Tigers out to level Windies T20 series

In a bid to stay alive in the three-match T20 series, Bangladesh will take on West Indies in the second game at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Cricket Stadium in Chattogram today (Wednesday), reports BSS.
The match will start at 6pm and will be aired live on T Sports and Nagorik TV.
Bangladesh lost the first match by 16 runs, following a poor batting show, making the second game a 'do or die' contest for them.
A victory will keep them alive for their fifth straight series victory in this format, a rarity for them so far.
But their performance in the first game gave a little hope to comeback strongly. In a pitch that suited Bangladesh more, West Indies played with sustained aggression and disciplined manner to outclass Bangladesh all three departments.
The visiting side though made a sluggish start, they recovered from it in emphatic fashion and scored 51 runs in the last three overs, taking the total to 165-3.
Bangladesh's reply was undermined by their specialist batters wretched show. They lost six wickets before crossing 100 mark and later despite the lower order batters' huge resistance, they came short to be bowled out for 149 in 19.4 overs.
Skipper Litton Das, however, laid emphasize on rectifying the batting errors in a bid to claw back into the series.
"I thought they [West Indies] batted really well in the first 10 overs. The wicket was on the slower side. If we had taken early wickets, they would have been under pressure," Litton said.
"We bowled really well for the entire match, except the last over. We have to take a couple of catches because they fielded really well and took some serious catches. We need to learn from the mistakes we made today and come back strongly for the next one."
West Indies lost the preceding three-match ODI series by 2-1 and are eager make amends by winning the T20 series.
With the opportunity to seal the series coming to their way, they are reluctant to let it go.
"When you set a lot of plans and everyone comes out and executes those same plans, it's a lot easier, especially as a skipper," West Indies captain Shai Hope said.
"I just need to set the field, and everything falls into place. Credit goes to the guys; they raised their hands today in all departments, and I'm happy to see the result," he added, stressing the needs to replicate the same performance in the second match tomorrow.
Bangladesh may tinker with their squad in a bid to level the series while West Indies are highly likely to retain the same team.
The two sides so far met 20 times in this format with Bangladesh winning eight and losing 10 while the two matches ended in a no result.