Bangladesh's bowlers continue to strike as Zimbabwe has lost five batsmen.
Mustafizur Rahman have Craig Ervine at deep midwicket by Mosaddek Hossain in fourth delivery of the seventh over.
Before that, Taijul Islam struck early when he had Brendan Taylor caught by the short third man, Mahmudullah, in the first delivery of the second over.
Earlier, Bangladesh captain Shakib al hasan has won the toss and chose to bowl first against Zimbabwe in the first match of the Tri-nation T20 series among Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Friday
Earlier, the match was delayed due to wet outfield; and consequentially, the match has been reduced to 18 overs each side.
Umpires inspected the proceedings twice: at 6:15pm and at 7pm.
Bangladesh have come into this series after losing to Afghanistan in the sole Test match that took place in Chittagong earlier this month.
Playing XI:
Bangladesh: Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor(w), Hamilton Masakadza(c), Ryan Burl, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Timycen Maruma, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Tony Munyonga, Neville Madziva, Kyle Jarvis, Tendai Chatara