Bangalore: Riding high on their recent series wins over Australia and Sri Lanka, a confident India will look to continue their winning streak when they take on Bangladesh in their opening encounter of the Women's World Twenty20, here on Tuesday.

India are tipped to at least reach the last-four stage in this tournament. They posted a historic 2-1 win over world champions Australia in January and a 3-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka in February.

India, in the past, had reached the semi-finals on two occasions. But the last two editions were not great for them as they failed to go beyond the group stages.

Skipper Mithali Raj will be looking to bank on seven players who had featured in the last edition in 2014, especially Jhulan Goswami and Harmanpreet Kaur. The dup have played in all four previous World T20s.

Mithali, who is the highest run-getter for India and one of the 13 in the world to score 1000-plus runs in T20, will look to continue her good form.

Harmanpreet would also like to carry her form into the event. Jhulan, who has come out of an injury, will also look to make a mark as she is India's highest wicket-taker in T20s with 44 scalps and a decent lower-order bat.

In the bowling department, apart from Jhulan, slow left-hand orthodox bowler Ekta Bisht and Anuja Patil will be itching to go hard at the opponents.

Ekta was the highest wicket-taker with seven wickets against Sri Lanka. On the other hand, Jahanara Alam-led Bangladesh side is determined to make a positive impression after they snatched their first victory against Ireland in a warm-up match.