The thumping they got against England has made matters really difficult for Australia in the T20 World Cup, especially with their net run rate dented.

Now that South Africa are ahead of them in Group I, Australia face a must-win situation in their remaining two Super 12 clashes with Bangladesh and West Indies.

Owing to their inferior net run rate, an England win over the Proteas, too, may not guarantee Australia a place in the semi-finals if they lose one of their next two matches. The task, thus, is cut out for Aaron Finch and his teammates, whose first job is to get past a Bangladesh side that has already crashed out at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday.

“We’re purely thinking about the two games we have to win. Sometimes that (situation)’s really good because you know you have to win those games,” left-arm spinner Ashton Agar said on Wednesday.

“The only thing we can do is move forward now and try and win, and win strongly. We certainly have the side that’s able to do it. We’ve got so many options and such great squad depth,” Agar emphasised.

Both their remaining matches being day games, Australia are somewhat relieved that their spinners don’t have to counter whatever bit of dew that appears to be a factor in the night matches. “Chasing seems to be the way to go in the night matches, while the day games to an extent take the toss out of equation,” Agar added.

The last time the two sides met, Bangladesh had beaten Australia in the T20I series at home. But that was played on extremely slow, sluggish tracks where even a total of 120 looked very difficult to get.