Bangladesh are desperate to make a comeback in the ongoing three-match T20I series against USA when they face the hosts in the second game at the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston today.

The match is scheduled to start at 09:00pm (BST) and will be telecast live on Nagorik TV.

The Tigers are currently trailing the series by a 0-1 margin after they suffered a humiliating five-wicket defeat to USA in the series opener at the same venue on Tuesday.

Bangladesh were looking to give a final touch to their ICC T20 World Cup preparation with the series against USA  but it received a huge blow when the 19th-ranked T20I side stunned the visitors to earn their only second win against a full-member nation in front of thousands of Bangladeshi crowds. 

“We did not play well and so we lost. As far as disappointment is concerned (for a fan), I want to say that we will try to play well in the next game. In this match, we tried but we didn’t play well today,” Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto said after the game.

“I think we didn’t bat well, especially in the middle overs and lost a couple of wickets and I think we started very well but we didn’t finish the match with our high intent,” he said, adding that he doesn’t feel that power-play batting is a concern despite their regular failure to shine in this juncture of the game.

Bangladesh were 37-2 after the first six overs against USA and it was not surprising because Bangladeshi batters’ average strike rate in the power-play during the last five editions of the T20 World Cup is 98.33.

“We are doing badly in this area (power-play batting) and we hope that we will comeback well in the coming days,” he said.

“I don’t think there is anything to worry about because all the batters are working with their skill and we all know that the top order needs to play well and as a batting unit it is everybody’s responsibility and the batsmen are working with it,” he said.

“Obviously there is always (room for) improvement and the batters are looking at it (strike rate in the power-play) and so I hope they will comeback in this World Cup,” he concluded.