset very quickly. So credit goes to Litton," Mushtaq said.

"I mentioned to him the lessons of life and said 'if you see the bigger picture of life, there's plenty of people who want to play for Bangladesh but they haven't got time or platform to play and you're lucky to play for Bangladesh.' So I think all those made his mind very positive about his success or failure," he added.

Mushtaq reiterated the importance of removing the fear of failure from Litton's mind.

"It doesn't matter how much talent or skill you have, if you have a doubt over your success, if you have a doubt about your process, then obviously the consistency will never come," he added.

Cricbuzz understands that team manager Nafees Iqbal played a huge role in getting cricketers who were going through tough times to have a word with Mushtaq to get them to perform to the best of their abilities - something that Mushtaq himself confirmed.

"Whenever we sit together we talk about which players we need to give confidence, which players we need to be honest with, which players need to put their feet on the floor, all those things. You have got to pick and choose people and treat them based on their nature," he said.

Mushtaq elaborated further on understanding the mindset of a player as the key to establishing a relationship with him. He highlights this as a key factor during his six-year stint with the England men's team where he states that he "changed their mindset".

"The first thing as a coach (that you must do) is you have to build a relationship with the people, and you have got to be honest with them," he said.

"My philosophy is that it's not about me, it's all about the player. We are here to make a difference for the player. Lots of coaches see their success before the players', so that's why the relationship wouldn't have been built. I always believe the failures belong to me and the success belongs to the player and his work," he added.

Mushtaq also highlighted the importance of a player in identifying who helps him during tough times, while opening up on why he opted for a coaching stint with Bangladesh over another offer.

"These are the things which are very important for Bangladesh. With the blessing of Allah, credit goes to the players also. They've been very good to me, they've been good listeners. I remember I had a job offer from another country, but I chose Bangladesh because I knew the age-group was really good, they are very coachable and are very good listeners," he said.

Mushtaq added that cricketers must not carry the happenings of a game home and burden themselves with it.

"I played this game for 21 years. I know I had bad and good days, but when you finish a good or bad day and go home, people are waiting for you. You have got to switch off from this game, you cannot take your failure or your success home with you," he said.

The Mushtaq mantra is certainly paying dividends for Litton and other cricketers in Bangladesh, who followed up the high of a Test series win over Pakistan with a historic ODI series triumph over Australia.