The fate of the third and final one-day international between India and Bangladesh was decided by the weather gods as the morning rain dealt a final blow to the relentless effort of the groundsmen.

The washout meant India clinched the ODI series 2-0.

The game was supposed to be the final one-day international for Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar. But Bashar was as damp as the weather regarding the announcement of his retirement.

After the match was called off at 1.15pm, he staved off questions from the reporters at the hastily arranged press conference at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium.

"I have already talked about it yesterday (Monday) and I said that I would say it later.

"I would not like to answer any question regarding my decision and it would be nice of you to refrain yourself from asking," said a straight-faced Bashar.

He was adamant but neither denied nor agreed whether he would continue only as a player in the shorter version of the game.

A newspaper report on Tuesday suggested that he would only step down from one-day captaincy but stay on as player. He may have already reached the decision which is not to retire from the shorter version so soon, according to the report.

Right from the prelude of the one-day series, he insisted that he would announce his decision of whether or not to retire from one-day internationals but till date, he has skirted past this question time and again.

Isn't the series over? Or did he mean the Test series? If the decision is to retire from one-day cricket then it was wiser for him to announce right after the one-day series but he had earlier suggested that it would distract his teammates from preparing for this series.

Well, now it seems his prolonged decision-making could well turn into a distraction or a burden to his team.

But if this was his final one-day appearance for his country, as a captain or as a player, it will be remembered for him not declaring anything as he said he would, a week ago.

Bashar however remained positive of his team's chances in the upcoming Test series, despite being deprived of playing in one for more than a year.

"The last time we played Test cricket, we pushed Australia so I would like to go into Friday's match with that in mind and now we have more performers in our side," said Bashar.

Like his Indian counterpart Rahul Dravid, he was disappointed, more so, because it would have been another opportunity for the Tigers to give India a fight.

"If we would have won today (Tuesday), it would have given us more confidence going into the Test. We also could have had more information about the Chittagong wicket.

"We had two good games, especially the first match (in Mirpur where Bangladesh lost by five wickets), so we are disappointed that we have missed a chance here.

"We have a chance to do well now because we have done well in the past year even though it was in one-dayers," said Bashar.

When asked of the difference between the India which they beat in the World Cup and the one they lost to here in Bangladesh, Bashar said: "They played good, planned cricket."

"Fact that we pushed India in these two matches is quite good for our confidence and I think if we can translate that into performance in the Tests, that would be fine for us. But a win in these two games would have done us a world of good," added Bashar.Injury worries remained for the captain as long-serving wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud hurt his hand during a Premier Super League match on Monday. But Bashar assured that he should be fine for the first Test starting at the same venue on Friday.

There was good news as Mohammad Ashraful is expected to join his teammates today.