Mohammad Naim and Soumya Sarkar scored half a century as Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe with eight of the goal to win the first match of their twenty -20 series at Harare Sports Club on Thursday.
The couple displayed in the 102-run opening goal partnership to set Bangladesh on their way to a comfortable victory when they drove the 153 target for a victory with seven spare balls.
Naim finished 63 did not come out while Sarkar reached 50 before it was up.
Zimbabwe, who won a throw, made a good start with Regis Chakabva transferring his ODI form to the T20 format and scored 43 to guide Zimbabwe to 91-3 after 10 overs.
But they added only 61 again because the goal fell in the next nine and closed with one by little.
Mustafizur Rahman took 3-31.
The sides meet again in the three matches on Friday and Sunday.
Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe in their one-time test this month and wrapped a 3-0 victory in the international international series this Sunday.