Liton Das smashed a blazing fifty to hand India a potential blow however his fellow team-mates failed to capitalise it as Bangladesh suffered a five-run defeat (D/L Method) in a rain hit Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup in Adelaide on Wednesday.

Liton, who hit a 27-ball 60 but his run out after the 50-minute interruption heralded a Bangladesh collapse and ended on 145-6. Liton’s inning included seven boundaries and three sixes.

This was Liton’s maiden fifty in T20Is and second fastest by any Bangladeshi batsman after Nazim Uddin’s 25-ball half century against Pakistan in Nairobi back in 2007.   

Needing 20 runs in the final over, Nurul Hasan gave Bangladesh some hope with a six and a four but left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh held his nerve on the last ball to hand India their third win in four matches.

It leaves Bangladesh all but out of the semi-finals picture.

India go top of Group 2 and can clinch a semi-final spot with a win against Zimbabwe in their final Group 2 match on Sunday after Bangladesh faltered in their revised chase of 151 in 16 overs.

Earlier, Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer in Twenty20 World Cup history.

Kohli’s unbeaten 64 had steered India to 184-6 but  Bangladesh had looked on course for victory after racing to 66-0 in seven overs when rain stopped play causing four overs to be lost.

‘It’s been the story when we play India,’ lamented Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan after the match.

‘We’re almost there but don’t cross the line. It was a great game, the crowd enjoyed, both teams enjoyed, in the end someone has to win and someone has to lose.’

Liton gave Bangladesh a blistering start, reaching his fifty in 21 balls, but once he fell to KL Rahul’s direct hit India came roaring back.

Arshdeep struck twice in one over including the prize wicket of Shakib Al Hasan for 13 to turn the tables.

Hardik Pandya took two wickets in the 13th over as Bangladesh slumped from 98-2 to 108-6 and despite Nurul Hasan’s 14-ball 25, fell short.

‘Liton is batting really well, probably he’s our best batsman going around,’ said Shakib. ‘We thought we could chase this down after that start.’

It was Kohli and KL Rahul’s blazing 50 that set up India’s victory with a stand of 67.

In the process, Kohli overtook former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene’s total of 1,016 runs to become the highest scorer in T20 World Cup history.

Jayawardene set his mark from 31 innings but Kohli took only 23 to pass him.

Kohli, who had already hit two match-winning half-centuries in this World Cup, reached his third fifty in 37 balls.

Rohit Sharma went cheaply for two after Bangladesh elected to field but Rahul went on the counter-attack to regain his batting touch with a flurry of boundaries.

Rahul, who had scored just 22 runs in the previous three matches, smashed two sixes and a four in a 24-run ninth over.

He reached 50 off Shakib but fell on the next ball from the left-arm spinner after hitting three fours and four sixes.

Suryakumar Yadav joined Kohli to keep up the attack, nonchalantly hitting the ball to all parts before Shakib struck again when he had made 30 off 16 balls.

Kohli anchored the innings and Ravichandran Ashwin enjoyed himself in a six-ball cameo for 13 that included a six and four in the final over.