Habibul Bashar's men used national flags as headbands during the practice and decided to offer floral wreaths at the local Shaheed Minar later to observe Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day besides taking some inspiration from the spirit of language movement.

The home skipper, however, was very much aware with the fact that there was no alternative to scoring runs to come back in the series in today's second game of the three-match series.

Bangladesh have made yet another devastating start against Sri Lanka after being booked for 118 runs on Monday to suffer a five-wicket defeat in a lopsided affair which not only frustrated the crowd in the northern town but also the whole nation.

The home-side think-tank's only desire ahead of the second game was to ensure minimum damage in the first ten overs to be competitive against the islanders.

"We have decided to offer floral wreaths at the Shaheed Minar and it could be an inspiration for us. But you know the only solution for us is the top order do their duty properly," said Bangladesh captain Bashar.

"We had a long team meeting last night after a disappointing batting performance. We make the same mistakes time and again but don't understand why. Actually we were shot out from the match in the first ten overs because we lost too many wickets. Now our only target is to keep wickets intact at least in the first ten overs," said Bashar, also under pressure following a long bad patch in the shorter version of the game.

Coach Dav Whatmore also hinted at a change in strategy.

"We would like to make a change in our strategy but only in the implementation. I want more careful batting from the top-order and I have told the boys not to lose too many wickets in the early stage," said dejected Whatmore.

"We need to be more competitive and put pressure on the opponents by putting on a reasonable total on the board," said the Australian.

Bashar believed that the inclusion of opener Javed Omar will help the team in a bid to not lose too many wickets early.

"Javed will open the innings with Shahriar Nafees which I think will be helpful for us. There is also a chance to see Alok Kapali batting at number seven instead of nine. We also dropped one left-arm spinner (Abdur Razzak) to strengthen the batting order. I am hopeful to write a different story tomorrow," said Bashar.

Replying to a question, Bashar said that he was demoted to the batting order as he thought Aftab Ahmed and Mohammad Ashraful were more capable of playing over-the-top during the fielding restriction.

"Yes, I was successful at number three but I still believe that Aftab and Ashraful are better than me to use the fielding restrictions because they can naturally play over the top," he explained.