Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha acknowledges that the team faces a challenging group and that their primary goal will be to qualify from the group stage. He also stated that the squad had prepared well for the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup.

Before leaving the country for the three-match T20I series against USA, which is also the World Cup venue, head coach Chandika Hathurusingha said that the current goal of Bangladesh is to qualify from the group stage. Group 'D' includes Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Netherlands and Nepal.

Hathurusingha said, "I understand we as a country now, have high aspirations because we have been playing good cricket generally out of ICC events. It's the same. We have high expectation as players and the staff and as well as the fans and the country. The first step is to get through this difficult group stage. We are in a very strong group. Then we take, if we get through that one, that's the main target, first one, and then we'll take it from there."

However, Hathurusingha believes this time Bangladesh can do better than ever. "Yeah, every tournament is an opportunity for us to do better than what we have done before. Yes, T20 cricket has been challenging for us. That shows where we stand in the rankings. So there's no denial. But then we are counting on our preparation to do better than what we have done before," he added.