Inconsistent Bangladesh will face defending champions West Indies in the second group league encounter of the ICC World T20, on Tuesday.
The match will begin at 7:30pm at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the capital’s Mirpur.
Although inconsistency is Bangladesh's primary problem in all these years but Mushfiqur Rahim and his boys have job in hands as the cricket-crazy nation would want their "tigers" to roar against Chris Gayle and company.
Skipper Rahim is however confident that his boys will come up trumps against a formidable Caribbean batting line-up.
"We have beaten them twice in T20 Internationals and there is no reason it won't happen again. Yes, we were all shocked after losing to Hong Kong. But this is a new phase and we have nothing to lose from here on. The other teams will be wary about us and we have no pressure on us," Rahim said at the pre-match event.
He was asked about Mashrafe Mortaza's fitness, Rahim tried to sound confident.
"Knowing Mashrafe, even if he is 10 percent fit, he will make an effort to play tomorrow." Bangladesh's success will depend a lot on how left-arm spinners Shakib al Hasan, Abdur Razzaq along with off-break bowler Mahmudullah performs on slowish track.
Bangladesh's poor batting is another cause of concern as they managed only 108 against Hong Kong.
"We have spoken about our shot selection during our team meeting. Hope we don't repeat our mistakes," Rahim said.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy agreed that his batsmen didn't respond well to Indian spinners and would try to do well against Bangladesh.
"We didn't respond well enough to Indian spinners. Round 1 to them. But I have a feeling that we will meet India again at the later stages of the tournament," Sammy had said after team's defeat.
"(Bhuvaneshwar) Kumar swung the ball and kept the batsman quiet. They used conditions well." About Bangladesh match, Sammy said, "We know how difficult a side Bangladesh can be playing at home. We have to produce our 'A' game in order to beat them. They will certainly play a lot of spinners but we need to bat better," Sammy said.
Squads: West Indies: Darren Sammy (captain), Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Krishmar Santokie, Lendl Simmons and Dwayne Smith.
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (C & wk), Abdur Razzak, Al-Amin Hossain, Anamul Haque, Farhad Reza, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohag Gazi, Tamim Iqbal, Ziaur Rahman.
