Bangladesh women's cricket team will be eyeing to bounce back in the ongoing three-match WT20I series when they take on Ireland in the second match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

The match is scheduled to start at 2:00pm (Bangladesh Time) and will be telecast live on T Sports.

The hosts are currently trailing the series 1-0, having lost the high-scoring opener by 12 runs at the same venue on Thursday.

Bangladesh looked to have things under control in chase of a massive 170-run target in that game. Dilara Akter and Sobhana Mostary stitched together a 103-run opening stand -- the highest for Bangladesh in the format -- but the Tigresses lost impetus once Mostary departed in the 12th over.

"We scored 100 runs within 10-11 overs. It was a big score for an opening partnership. Still, we were hopeful," pacer Jahanara Alam recounted how Bangladesh were in a favourable position in a video message yesterday.

The Tigresses, however, saw a dip in the scoring rate in the latter part of the innings and lost way, needing 18 runs off the final two overs. A two-wicket maiden by Orla Prendergast in the penultimate over took the game totally away from the hosts, who could then make only five runs in the final over.

"But we lost the contest due to making some faults later in the match. Four of our batters were on song so we are very hopeful about our next matches," Jahanara hoped to not make the same mistakes in today's game, mentioning that she believed they could still win the series.

Meanwhile, Ireland will be looking to clinch their first-ever series against Bangladesh in this format.

Both the teams previously played in only one bilateral WT20I series in 2018 where Bangladesh won by a 2-1 margin in Dublin.