Bangladesh were off to a rollicking start chasing India's 184/6 as the unbeaten openers put on 66 in seven overs before rain interrupted their Super 12 clash at the Twenty World Cup in Adelaide Wednesday.
Liton Das dominated the opening partnership, hammering his way to a 26-ball 59, studded with seven fours and three sixes.
Nazmul Hossain Shanto, on seven off 16 balls, was just content to be at the other end as Liton's carnage meant the former's workmanlike innings didn't affect Bangladesh's prospects in case weather played spoilsport.
The Tigers were well ahead of the D/L par by 17 runs.
After a brief delay, play resumed as Bangladesh were set a revised target of 151 in 16 overs, requiring 85 more runs to win off nine overs.
India earlier posted 184/6, riding on fifties from the in-form Virat Kohli (64 not out off 44) and opener KL Rahul, who reached his first double digit score in this tournament before perishing for a 32-ball 50.
No 4 batter Suryakumar Yadav (30 off 16) was the only other Indian batter to reach double figure before being castled by captain Shakib al Hasan.
Right-arm quick Taskin Ahmed was once again the pick of the Bangladesh bowlers with figure of 0/15 from his quota of four overs, including as many as 16 dot deliveries.
Fellow right-arm seamer Hasan Mahmud continued his good run of form at the T20 World Cup by taking three wickets, but was expensive giving away 47 runs from his four overs.
Shakib ended up with 2/33 from his four overs, while left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman (0/31) conceded less than eight an over in a high-scoring game.
Opening batter Soumya Sarkar's replacement in the playing XI, left-arm pace bowler Shoriful Islam leaked 57 runs without success in his four overs.
Skipper Shakib earlier won the toss and elected to field first.
"Don't know what the best score is on this pitch," said Shakib.
"Know what's coming at us, we're well prepared. Boys gelling well together, everyone looking forward to this. Need to continue doing good things. Batting is one area we can improve. Our fast bowling is terrific so far.”
The Tigers are bidding to beat India for the first time in the T20 World Cup after losing all three meetings previously in 2009, 2014 and lastly, the one-run heartache two years later.
Overall, Bangladesh have won only once - in Delhi three years ago - in 11 T20Is against India.
Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das, Shakib al Hasan (capt), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), 6 Mosaddek Hossain, Yasir Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam
India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (capt), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh
